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This regulation is drafted in accordance with the paragraph 2 , of Article 33 of the Vocational Training Act.

The job entries of the National Competent Authority are listed as follows:
1. Drafting, amending, and explaining the laws and regulations of Skills Certification.
2. Establishing the quiz bank of the written test and field test of Skills Certification.
3. Ratifying the charging standards of the written test and field test of Skills Certification; regulating the expenses.
4. Qualification ratifying, training, and certificate issuing in terms of Skills Certification invigilating and marking personnel.
5. Assessing the fields, machines and other relevant facilities for holding the field test, and issuing the certificates.
6. Drawing up and proclaiming the plan for the National Skills Certification.
7. Managing the specific project implementation and consigning the implementation in terms of Skills Certification.
8. Ratifying and controlling the Technician Certificates and Diplomas.
9. Making the negotiation and promotion in terms of the effectiveness of Technician Certificates.
10. Rewarding the well-performed Skills Certification holding departments and personnel.
11. Promoting, implementing, monitoring, negotiating, and examining other Skills Certification affairs.

The job entries of the Municipal Competent Authority' are listed as follows:
1. Drawing up an executing plan in accordance with National Competent Authority's plan for the National Skills Certification and proclaiming it.
2. Managing Skills Certification sign-up, qualification checking, and charging matters.
3. Composing, sorting, computing, and analyzing all the data provided by the Skills Certification candidates.
4. Planning, executing and monitoring the written test regarding Skills Certification.
5. Planning, executing and monitoring the field test regarding Skills Certification.
6. Compiling the roster of the qualified candidates for the Skills Certification.
7. Assisting the management of the Technician Certificates and diplomas.

The County Government should assist the National Competent Authority to manage the Technician Certificates and Diplomas.

Skills Certification trades could be classified as Class A, B and C. As for trades couldn't be classified belong to Single Class.

One above 15 years of age or with a junior high school diploma can participate in the Class C or Single Class Certified Technician Skills Certification.

One meeting any of the following qualifications can participate in the Class B Certified Technician Skills Certification:
1. One having received related vocational training for over 1,600 hours after obtaining a Class C Technician Certificate, or having over 2-year experience in related work.
2. One possessing a Class C Technician Certificate, as well as having a senior high school diploma or currently at the highest grade in school.
3. A student currently at the third grade or higher in a 5-year junior college; a 2-year or 3-year junior college student; a student in institute of technology or university with a Class C Technician Certificate.
4. One with over 3-year experience in related work and having received 800 hours of vocational training.
5. One with over 2-year experience in related work and having received 1,600 hours of vocational training.
6. One having received over 3,200 hours of vocational training.
7. One with a senior high school diploma and having received over 1,600 hours of vocational training.
8. One with a senior high school diploma, over 1-year experience in related work, and having received 800 hours of vocational training.
9. One with over 2-year experience in related work, and after having received 2 years of apprentice training.
10. One having over 2-year experience in related work after graduation from senior high school.
11. One with a related major of junior college diploma from institute of technology or higher degree from university, or currently being the highest grade in school.
12. One with an unrelated major of junior college diploma from institute of technology or higher degree from university and having received over 800 hours of vocational training, or having over 1-year experience in related work.
13. One with over 6-year experience in related work.
The previous paragraph "vocational training" and "apprentice training" are verified by the National Competent Authority, and must be subject to the trainees of licensed vocational training institutes or the training institutes commissioned by the government.

One meeting any of the following qualifications can take the Class A Certified Technician Skills Certification:
1. One having over 2-year experience in related work after obtaining a Class B Technician Certificate.
2. One having received related vocational training for over 1600 hours after obtaining a Class B Technician Certificate.
3. One having received related vocational training for over 800 hours and over 1-year experience in related work after obtaining a Class B Technician Certificate.
4. One having over 4-year experience in related work after graduation from junior college with related major; or one having over 6-year experience in related work after graduation from junior college with unrelated major.
5. One having over 3-year experience in related work after graduation from institute of technology or university with related major; or having 5-year experience in related work with unrelated major.
The previous paragraph trade-related vocational training is verified by the National Competent Authority, and must be subject to the trainees of licensed vocational training institutes or the training institutes commissioned by the government.

