SHISHI YAMASU
Specified Skilled Worker
What is a Specified Skilled Worker?
Specified skilled workers are foreign workers who have specialized knowledge and skills required in specific industrial fields under Japan's Specified Skills System.
Specified skilled workers are classified into two types of residence status: "Type 1" and "Type 2." Specified skilled workers can work in 12 fields under Type 1 and 11 fields under Type 2.
This system was established in 2019 to make up for the worsening labor shortage in Japan.
Automobile transport industry
The automobile transportation industry is a general term for businesses that use automobiles to transport people and cargo. It is an important infrastructure that supports the lives of the nation and economic activity, and is operated under laws and regulations.
Broadly speaking, there are two types of businesses: passenger automobile transportation business (transporting people) and freight automobile transportation business (transporting goods).
Automobile transport industry (truck drivers)
・Main business activities
→Operation
→ Cargo handling operations
Skill level
→First-class driver's license
→Specific Skills Assessment Test
・Japanese language ability
→Japanese Language Proficiency Test N4
⊛Japan's automobile transportation industry is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
For further details, please visit the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website .
