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Chapter 3 Chief Experts and Experts
Article 10
Chief Experts for skill categories of the National Skills Competitions and National Skills Competitions for the physically and mentally challenged shall be selected by the council.
Article 11
The tenure for the chief experts is 2 years and the post shall be reappointed upon expiry. The tenure for the experts shall be limited in accordance with the period of the competition.
In case the chief expert is absent, the chief expert shall appoint a substitute chief expert. In case the chief expert cannot do the appointment, the posy shall be designated by the host organization.
Article 12
The duties of the chief experts for the National Skills Competitions are as follows:
1. Preparation of test projects for the World Skills Competition, Simulation Competitions and International Skills Competition.
2. Participating in compiling and directing of the training plans for the competitors of the World Skills Competition
3. Recommendation of expert assistants and technical advisors
4. Arranging experts to evaluate the scores of competitors for skill competitions and participating in the scoring whenever necessary
5. Assisting with the borrowing of equipment and devices for competition sites and the training organizations of the competitors
6. Assisting with the providing of training materials and equipment, as well as cost of living from the sponsor for the competitors of the World Skills Competition
7. Attending various meetings held by the Council and the ROC Committee of the World Skills Competition
8. Reviewing the scores of competitors of various skill categories of the National Skills Competition and making proposals of advantages and disadvantages for reference
9. Acting as technical committee member of the ROC Committee of the WorldSkills Competition and also as Chief Expert of the country in the WorldSkills Competition
Article 13
The chief experts for the National Skills Competition have to be fair and selfless displaying professionalism and leadership and shall possess the following qualifications:
1. Winning a medal in the World Skills Competition and having over 6 years of actual working experience in the skill category with excellent performance
2. Winning a medal in the National Skills Competition and having over 8 years of actual working experience in the skill category with excellent performance
3. Class A certified technician in the skill category, having over 10 years of actual working experience in the skill category with excellent performance
4. Class B certified technician in the skill category having over 12 years of actual working experience in the skill category with excellent performance
5. Those with special accomplishments in this skill category, training competitors for the World Skills Competition who have won more than 2 medals in the World Skills Competition or training competitors for the National Skills Competition who have won more than 4 medals or training competitors for Skills Contest of Senior High Schools in Taiwan who have won more than 4 medals in the first 3 places
6. Acting as the committee member for formulating test projects or the experts of national skills competitions for over 4 years
7. Graduating from a relevant department in college or above and with over 12 years of relevant working experience with excellent performance
For chief experts in the World Skills Competition, in addition to the aforesaid qualifications, those who can communicate in English, German or French will be prioritized.
Article 14
Experts in various skill categories of the National Skills Competition shall be recommended by themselves or the following units:
1. Nominators of the competitor
2. Vocational training institutes or schools that have the same or similar departments as the competition skill categories
3. Enterprises that have the same or similar skills, equipment as the competition skill categories
4. Federations of Trade Associations, Federations of Trade Unions, Industrial Associations related to the competition skill categories
5. Competent authorities of relevant purposes
6. Others appointed by the Council
Article 15
Experts of the National Skills Competitions shall possess the following qualifications:
1. Having engaged in teaching at relevant departments for more than three years and with over two years of experience in competition matters
2. Having formulating test projects or being the invigilator of skill certification
3. Graduating from relevant departments in colleges or above and with Class B technician certificate for over two years and working in a relevant fields for over two years
4. Graduating from a relevant department in college or above, with over 5 years of relevant working experience
5. Winning one of the top three places at the World Skills Competition or Vocational Skills Competition of the International Abilympics and having been engaged in the vocation for over three years
6. Having been invited by the Council to be an expert of related skill category
Article 16
Should the total number of experts be less than 4, the Council shall supplement the number by employment. The number shall be increased based on the number of competitors or in coordination with test projects.
Article 17
If the recommended people from nominating units of competitors have been invited to be the expert, then the nominating unit shall bear their expenses.
Article 18
Duties for the experts of the National Skills Competition for the physically and mentally challenged are as follows:
1. Preparation of test projects for the National Skills Competition for the Physically and mentally Challenged, Simulation Competitions and Vocational Skills Competition of the International Abilympics
2. Participating in the compiling and directing of the training plans for the competitors of Vocational Skills Competition of the International Abilympics
3. Recommendation of expert candidates
4. Arranging the experts to evaluate the scores of competitors for skills competitions and participating in the scoring whenever necessary
5. Assisting with the borrowing of equipment and devices for the competition sites and the training institutes
6. Assisting with the providing of training materials, equipment, as well as cost of living from the sponsor for the competitors of Vocational Skills Competition of the International Abilympics
7. Attending various meetings held by the Council and the ROC Committee of the World Skills Competitions
8. Reviewing the scores of competitors of various skill categories of the National Skills Competition for the Physically and mentally Challenged and making the proposal of advantages and disadvantages for reference
9. Acting as technical committee member of the ROC Committee of the National Skills Competition for the physically and mentally challenged and also as the Chief Expert for the country in the Vocational Skills Competition of the International Abilympics
Article 19
Article 13 shall apply to the qualifications for chief experts of the National Skills Competition for the physically and mentally challenged.
Article 20
Experts of various skills categories at the National Skills Competition for the physically and mentally challenged shall be appointed by the Council.
Article 21
Article 13 shall apply to the qualifications for experts of the National Skills Competition for the physically and mentally challenged.
Article 22
In principle, the total number of experts (including chief experts) for any skill category in the National Skills Competition for the physically and mentally challenged shall be 3. If the competitors enrolled be too many, the number may be increased accordingly.
Article 23
The duties of the experts for National Skills Competitions and National Skills Competition for the physically and mentally challenged are as follows:
1. Evaluating scores of competitors upon instruction by the chief expert
2. During the competition, assisting the chief expert in solving technical issues of the competitors
3. Making a detailed record of performances of the competitors as a reference for the chief expert in making suggestions or comments
Article 24
Experts failing to participate in the entire pre-competition orientation shall not evaluate the scores of competitors.
Experts working at the same organization with the competitors, having a teacher/student relationship with the competitors, or being spouses, ex-spouses, blood consanguinity within the fourth rank or marriage relative within the third rank shall not evaluate the scores of competitors. Provided such experts are doing the evaluation, interested parties shall request or the chief expert shall order them to abstain from evaluation. If they have done the evaluation, the scores given will be invalid.
Article 25
Execution of authority by the experts shall be conducted in accordance with the notice of experts, which is promulgated by the Council
Article 26
Any expert violating any of the stipulations of the competition shall be dealt with under the assistance of the nominating unit.
Article 27
The chief experts shall recommend 1-3 assistants for the chief expert and the technical advisors as required, who will be employed by the Council during the competition.