If the National Competent Authorities for Business Objectives have additionally made another regulation, then the regulation must be prior to the above three Articles of qualification criteria for applying for certification. As for some special Skills Certification trades, the qualification criteria should be additionally drafted by the National Competent Authority and consulted with the National Competent Authorities for Business Objectives

One is regarded as "Pass" when having passed both the written test and the field test under the same trade and class.
One's test result can be retained for 3 years from the coming year if one has passed either the written test or the field test.
The paragraph 2 "Retained Years" does not include the year of test suspension.

One meeting any of the following qualifications can skip the field test:
1. The top-three winners or the diploma awards winners of the World Skills Competition attend Skills Certification of the same trade within 5 years from their winning day.
2. One who has passed the National Skills Competition attend Class B or Class C Skills Certification of the same trade within 3 years from one's passing day.
3. The top-three winners of skill and craft competition held by the institutes, schools, or corporations with the approval of the National Competent Authority attend Class C Skills Certification of the same trade within 3 years from one's passing day.
The previous paragraph trades of holding skills competition must be subject to the limits of what have been proclaimed by the National Competent Authority.
The qualification criteria and necessary documents for applying for a qualified agency mentioned in subparagraph 3, paragraph 1 of this Article are proclaimed by the National Competent Authority.

The National Competent Authority should proclaim an executing plan for annual national Skills Certification including its holding dates, trades of each class, sign-up, tests and other related matters before the year starts and holds a National Skills Certification for non-specific persons.
The National Competent Authority can hold Skills Certification for designated examinees and purposes if necessary.
The Competent Authority can authorize its lower-leveled offices/departments or commission other organizations/institutes, schools, or cooperation to hold the written test and the field test of Skills Certification and to handle the related affairs.

The site and machines, tools and equipment of any examination agency on commission adopting the practical work for the field of Skills Certification should be qualified by the National Competent Authority.

The commission of the Skills Certification agency is terminated by Competent Authority under the following circumstances:
1. It is evident that having deliberate or dishonest reviewing of the qualification of the examinees of Skills Certification after investigation.
2. Not following the related regulations of the examination affairs and having no improvement in the limited after being advised.
3. It is evident that charging the additional or improper expense for vocational training and Skills Certification after investigation.
4. Authorizing the commissioned affairs to the other agency without admission.
5. Violating this regulation and other related rules and having serious matters.

The National Competent Authority can authorize the following agency to hold the written test or the field test of Skills Certification for designated examinees:
1. Public vocational training institutions holding Skills Certification for designated examinees of trainees.
2. The vocational training entities subordinate to the Ministry of Judicial Administration or the Ministry of National Defense or subsidiary to the Control Yuan of R.O.C. holding Skills Certification for designated examinees of inmates.
3. Business entities holding Skills Certification for designated examinees of on-job employees.
4. The agencies (institutions) subordinate to the Ministry of National Defense holding Skills Certification for designated examinees of military staff.
5. The National Education Competent Authority holding Skills Certification for designated examinees of students and vocational teachers.
6. Constitutional trade associations holding Skills Certification for designated examinees of employee hired by the manufacturers.
7. Constitutional craft union holding Skills Certification for designated examinees of members.
8. Other agencies approved by the special projects holding Skills Certification for designated examinees.

