New Technical intern Training Program April, 2017 Immigration - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

New Technical intern Training Program April, 2017 Immigration Bureau, Ministry of Justice Human Resources Development Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Structure of Technical Intern Training Program ○Technical Intern Training Program aims to contribute to developing countries by accepting people from these countries for a certain period of time (maximum 5 years) and transferring skills through OJT . (This program was established in 1993.) ○Approximately 230,000 technical intern trainees (as of the end of 2016) reside all over Japan, and labor related regulations are applied to them under employment relationship except lecture period just after the entry. Type of Technical Intern Training Program ※ New system is written in red 【 Supervising Organization Type 】 【 Individual Enterprises Type 】 Japanese companies (Implementing Organization) accept staff of their Non-profit supervising organizations (chambers of commerce, etc.) overseas office, joint-venture or transaction enterprise, and conduct accept Technical Intern Trainees and the training is conducted at each training implementing organization. Sending Sending Japan Japan country country On ‐ site Employment Inspection Contract O Contract Sending Supervising Overseas Enterprise Enterprise organization organization T branch, etc License I screening Application/ Implementing Guidance/ support organization T On ‐ site Employment Inspection On ‐ site Accreditation Accreditation Contract Inspection Employees Employees Enterprise Enterprise Employees Employees OTIT Implementing organization 1

Flow of the Technical Intern Training Program ※ New system is written in red ○ Entry Technical Intern Training (i)(a),(b) Lectures 2 months at implementing organization (individual enterprise) or supervising organization (No employment relationship) Technical Intern Lect ure 1 st year Training (i) Practical training Implementing organization conducts training Practical training * Supervising organization type: visiting guidance, inspection by supervising organizations Basic level (compulsory ○ Change or acquisition of status of residence exam on theory Technical Intern Training (ii)(a),(b) and practical) Technical Intern Training (ii) 2 nd year * Job categories: for which there are needs in sending country and for which official skill evaluation system is prepared (74 categories, 133 operations) . (as of the end of April 2016) Practical training • Eligibility: Trainee who passed theory & practical exam of evaluation exam (equivalent to National trade skill testing basic 2nd level ) Renew the period of stay 3 rd year ○ Back to home country temporarily (more than 1 month ） 3 rd level (compulsory practical exam) ○ Change or acquisition of status of residence Technical Intern Training (iii) Technical Intern Training (iii)(a),(b) 4 th year Practical training ① Job categories: same as that of Technical Intern Training (ii) ② Eligibility: Trainee who passed practical exam of evaluation exam (equivalent to National trade skill testing 3 rd level) ③ Supervising organization & implementing organization: an organization which satisfies certain definite conditions 5 th year and is recognized as excellent. Renew the period of stay 2 nd level ○ Back to home country (compulsory practical exam) 2

Trends in the Number of Technical Intern Training by Nationality Number of Technical Interns Whose Status of Residence Was Technical Breakdown of “Others” Intern Training, by Nationality (as of the end of 2016) 240,000 Country Number of persons 228,589 Cambodia 4,865 10,842 220,000 Thailand 7,279 Myanmar 3,960 192,655 18,725 Mongolia 774 200,000 Indonesia 6,857 Laos 394 6,084 Philippines 22,674 180,000 167,641 Sri Lanka 265 (Number of persons) 15,307 3,628 155,214 Nepal 201 151,482 160,000 4,923 2,312 17,740 143,308 1,963 12,222 3,947 Bangladesh 115 3,464 1,694 10,064 12,721 140,000 9,098 3,059 8,181 10,077 8,842 80,858 China 8,333 120,000 Number of Technical Interns by Type of Receiving Organizations (as of the end 89,086 100,000 of 2016) 100,108 80,000 Received 107,182 111,400 by 108,252 individual 60,000 enterprises 8,150 Vietnam 88,211 interns Received 40,000 3.6% by 57,581 supervising organizatio 20,000 34,039 ns 21,632 16,715 13,789 220,439 0 interns 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 96.4% Vietnam China Philippines Indonesia Thailand Others (Ministry of Justice data) *Figures for the period 2011 include the number of technical interns of 3 “specified activities (technical intern training).”