Specified Skilled Worker (ii)
The Aviation Field

Jobs transporting baggage to airplanes and inspecting and maintaining airplanes

Jobs

  • Airport ground handling
    Performing work and managing processes related to airplane taxiing support duties, baggage and cargo handling duties, and related tasks as an instructor or team leader with internal qualifications
  • Aircraft maintenance
    Performing specialized, skilled maintenance for aircraft and equipment by using one’s own judgment

Human Resources standards

Skill level

Aviation field Specified Skilled Worker (ii) Test or the Airmen Competence Certification
Note:
• For more information about the applicable competence certification, please see the “Operational Guidelines for Accepting Foreign Nationals as Specified Skilled Workers in Specific Fields.”

Work Experience

  • Airport ground handling
    Applicants must have work experience working at an airport ground handling site while supervising skilled workers.
  • Aircraft maintenance
    Applicants must have at least three years of work experience performing tasks that require specialized knowledge and skills at an aircraft maintenance site.

Case studies

Working with him has given me the opportunity to rethink how to communicate skillfully with foreign nationals so they understand my instructions. Many foreign nationals work in certain departments at my company. We continue to train employees to be capable of thinking and acting independently with regard to which methods of communication work best, in order to enable foreign nationals to be more successful workers in the future.