Any agency on commission holding Skills Certification for designated examinees should conform to the following qualification:
1. Public vocational training institutions and the vocational training entities belonging to the Ministry of Judicial Administration or the Ministry of National Defense or subsidiary to the Control Yuan of R.O.C.: The held trade should be related to the training program, and the present training term should conform to the following rules:
(1) Class A and B certification: Having finished the rudimentary training proclaimed or approved by the vocational training Competent Authority.
(2) Class C certification: Over 80 hours.
2. Business entities:
(1) Having the legal registration identity with business related to the trade of Skills Certification.
(2) Having the constitution of employment of the personnel with the Technician Certificate for specific job, and the regulation of promotion, wage hiking and other encouragement to reward the personnel with the Technician Certificate.
(3) Holding the short-term skill training approved by the Competent Authority for on-job employees and pay or subsidize the fee for them.
3. The agencies (institutions) belonging to the Ministry of National Defense: Holding the short-term skill training approved by the Ministry of National Defense for the military staff.
4. The National Education Competent Authority: Its holding procedure, the officiating units and any other related affairs should be regulated by annual implementation plan discussed by the National Competent Authority and the National Education Competent Authority.
5. Constitutional trade associations or craft union:
(1) Having the charters with mission related to the trade of Skills Certification.
(2) Having possessed the accreditation certificate approved by the Competent Authority for over 3 years.
(3) Possessing the written proof declared by the Competent Authority to confirm the normal operation.
(4) Devising the operation plan for Skills Certification that having the record of being addressed, admitted and list, and having reported to be approved by the Competent Authority.
(5) Equipping with the site of the written test for over 10 people at one time.
(6) Holding the short-term training for the employees hired by the manufacturers (belong to the members) or the members, and having reported to be approved by the Competent Authority.

Personnel applying for Skills Certification for designated examinees should conform to the following qualifications including those listed in Chapter II:
1. Trainee: Being the present member of the vocational training institution, and having the related training program to the applying trade.
2. Inmate: Being the present member of the subordinate vocational training institution, and having the related training program to the applying trade.
3. On-job employee: Having the training certificate of short-term skill training and being the present employee having been covered in government employee's insurance or labor insurance.
4. Military staff: The military officer, the student of military college or the staff selected by the military unit having the training certificate of short-term skill training.
5. Enrolling student: Being the present student with the recognized status.
6. Vocational teacher: The teacher in the public or private school and having the training certificate of short-term skill training or the personnel of skills training of the national military or association subordinate unit cooperating with the education Competent Authority.
7. Employee hired by the manufacturer subordinary to the association: Having the training certificate of short-term skill training and having participated in labor insurance.
8. Member of the labor union: Having the training certificate of short-term skill training and having been covered in labor insurance.
The previous paragraph personnel applying for Skills Certification for designated examinees should apply for only one trade at one time.

Trades and classes of Skills Certification for designated examinees should be limited to those proclaimed for national Skills Certification and the trades with the field test not listed confidential.

The agency of Skills Certification for designated examinees should conform to the following items except getting the admission from the National Competent Authority:
1. The number of the examinees for the same trade of the same class for the same date must be over 10.
2. The written test of Class A and B should be held coordinating with the national Skills Certification. But the National Competent Authority should arbitrate the class, the quiz of subjects and testing date for each trade.

If the agency holds the field test of the Skills Certification adopting the practical work, its site, machines, tools and equipment should be evaluated by the National Competent Authority. And if the site of the field test is on the sea, under the sea or on the air, it is not needed to be evaluated.

Except getting the approval from the National Competent Authority, the agency applying for the field test sites for Skills Certification and the machines, tools and equipment evaluation should conform to one of the following qualifications :
1. Vocational training institutions: Which are registered and set by Measures for the Establishment and Administration of Vocational Training Institutions, have the certificate of vocational training institution establishment, and have the training courses related to the trades for evaluation.
2. Schools: Which are the public or private senior high school (or higher) approved by the educational Competent Authority, and have the departments related to the trades for evaluation.
3. Business entities: Trade-related companies which are registered by the company law or business registration law, have the certified documents of company registration or business registration and with the registered capital amount exceeding thirty millions and employees exceeding 150.
4. Organizations: Trade-related associations, labor unions or the national corporate bodies which are established over three years.
5. Governmental agencies or government-supported incorporated organizations: Agencies set in accordance with government organizational regulation and government-supported incorporated organization.

