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Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Building cleaning management

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Experienced building-cleaning workers who manage the work of cleaning inside buildings, in jobs requiring skilled expertise in the building cleaning management field.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

A contract of employment with a public or private organisation in Japan designated by the Minister of Justice is required for the authorised SSW activities.

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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

Passing the Building Cleaning Management Field Specified Skilled Worker (ii) Evaluation Test or Level 1 of the skill exam, and practical experience as a supervisor who manages the workplace and supervises multiple workers in building-interior cleaning under the Building Sanitation Act.

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  • https://www.ssw.go.jp/en/about/visa/building_cleaning_management_2/
    Building Cleaning Management Field Specified Skilled Worker (ii) Evaluation Test or Level 1 of the skill exam
  • https://www.ssw.go.jp/en/about/visa/building_cleaning_management_2/
    The cleaning of interiors of specific buildings as defined in Article 2 Paragraph 1 of the Building Sanitation Act and the cleaning of interiors of buildings (excluding residences) by a business establishment registered under Article 12-2 Paragraph 1 Item 1 of the Building Sanitation Act as a building cleaning business or under Item 8 as a comprehensive building environment sanitation management business both require practical experience as a supervisor who manages the workplace and supervises multiple workers.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Allows jobs cleaning interior buildings. The status covers work requiring skilled expertise in the specified industrial field under an employment contract with a designated organisation. Job changes are allowed to another company in the same field; a different field requires passing that field's skills test, and changing the affiliated organisation requires a change-of-status application. Part-time work is not allowed. Family can be brought to Japan.

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How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Granted for 3 years, 2 years, 1 year or 6 months, extended by a period-of-stay extension application to continue the same activity; there is no upper limit to the length of stay in Japan.

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