Chapter 3 Qualification Criteria and Management Training Unit
Article 20
Safety and health education and trainings shall be undertaken by following units (hereinafter referred to as “training unit”):
1. Labor competence authority, health competence authority, labor safety and health research institute, labor inspection office or business competent authority.
2. Non-profit organization (NPO) established in accordance with the law.
3. Employer Association approved by law.
4. Labor Union approved by law.
5. Hospital approved by new accreditation system of the health competent authority of the central government, or university and college with medical and nursery departments.
6. Non-profit first-aid training unit approved by the competent authority of the central government.
7. University and college with safety and health departments or departments specified for relevant trainings.
8. Enterprise.
9. Others approved by the competent authority of the central government.
Education and trainings organized by NPO to recruit external trainees described in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding Paragraph shall comply with the provisions specified in the following Subparagraphs and shall be approved by the competent authority of the central government:
1. Establish vocational training institution, and comply with its purpose of establishment.
2. Achieve excellent performance in promotion of safety and health.
Employer associations and labor unions of Subparagraphs 3 and 4 of Paragraph 1 and enterprises of Subparagraph 8 intending to conduct education and training as stipulated in Articles 3 to 14, and Articles 16 to 18 must first establish vocational training institutions in accordance with the law prior to recruiting for training. However, this requirement is exempt if any one of the following conditions applies:
1. Non-recurring safety and health education and trainings conducted by employer associations or labor unions for its members or workers.
2. Non-recurring safety and health education and trainings conducted by business units for its workers or workers employed by its contractors.
3. Other safety and health education and trainings approved by the central competent authority.
Authorities and institutions affiliated with the central competent authority that conduct education and trainings in accordance with Articles 3 to 16 and Article 18 shall apply to the central competent authority for future reference and to handle such education and trainings in accordance with the provisions of Article 23, Article 25, Article 26, Article 29, and Paragraph 1 of Article 30.
Article 21
Training units established in accordance with the law as vocational training institutions shall refer to the relevant guidance promulgated by the central competent authority when conducting the following education and trainings in order to establish a self-management system of safety and health education and trainings. In addition, the system shall be submitted to the central competent authority for approval.
1. Education and trainings described in Article 5, Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 12, Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 13, and Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 14.
2. On-the-job education and trainings described in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 18.
3. Other education and trainings specified by the central competent authority.
The approval of training units of the preceding Paragraph and Paragraph 2 of the preceding Article may be entrusted by the central competent authority to academic institutions or related groups.
Article 22
The training unit stated in Subparagraph 5 of Paragraph 1 of Article 20 is limited to conducting safety and health education and trainings specified for labor health service nursing personnel, labor health service related personnel and first-aid personnel. The training unit stated in Subparagraph 6 is limited to conducting safety and health education and trainings specified for first-aid personnel.
The training unit stated in Subparagraphs 2 to 4 and Subparagraphs 7 to 9 of Paragraph 1 of Article 20, shall conduct first-aid trainings with hospital approved by the accreditation system of the central competent authority of health and welfare, or university and college with medical and nursing departments.
The training unit stated in Subparagraphs 2 to 4 and Subparagraphs 6 to 9 of Paragraph 1 of Article 20 except for medical and nursery professional groups, shall conduct trainings specified for labor health service nursing personnel and labor health service related personnel with hospital approved by the accreditation system of the central competent authority of health and welfare, or university and college with medical and nursing departments.
Article 23
Prior to commencement of education and trainings set forth in Articles 3~16, the training unit shall fill out the Application Form for Education and Training Site (Form 1) and submit following documents to municipality, county (city) government (hereinafter referred to as “local competent authorities”) for approval, and likewise when there are changes:
1. Qualification documents in accordance with regulations set forth in Subparagraphs 6 and 9 of Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 of Article 20, and Article 21.
2. Preparation of safety and health measurement instruments and personal protective equipment (Forms 2 and 3).
3. Site, machinery and equipment for skills practicum (Form 4).
4. Facilities of education & training site (Form 5)
5. Documents in accordance with the Installation Standards of Fire Safety Equipment by Site Categories.
6. Certificate of building used as educational premises approved by Construction Competence Authority.
The safety and health measurement instruments and personal protective equipment prepared set forth in the aforesaid Subparagraph 2 shall be limited for training premises application; these machinery and equipment for practicum may not be used for other purposes during practicum or practical implementation.
The machinery and equipment for practicum as stated in Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1 may not be used for other purposes during practicum or practical implementation. For conducting education and trainings publicly announced by the central competent authority, the site, machinery and equipment for practicum shall pass the accreditation required of premises, machinery and equipment for Technician Skills Examination or shall be approved by the central competent authority.
Subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 1 is not applicable if any one of following conditions exists:
1. Safety and health education and trainings conducted by government and relevant department of university or college.
2. Safety and health education and trainings specified for first-aid personnel conducted by the hospital approved by new accreditation system of the health and welfare competent authority of the central government.
3. Safety and health education and trainings specified for employees of enterprise or its contractors’ employees.
4. Safety and health education and trainings specified for members and employees required by non-profit organization, employers association and labor union to conduct in the premises or those in governmental facilities.