The National Competent Authority should declare the annual proclamation of the field test sites for Skills Certification, the machines, tools and equipments evaluation and other related matters at the end of March each year, and declare the additional proclamation if there is any other special circumstances.
The items of the above mentioned proclamation are as the following:
1. The trade, class, the field test sites for Skills Certification and the self-report of the machines, tools and equipment evaluation (self-report), the examination site and its demanded quantity.
2. Applying of he field test sites for Skills Certification, the machines, tools and equipment evaluation, the duration of the evaluation and the proclaimed date of the results.

The agency applying for the field test sites for Skills Certification and the machines, tools and equipment evaluation should conform to the regulations in accordance with the self-report of each trade after self evaluation and attach the following documents and self-report two sets with one form for reviewing to the National Competent Authority to ask for evaluation:
1. Copy of the establishment identity. Governmental agencies and public schools are not under this limit.
2. Copy of domain of the examination site or the apograph of agrarian registration, copy of architecture ownership or the apograph of architecture registration. Governmental agencies and public schools are not under this limit.
3. Schools should attach syllabus related to the applied trades for reviewing.
4. Organizations should attach the identified documents of affairs proceeding by the Competent Authority.
For the subparagraph 2 of previous paragraph, if the examination site is rental, and the agency should attach the agreement of rental or usage within 2 years after acceptance of applying.
The same site and the machines, tools and equipment can't be supplied to over two agencies.

The evaluation process of the field test sites for Skills Certification and the machines, tools and equipment evaluation are as following:
1. Initial reviewing: It will be done with the written form by the National Competent Authority.
2. On-site evaluation: After being qualified by initial reviewing, the National Competent Authority will invite 2 to 3 personnel of the quiz bank preparation or the invigilators and markers to do the on-site evaluation. And the result of evaluation should be filled in the table of the evaluation report.

Agency being qualified after on-site evaluation should be issued with the certificate of qualified sites and the machines, tools and equipment evaluation, and the certificate should list the following items:
1. Title of the qualified certificate.
2. Trade and the class.
3. Quantity of the examination site.
4. Address of the site.
5. Valid date.
If there is any amendment concerning the first to the fourth subparagraph of previous paragraph or the machines and tools, the agency should report to the National Competent Authority.
For the valid date mentioned in the fifth subparagraph, paragraph 1 of this Article, it is 5 years from the issuing date. If the site rental duration is under 5 years, the valid date is the same as the expiration date of the site lease contract and use agreement. However, while occurring the incident as description in Article 27, the regulation must be followed.
Qualified agencies should refill the self-report for the National Competent Authority to examine within three month before the valid date. If necessary, the National Competent Authority can do the on-site evaluation anytime.

The National Competent Authority should subsidize the agencies for the field test of Skills Certification with the needed machines, tools and equipment according to the lists of estimated expenditures.

The National Competent Authority should proclaim the newly-revised self-report six month ago before the applying year if there is a crucial amendment of quiz of trades for Skills Certification to modify the self-report.
Qualified agencies should do the self evaluation according to the above self-report within the time limit of evaluation applying or adjustment reporting proclaimed by the National Competent Authority.

Agencies with special characters or being the outlying islands can be not limited by the quantity of the participant for each time after getting the approval of the National Competent Authority.
The qualified certificate of the approved agency for its special characters should be additionally noted its limit for Skills Certification for designated examinees.

The National Competent Authority should abolish the qualified certificate of the agency if having any of the following circumstances:
1. The site and the machines, tools and equipment having been seriously damaged or changed for other purpose to be unable to hold the field test.
2. The site not conforming to the related regulations after being checked by the department of building administration, environment protection, fire, and safety and health still having no improvement within the time limit by each Competent Authority for business objectives.
3. Refusing accepting commission by the Competent Authority without any duly reasons.
4. Not following the second paragraph of Article 27.
5. Being against the third paragraph of Article 23.
6. Having any corrupt practice while holding Skills Certification.
7. Being against this regulation and having any serious matters violating the related rule.
Qualified agencies should report to the National Competent Authority to terminate Skills Certification actively if having the situation of first and second subparagraph of previous paragraph. And the qualified certificates will be abolished and the evaluation applying won't be accepted if being explored not reporting.

