Increase production of masks Allows foreign technical intern trainees to be engaged as a special case Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare April 15th 5:00
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will allow foreign technical intern trainees, who are learning to learn techniques such as sewing, to engage in mask manufacturing for a certain period of time in order to increase the production of masks that are still in short supply due to the spread of new coronavirus infection. Decided to admit.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, while textile and garment-related companies are receiving orders for garment production due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the technical intern trainees who are accepting them are asked to perform work such as sewing and cutting cloth masks. This means that we have received consultations and inquiries such as wants.
In the foreign technical internship system, since the technology to be learned at the recipient company has been decided in advance, it is not permitted to perform other work in principle, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is currently using the technology for textiles as a special case. I decided to allow the technical intern trainees to learn to work in mask manufacturing for a certain period of time.
However, during the entire training period, the mask manufacturing time should not exceed the actual training time.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, there are about 30,000 technical intern trainees related to textiles and clothes nationwide, so if you want to engage in mask manufacturing, consult with the regional offices of the Foreign Technical Intern Training Organization. Is calling.