A person who has won the first, second or third prize at a national vocational skills competition is entitled to recognition and grant of a certificate of national occupational skills of level 2 in the occupation in which he/she has won the prize is the content prescribed at the Decree No. 31/2015/ND-CP dated March 24, 2015 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Employment regarding assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills.
Similarly, a person who has won a medal at a world vocational skills competition is entitled to recognition and grant of a certificate of national occupational skills of level 3 in the occupation in which he/she has won the medal. A person who wins a medal at an ASEAN vocational skills competition is entitled to recognition and grant of a certificate of national occupational skills of level 2 in the occupation in which he/she has won the medal. If this person participates in the assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills of level 3 in the occupation in which he/she has won the medal, he/she is entitled to exemption from the exam of practice skills and observance of the occupational safety and hygiene process.
Other important contents are the conditions for participation in assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills. Accordingly, all employees may participate in the assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills of level 1 of an occupation and to participate in the assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills of level 2 of an occupation, an employee must satisfy one of the conditions such as possessing a certificate of national occupational skills of level 1 or basic-level certificate corresponding to that occupation and having worked in that occupation for at least 2 (two) years since obtaining such certificate; having completed an intermediate-level (intermediate vocational, professional secondary) training program corresponding to the occupation to be assessed and having worked in that occupation for at least 3 (three) consecutive years. And to participate in the assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills of level 3 of an occupation, an employee must satisfy one of the following conditions: an employee must possess a certificate of national occupational skills of level 2 or intermediate-level (intermediate vocational, professional secondary, occupational or technical employee) diploma corresponding to that occupation and having worked in that occupation for at least 2 (two) consecutive years since obtaining such certificate or diploma…
Also in accordance with this Decree, occupational skills assessment organizations having obtained a certificate of a center for assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills before May 15, 2015 shall carry out procedures for re-grant of certificates before May 16, 2017. An occupational skills assessment organization shall be suspended from operation for up to 6 (six) months if it loses results of knowledge or practice exams of participants or fails to keep these results as prescribed by the law on archives.
This Decree takes effect on May 15, 2015.
Source: luatvietnam.vn