The qualified certificate will be abolished if the documents applying for evaluation are fabricated, imitated or fake.

The National Competent Authority should hold the training of the invigilators and markers:
1. Newly-developed trade.
2. The trade with inadequate invigilators and markers after evaluating.
3. Any other trade necessary to be held.

The following agencies, institutions or associations should assign personnel to participate in the training of the invigilators and markers after getting the appointment from the National Competent Authority:
1. Agencies for training of the field test.
2. Agencies for standard drafting, service of personnel of quiz bank proposition of the written and field test.
3. Qualified agencies for training of the field test sites for Skills Certification and the machines, tools and equipment evaluation.
4. Vocational training institutions or schools equipped with the same or the related departments to the trades of vocational training.
5. Business entities equipped with the same technique or equipment as the trade of vocational training.
6. Craft unions, trade associations and professional organizations related to vocational training.
7. Each Competent Authority for business objectives.
8. Other organizations designated by the National Competent Authority.
The previous paragraph designated organizations include business entities, vocational training institutions, education entities and government entities.

One meeting any of the following qualification can be designated to have training of the invigilators and markers by the previous Article agencies, institutions or associations.
1. One with a related major of junior college diploma (or higher degree) and being or having been the technician of the business entity, the teacher of senior (vocational) high school (or higher) or the lecturer of vocational training institutions, and having over 8-year working experience related to the trade of vocational training.
2. One with a related major of junior college diploma (or higher degree) and being or having been the director, engineer or the related status of the business entity, the executive officer or higher status of the vocational institution, or the lecturer, director or higher status of the education entity, and having over 3-year working experience related to the trade of vocational training.
3. Having been invited to be the personnel of training of trade Skills Certification standard drafting and the preparation of the written or the field test quiz bank by the National Competent Authority.
4. Being the expert or the administrator with fair scholarship and experience and recommended by each Competent Authority for business objectives or the National Competent Authority.
5. Having the Class B or higher class technician certificate of the trade, and having over 10-year working experience related to the trade of vocational training.
Personnel conforming to the previous paragraph qualifications with graduation with the related major, lecturing the related program and possessing the certificate of technician training will be selected for priority.
One can't participate in the training if being the administrator or the teacher of the related trade for Skills Certification at the cram school or for-profit unit.
The qualifications for the trades with specific circumstances should be approved by the National Competent Authority.

Personnel participating in the training of the invigilators and markers should complete the whole training program; personnel who pass the test shall receive the certificate of invigilators and markers issued by National Competent Authority.

The National Competent Authority should hold a reviewing meeting for the qualified invigilators and markers if having the following circumstances:
1. Extra new trades.
2. The trade with crucial amendment of the field test of Skills Certification or standard of invigilating and marking.
3. Any other trade necessary to be held.

Participants of the reviewing meeting of invigilators and markers should participate in the meeting during the whole process; if not, they can't keep on invigilating and marking.

The invigilators and markers should keep the confidential if being aware of the grades of the filed test due to the duty and business.

The invigilators and markers can't refuse to invigilate and mark in the designated site of the field test.

The National Competent Authority should promptly abolish the certificate of the invigilator and marker, and inform the personnel of invigilating and marking return the certificate if having any of the following circumstances after investigation:
1. Being the administrator or the teacher of the related trade for Skills Certification at the cram school or for-profit unit during the valid period of the certificate.
2. Not avoiding while the examinee is his spouse, ex-spouse, the consanguineous relative, the affined relative or anyone caused deviation at his duty with evidence.
3. Losing the whole or part of the test papers, answering sheets (cards), workpiece or the evaluation report and other documents.
4. Declaring the grades of the test.
5. Disclosing or peculating the confidential quiz, standard of evaluation, reference answers, the grades of the test or the confidential data being aware and possessed due to duty and business.
6. Any other negligence affecting the examinee's right and testing affairs.

