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Technical Internship Program(TIP) was instituted in April, 1993.
It is positioned as a training system of broader cooperation
with transfer of more practical technology, skills, and/or knowledge
to developing countries and with the cultivation of human resources
to lead their economic advancement.
Eligibility
TIP concerns practice of the same category of skills and at
the same company as in the Industrial Training.
To become interns, trainee must have undergone
- evaluation of training results,
- evaluation of residence conditions,
- evaluation of technical internship plan.
As the result of these three evaluations, they have been recognized
as having attained a certain level of skills.
Status of Residence
The status of residence is changed from "trainee"
to "designated activities."
Period of Stay
- Technical internship will not be recognized if the period
of Industrial Training is too short.
- The period of technical internship must be no more than about
1.5 times the duration of the period of Industrial Training.
- The combined period of stay for Industrial Training and
technical internship must not exceed three years.
- In the case of three year program, the period of Industrial
Training should exceed nine months. Ruling of no more than 1.5
times the duration of the preceding training need not to be applied.
Evaluation of training results
Evaluation systems for training results consist of two general
types.
- National assessment examinations of skills etc. based on
the Human Resources Development Promotion Law.
- Other skill evaluation systems authorized and publicized by JITCO.
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