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Amended and promulgated Article 10、15~17、33、36、41 and deleted 10-1 by MOL with Lao-Dong-Fa-Neng-Tzu No. 1100500010 on January 20, 2021

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Article 10 When applicants for skills certification passing both the written test and the field test of the same class of job category of skills certification shall be deemed as passing the certification.
When an applicant passes the field test referred to in the preceding paragraph, the result of the test may be retained for 3 years from the second year of the year that the test in taken.
The Central Competent Authority shall publicly announce the way of passing certification for job categories of skills certification not applicable to the two preceding paragraphs.
The years of retention referred to in Paragraph 2 shall not include the number of years that skills certification is suspended, or shall be reduced if the skills certification for job category applied is terminated.

Article 10-1 (Deleted)

Article 15 The Central Competent Authority may entrust or commission the following units to handle certification administration of written and field tests for skills certification for specific persons:
1.Vocational training agencies (institutions) established by the government: Provide skills certification for the trainees of their own training programs.
2.Correction agencies of the Ministry of Justice: Provide skills certification for the inmates.
3.Business entities: Provide skills certification for their employees.
4.Subordinated agencies (institutions) of the Ministry of National Defense: Provide skills certification for military personnel.
5.The Ministry of Education: Provide skills certification for students currently enrolled.
6.Legally established trade associations: Provide skills certification for employees of their member business entities.
7.Legally established labor unions: Provide skills certification for their members.
8.Other agencies (institutions) that are approved in accordance with statutes or under special programs: Provide skills certification.

Article 16 Units entrusted or commissioned to provide special skills certification shall meet the following qualifications:
1.To Vocational training agencies (institutions) established by the government and correction agencies of the Ministry of Justice, the job categories provided shall be related to their training courses and the training hours of the stage shall at least meet one of the following conditions:
(1)For Class A and Class B skills certification, completing training courses of rudimentary training publicly announced or approved by the vocational training competent authority.
(2)For Class C skills certification, completing no less than 80 hours.
2.To a business entity:
(1)It obtains registration document in accordance with related statutes, and whose business items are related to job categories of skills certification provided.
(2)Its internal rule prescribes that a certain job must be undertaken by certified technicians and employees passing skills certification will be awarded with position or remuneration adjustment.
(3)It obtains the approval by the competent authority and provides short-term training to employees, and also pays for or subsidizes the fees for skills certification.
3.To subordinated agencies (institutions) of the Ministry of National Defense, they obtain the approval by the Ministry of National Defense and provide short-term training for military personnel.
4.To the central education competent authority, matters concerning the procedures of providing skills certification and units undertaking skills certification shall be described by the annual plan jointly discussed and determined by the Central Competent Authority and the central education competent authority.
5.To a legally established trade association or labor union:
(1)Its tasks specified in its charter shall be related to the applied job categories of skills certification.
(2)It has obtained the legal registration document of establishment approval issued by the competent authority for more than three years.
(3)It obtains the document issued by the competent authority as a proof that it is operating in normal.
(4)It has planned a promotion proposal of skills certification, and the proposal is passed and recorded by the member (representative) meeting and further submitted to the competent authority for approval.
(5)It has a site reserved for the use of written test, and it can accommodate at least 10 persons for testing each time.
(6)It provides short-term training for its member business entities or members, and submits to the competent authority for approval.

Article 17 Applicants for special skills certification shall also meet one of the following conditions, in addition to the qualifications prescribed in Chapter II:
1.Trainees shall currently receiving training at vocational training agencies (institutions) and shall apply for skills certification in job categories related to the training.
2.To inmates, they are currently receiving training at the correction agency under the Ministry of Justice and apply for job categories of skills certification related to the training.
3.To in-service employees, they have completed short-term skill training programs and are the insured of Civil Servant Insurance or Labor Insurance.
4.To military personnel, they are military officers and soldiers, students of military academy or contracted employees in military units and have completed short-term skill training programs.
5.To students, they are currently enrolled at schools.
6.To employees in member business entities of trade associations, they have completed short-term training programs and are now the insured of Labor Insurance scheme.
7.To labor union members, they have completed short-term training programs and are now the insured of Labor Insurance scheme.
Applicants for skills certification referred to in the preceding paragraph can only apply for one job category in each stage.

