The Central Competent Authority shall, before the beginning of a calendar year, publicly announce matters concerning stages, classes of job category, registration, and tests of National Skills Certification, and hold national skills certification for non-specific persons.
The Central Competent Authority may, if necessary, hold special skills certification for specific persons or purposes.

When units are commissioned, authorized or delegated to process field test for skills certification, taking other than non-choice-question written tests, their sites, machines and equipment shall be evaluated and authorized by the Central Competent Authority.

When a unit is commissioned, authorized, or delegated to process skills certification that includes any of the following situations, the Central Competent Authority may cease to commission, authorize, or delegate these assignments if:
1. It has found evidence that the unit has been intentionally neglectful or made serious mistakes in reviewing the qualifications of examinees for skills certification.
2. The unit has been notified to improve within a given period, but fails to improve by the end of the given period when processing certification administration that is not in accordance with related regulations.
3. It is found beyond doubt that the unit has collected fees more than that of prescribed criteria, or, obtained illegal gains when processing vocational training or skills certifications.
4. The unit commissioned, authorized and delegated certification administration to other units without approval.
5. The unit has seriously violated the Regulations and provisions of related statutes and regulations.

The Central Competent Authority may commission, authorize and delegate 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.

Units commissioned, authorized, or delegated to provide special skills certification shall meet the following qualifications:
1. For 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. For a business entity:
(1) It obtains registration documents in accordance with related statutes, and whose business items are related to job categories of the 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 a 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. For 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. For the Central Education Competent authority, matters concerning the procedures of providing skills certification and units undertaking skills certification shall be described in the annual plan, and jointly discussed and determined by the Central Competent Authority and the Central Education Competent authority.
5. For a legally established trade association or labor union:
(1) The applied job categories of skills certification shall be related to the tasks specified in its charter.
(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 as normal.
(4) It has planned a promotion proposal of skills certification, and the proposal is passed and recorded at the member (representative) meeting, then further submitted to the competent authority for approval.
(5) It has a site reserved for the administration of the 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 details to the competent authority for approval.

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 be currently receiving training at vocational training agencies (institutions) and shall apply for skills certification in job categories related to the training.
2. For inmates, they are currently receiving training at the correction agency under the Ministry of Justice and shall apply for job categories of skills certification related to the training.
3. For in-service employees, they have completed a short-term skill training program and are insured by Civil Servant Insurance or Labor Insurance.
4. For military personnel, they are military officers or soldiers, students of a military academy, or contracted employees in military units, and have completed short-term skill training programs.
5. For students, they are currently enrolled at schools.
6. For employees in member business entities of trade associations, they have completed short-term training programs and are now insured by Labor Insurance.
7. For labor union members, they have completed short-term training programs and are now insured by Labor Insurance.
Applicants for skills certification referred to in the preceding paragraph can only apply for one job category in each stage.

The job categories and classes of special skills certification shall be limited to those job categories and classes of publicly announced National Skills Certification, but the job categories and classes that the field test questions prior to the field test being taken has been classified as confidential shall be approved by the Central Competent Authority

Unless obtaining approval from the Central Competent Authority due to exceptional circumstances, units providing special skills certification shall meet the following conditions:
1. The number of participants in skills certification of the same job category and class in each stage shall be no less than 10 persons.
2. When the method of written questions is adopted for the written test for Class A and Class B, the test shall be taken together with National Skills Certification; but, if necessary, the Central Competent Authority may prepare different written test questions for each job category and class, and reschedule the same date for testing thereof.