5. Other types of safety and health education and trainings for special needs approved by local competence authority.
Article 24
The approved training unit set forth in the preceding Article shall only conduct safety and health education and trainings in approved area of the local competent authority. However, the exception is for the training unit which has been accredited as Category Excellent or above by the competent authority of the central government, in accordance with regulations set forth in Article 41.
Article 25
Training units shall submit following documents at least 15 days before conducting education and trainings, set forth in Articles 3~16, to local competent authorities for future reference.
1. Application Form of Educations and Training Plan (Form 6)
2. Education and Trainings Curriculum (Form 7)
3. Lecturer Profiles (Form 8)
4. Trainee Register (Form 9)
5. List of in-charge dedicated service persons
Daily hours for class courses and operation practicum of the aforesaid trainings shall not exceed 8 hours. Operation practicum shall be conducted in daytime while class courses may be conducted at night. However, the hours of class at night shall be limited to 3 hours per day and must finish by 10 p.m.
To make any changes to the documents set forth in Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 2 to 4 of this Article, the documents of the alternations must be submitted by the training unit to the local authority for future reference no later than one day before the commencement of the training.
Article 26
Training unit shall submit documents set forth in Subparagraph 1 to 4 of Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article at least 15 days before the commencement to local competent authorities for future reference when conducting safety and health education and trainings set forth in Subparagraphs 1 to 9 of Paragraph 1 of Article 18.
The provision of the preceding Paragraph does not apply to the labor competent authority or labor inspection office.
The competent authority of the central government may publish the syllabus of safety and health education and trainings as the course basis given by training units.
For any changes to the documents set forth in Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 2 to 4 of the preceding Article which are attached to Paragraph 1 of this Article, documents of the alternations must be submitted by the training unit to local authority for future reference no later than one day before the commencement of the training
Article 27
Skills or management examinations for a portion or the entire education and trainings set forth in Articles 3 ~ 16 may be issued by the competent authority of the central government as Technician Skills Certification, or be conducted in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Article 28.
Training unit shall award trainees who have finished aforesaid education and trainings with Certificate of Completion (Form 10) within 15 days after their accomplishment.
Article 28
Training units shall test those people who finished education and trainings of Articles 3 ~ 16, other than the aforesaid Article. Certificate of Completion shall be award to those who pass the examinations within 15 days after their accomplishment (Form 11).
The words and language to be used for the test of Paragraph 1 shall be in Chinese.
Training units shall entrust testing organizations to conduct such examinations publicly announced by the central competent authority, set forth in the Paragraph 1. Certificate of Completion shall be awarded to those who pass the examinations (Form 11).
The central competent authority may entrust related professional organizations to certify the testing organization and testing site stated in the preceding paragraph.
All expenses incurred in the examinations will be paid from the training fees received by training units.
Article 29
For the education and trainings described in Articles 3 ~ 16, training units shall retain the documents specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 25 and the following documents for at least 10 years:
1. Trainee Sign-in Records (Form 12).
2. Trainee Roll Call Records (Form 13).
3. Score Report of Trainees (Form 14).
4. Issuance Lists of Finished Certificates (Form 15) or Completion Certificates (Form 16) of Trainees.
Article 30
Regarding the documents governed by Article 23, Article 25, Article 26, and the preceding Article, the training unit shall post the content, time limit and method in accordance with the promulgation of the central competent authority.
Upon termination of the affairs of labor safety and health education and trainings, the training unit shall report to the local competent authority within 15 days, and shall also transfer the electronic files of the documents specified in the preceding Article to the central competent authorities.
Article 31
Training units shall retain documentations specified for the education and trainings set forth in Articles 17 and 18, which include textbook, curriculum, trainee list, sign-in record and content of courses related to the training program for at least 3 years.
When training units establishing vocational training institutions for recruiting external trainees are organizing the education and trainings described in the preceding Paragraph, the education and trainings shall be handled according to the content, time-limit and method of registration publicly announced by the central competent authority.
Training units shall make their remarks on the backside of the Completion Certificate (Form 11) or issue On-the-job Education and Training Records (Form 17) to those who received the education and trainings set forth in Article 18.
Article 32
The Local Competence Authority shall verify the education and trainings conducted by training unit. If necessary, the competent authority of the central government may conduct random inspections.
For purposes of verifying and monitoring the performance in education and trainings conducted by training units, the authorities stated in the aforesaid Paragraph may ask training units to provide information relevant to education & trainings.
Article 33
Training units shall handle the following matters when organizing safety and health education and trainings:
1. Assign dedicated service staff.
2. Verify the training qualification of trainees.
3. Verify sign-in records, roll call records and other relevant matters of trainees.
4. Verify attendance of trainees.
5. Treatment of transfer courses or substitute teaching.
6. Always take care of all safety and health installations in training site.
7. Assist trainees in handling and addressing issues relevant to trainings.
8. Other matters deemed necessary by the competence authority of the central government.
For trainees absent for one-fifth or more of the total training hours, the training unit shall give notice of dismissal. For trainees that have applied for leave or have been absent for over 3 hours, the training unit shall give notice for them to make up for all missed sessions to complete the entire course.