Article 33 Persons with one of the following qualifications may be assigned by units referred to in the preceding article or recommend themselves to participating in the training for invigilator and marker qualification:
1.Those who have the degree of junior college or higher, are now or were technicians at institutions related to the trained job categories and with registration document in accordance with related statutes, teachers at senior (vocational) high schools or higher, instructors or technicians at military academies, or trainers at vocational training agencies (institutions) and have engaged in work related to the trained job categories for more than eight years.
2.Those who are currently or have been invited by the Central Competent Authority to establish guideline or compose written and field tests’ questions bank for skills certification related to the trained job categories.
3.Those who are experts with qualified academic background and work experiences or responsible officers (staffs) and assigned or recommended by the competent authorities of related business or the Central Competent Authority.
4.Those who obtain Class B or higher level technician certificate related to the trained job categories and engaged in work related to the trained job categories for more than ten years.
5.Those who have the degree of senior (vocational) high school or higher, have technician certificate of the class of the job category provided, engage in work related to the trained job categories for more than thirteen years, and Class B skills certification has not yet been provided for the trained job categories.
6.Those who have won an excellence award or above in an international skills competition or a vocational skills competition at the International Abilympics, as well as have been engaged in relevant work for more than three years, providing the contest categories are related to the job training categories.
7.Those who have won a top three award in a National Skills Competition as well as have been engaged in relevant work for more than eight years, providing the contest categories are related to the job training categories.
The Central Competent Authority shall openly select the persons assigned by the units referred to in the preceding paragraph or self-recommended.
Among those meeting the qualifications referred to in the Paragraph 1, persons with the degree of fields related to trained job categories, or having the teaching experience in courses related to trained job categories and technician certificates related to trained job categories shall have the first priority to be selected to participate in the training for invigilator and marker qualification.
Persons referred to in the preceding paragraph can only participate in the training for invigilator and marker qualification of one job category, unless it is publicly announced by the Central Competent Authority.
Persons who are working as the responsible person, staffs or tutors at such profit units as tutoring schools related to job categories for skills certification are not allowed to participate in the training thereof.
The qualifications for job categories with special conditions may be specially approved by the Central Competent Authority.

Article 36 Persons participating in the workshop shall participate without absence and pass the examination in order to undertake invigilating and marking duty for classes of job categories concerned.
Persons with certified invigilator and marker qualification, who are working as the responsible person, staffs or tutors at such profit units as tutoring schools related to job categories for skills certification are not allowed to participate in the workshop referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Persons who do not participate in a workshop referred to in Paragraph 1, the workshop without absence, or pass the examination will be suspended from undertaking invigilating and marking duty.
If the qualification certificate for invigilators and markers participating in the workshop referred to in Paragraph 1 has effective period, a new qualification certificate shall be issued and its effective period is five years since the date of issuance.
Where the workshop mentioned in Paragraph 1 above cannot be conducted by the central competent authority within the validity period due to natural disasters, incidents, or other major accidents, the validity period of the qualification may be approved under a special project for an extension of another six months. If necessary, it may be extended further where each extension cannot exceed an additional six months.

Article 41 Persons selected and appointed to compose test questions bank of each job category shall meet one of the following conditions:
1.Those who are or were working as assistant professors or above at universities and have had more than five years of teaching experience in related field.
2.Those who have a university or higher degree and have had more than ten years of teaching experience in related job categories.
3.Those who have the degree of junior college or higher, are now or were in a managerial position for more than five years or non-managerial position for more than eight years of technical department or training department at government agencies or institutions related to job categories for skills certification and with registration document in accordance with related statutes.
4.Those who have the degree of senior (vocational) high school or higher, have technician certificate of the highest class provided in relation to job categories for skills certification, have engaged in on-site or training work related to the job categories for more than ten years.
5.Those who are recommended by the competent authority or the competent authority of related business at any level.
When persons of composing test questions bank for special job categories cannot be selected or appointed in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the preceding paragraph shall not apply.
The number of persons to compose test questions bank for each job category shall be 6 to 12 persons. Each person can be appointed to compose test questions bank for each job category only, unless those who are granted from the Central Competent Authority.