The National Competent Authority should set the quiz bank and assign the administrators take charge of the management to unify the administration of Skills Certification quiz.
The administrators of previous paragraph should keep the confidential.

The qualification criteria of employment to the personnel of the quiz bank preparation of each trade should be in accordance with the following items:
1. Being or having been the assistant professor of the college or the university, and having over 5-year working experience related to the trade of vocational training.
2. Graduating from the college or the university with the related major, and having over 10-year working experience related to the trade of vocational training.
3. Graduating from the college with the related major, and being or having been the director of the department of technique or training of the related business entity for over 5 years.
4. Graduating from the senior (vocational) high school, and having the highest class qualified certificate of the related trade and having over 10-year experience in practice or engaging in the related vocational training for over 10 year.
Personnel of the quiz bank preparation for the trade with special character can't be selected according to the previous paragraph aren't under the previous limitations.
The number of personnel of preparation for each trade should be 6-10.

The National Competent Authority can request the competent authorities for business objectives, schools, business entities, vocational training institutions and organizations to recommend the previous Article mentioned personnel while selecting.

Personnel of quiz bank preparation possessing or being aware of the covert quiz and other related data during the process of preparation. Personnel of quiz bank preparation should keep the confidential and not disclose or publish books and handout.

One having any of the following circumstances can't be selected as the personnel of quiz bank preparation; one should be dismissed if having been selected:
1. Investing and operating the cram school or any other for-profit unit related to the trade.
2. Being the administrator or teacher of the cram school or any other for-profit unit related to the trade.
3. Being against the previous Article.

Personnel of quiz bank preparation should not sign in and participate in the Skills Certification of the same trade within 3 years from the next year of preparation.

The quiz of the confidential written and field test should be sealed by the quiz bank administrators and should be handed in to the test-paper receiver to sign up, or reported to the head of the examination agency in person.
The related personnel of the examination agency should keep the confidence during the process of retrieval, printing and distribution of the confidential quiz.

The National Competent Authority should issue Technician Certificates to those who have passed the Skills Certification, and further give the diplomas if required by the above mentioned persons. One can apply for change or reissue if one's Technician Certificate or Diploma is damaged or lost.
The National Competent Authority can authorize and ask the commission other organization/institutes or cooperation to issue Technician Certificates and Diplomas.

The content of a Technician Certificates and a Diplomas shall contain the following items:
1.Name, date of birth, and I.D. number
2.Photo
3.Trade name and trade level
4.Technician Certificate serial number.
5. Certificate-Issuing department
6. Valid date
7. Issuing date

Any Technician Certificate and Diploma can't be lent or rented to others. Violating the above regulation, the National Competent Authority should nullify the Technician Certificate, and nullify the Technician Diploma.
If the examinee's qualification does not conform to the regulations for Skills Certification, or it's evident that the examinee cheating or violating the regulations of the written or the field test after investigation, the qualification and the grade of the written or field test should be nullified and the certificate can't be issued. As for the Technician Certificate and Diploma having been issued, both should be nullified afterwards.
The National Competent Authority should inform the related Competent Authorities for Business Objectives while nullifying a technician qualification or a diploma.

While receiving applications for taking the written test or the field test of Skills Certification, reviewing grade, and issuing Technician Certificates, the Competent Authority should collect the (test) sign-up expense, the reviewing expense, postage and the certificate & license expense.

The Competent Authority should reward individuals, business organizations, schools, vocational training and employment service institutes having excellence of promoting Skills Certification.

Until this regulation is proclaimed on December 31st, 2003, The Qualified Certificate of the field test for Skills Certification along with Machines, Tools, and Equipment, without validity, has been issued for over three since the issuing date, is valid for another two years starting from proclamation; the Qualified Certificate issued within 3 years is valid for 5 years.

One still can participate in the Skills Certification within 2 years if he was originally qualified but is not qualified for the amended articles of this regulation is implemented on December 31st, 2003,

The patterns of documents, forms and tables in this regulation are to be prescribed by the National Competent Authority.

This regulation is implemented since the day it is proclaimed.