The dedicated service staff as stipulated in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 shall be equipped with the qualification of occupational safety and health management staff. However, the dedicated service staff for education and trainings of first-aid personnel may be handled by personnel equipped with the qualification of medical care personnel, senior or medium level of emergency medical technician qualification certificate.
The training unit shall require the dedicated service staff as stipulated in Paragraph 1 to receive classes designated by the central competent authority at least 6 hours every two years.
Article 34
All fees charged by training units for safety and health education and trainings shall be applied towards the compensation of lectures, lecturers’ trainings, test, certificates, employee’s salary, office expense, rent, expenses necessary for teaching and activities for safety and health.
Article 35
The qualification of lecturers shall meet the requirements of Annex Form 15 when training units conduct education and training as specified in Articles 3 ~ 14 and 16.
Article 36
Training units shall organize an editorial and review committee of textbook compilation for education and trainings, set forth in Articles 3 ~ 16, in accordance with course names, hours and syllabus issued by the competence authority of the central government. Upon completion, training units shall submit textbooks along with edited and reviewed documents to the competence authority of the central government for future reference.The same applies when there is any modification.
The aforesaid textbooks for education and trainings which have been assigned or compiled by the competence authority of the central government shall be used as textbook by training units; training units are prohibited to compile their own.
Article 37
The editing and compilation of the aforesaid textbook shall be conducted in accordance with following principles:
1. They must be in line with relevant labor laws and the Copyright Act.
2. Chinese description facilitated with tables, figures, real practicum or occupational accidents must be used. If original languages are necessary, Chinese words shall be noted for reference.
3. The metric system must be used. If other systems are necessary, metric conversion must be used.
4. The compiling sequence in textbook shall be in horizontal method from left to right.
5. A list of editorial committee must be provided.
Article 38
Training units with one of following conditions may be warned and notified to make corrections within the time limit specified by the competent authority in accordance with Article 48 of the Act:
1. Matters not handled in accordance with the provisions of Article 33.
2. The textbook or training methods is in violation of labor laws and the subjects of trainings.
3. The implementation is not in accordance with content of the trainings.
4. Any event in violation of this regulation that is verified and discovered by the competence authority.
5. Other matters in violation with requirements of the competent authority of the central government.
Article 39
Training unit with one of following conditions may be imposed with administrative fine and notified to make corrections within the time limit specified by the competence authority in accordance with Article 48 of the Act:
1. The premises, training equipments, safety and health installations do not meet approved conditions.
2. Contents of admission advertisements or flyers are dishonest.
3. The education and trainings fail to be conducted in the approved premises of application filed.
4. The training plans fail to be reported to local competent authority for future reference according to the regulations.
5. Data required in Paragraph 1 of Article 25 fail to be prepared or recorded properly.
6. Training completion examination fails to be conducted according to the regulations.
7. Session finished or training completion certificates fail to be issued according to the regulations.
8. There is failure to comply with the provisions of the promulgation to post designated documents.
9. The issuance list of session finished or training completion certificates fails to be properly verified or published.
10. There is refusal, avoidance or hindrance of verification or assessment being conducted by the competent authority.
11. Severely failing to conduct education and trainings by the contents of training plans.
12. Recruiting of external trainees fails to comply with the provisions of Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 20 or education and trainings fail to be organized in accordance with the provision of Paragraph 1 of Article 21.
13. Upon termination of the affairs of training, no report to the local competent authority for recordation in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 30 is made, or no electronic files of the documents of education and trainings are transferred to the central competent authorities.
14. Corrections are not made within the time-limit prescribed by the competent authority in the preceding Article.
Article 40
For training unit having any situation of the 2 preceding Articles, if corrections are not made or where the failing is severe, the competent authority may revoke or abolish its certification or suspend the training unit to conduct a portion of or the entire training affairs for a certain period of time in accordance with Article 48 of the Act.
Relevant personnel of the training unit mentioned in the preceding paragraph suspected of engaging in criminal activities will be transferred to the judicial authority for investigation.
For organization which is not qualified as a training unit but conducts safety and health education and training by falsifying its qualification as an authorized training unit, it will be transferred to the competent authority, issuing the original permit, and be punished by laws. In addition, relevant personnel suspected of engaging in criminal activities will be transferred to the judicial authority for investigation.
Article 41
With regard to the training unit of the vocational training institute governed by Paragraph 1 of Article 20, the central competent authority may, in conjunction with the local competent authority, conduct assessment on the lecturers, teaching materials, teaching, environment, facilities, administration, information management and other necessary matters recognized by the central competent authority of the safety and health education and training. The assessment results may be published by its category.
If the assessment result indicates that the training unit is in violation of any matters described in Article 38 or Article 39, the competent authority shall issue a warning or impose an administrative fine and order it to take corrective actions within a time limit in accordance with Article 48 of the Act. If corrective actions are not taken within the required time limit or if there is severe violation of the law, certain portion or the entire training business may be suspended on a regular basis.
The accreditation described in Paragraph 1 may be entrusted by the central competent authority to academic institutions or related groups.