・Either direct employment by farms or temporary employment by dispatching companies

・The term of temporary employment by dispatching companies should be longer than 6 months

・9,000 workers in total for 5 years

Those who have finished technical training in fishery  in Japan for three years do not have to take tests (skill or language). 

・Will be prepared for each category above

・Will be given in Japanese (with hiragana, katakana and kanji with reading)

・Will be given up to 3 times per year outside Japan

・Will be given in Japan too

・Will start within 2019

・May be given by CTB (computer based testing)

・Will check 2 points

　①paper test

　②performance (those who have experience for more than 3 years don't have to take performance test)

Notes:
1. The following people cannot take the skill test in Japan:

* students expulsed by schools

* trainees who ran away

* refugee applicants

* current trainees

You can choose ① or ② below:

①Japanese language check test (new and for all fields)

・CBT (Computer based testing)

・Given about 6 times oper year

・Given in and outside Japan (countries yet to be decided)
・Will start in autumn 2019

・Focus more on listening and speaking than on reading and writing

②　JLPT　N4 or above

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)