Specified Skilled Worker (i)
The Building Cleaning Management Field

Jobs cleaning interior buildings

Jobs

Jobs cleaning interior buildings

Expected No. Accepted

37,000
(maximum number of values over the five-year period from April 2024 to March 2029)

Human Resources standards

Skill level

Building Cleaning Management Field Specified Skilled Worker (i) Evaluation Test
Note:
• You do not need to pass this test if you have satisfactorily completed Technical Intern Training (ii) for Job Categories related to this field. To confirm which occupations qualify, please see the “Operational Guidelines for Accepting Foreign Nationals as Specified Skilled Workers in Specific Fields.”

Japanese language proficiency

Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese or the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (N4 or higher)
Note:
• You do not need to pass a Japanese language proficiency test if you have satisfactorily completed Technical Intern Training (ii) for any Job Categories.

Case studies

Evaluation by a building maintenance company of a foreign national from Vietnam employed by that company

We utilize the Specified Skilled Worker System as the next step for workers who have completed Technical Intern Training (ii). Our client’s assessment is that this woman is a hard worker who developed a stronger sense of responsibility since she was an intern. As a foreign national, she has gone from trainee to full-time employee. She is entrusted with more advanced jobs and has earned a sense of fulfillment from her work.