Chương IX Luật Dạy nghề 2006: Đánh giá, cấp chứng chỉ kỹ năng nghề quốc gia

Chapter IX

ASSESSMENT AND GRANT OF NATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF VOCATIONAL SKILLS

Article 79.- National standards on vocational skills

1. National standards on vocational skills are formulated according to degrees of professional skills for each vocation. The number of professional skill degrees for each vocation depends on the complexity of such occupation.

2. National standards on vocational skills serve as a basis for laborers to endeavor to heighten their qualifications to meet higher and higher production and business requirements and for employers to assign jobs and rationally pay wages to laborers; contribute to raising enterprises' competitiveness and international integration in the vocational domain; and serve as a basis for the formulation of vocational training curricula suitable to production and business requirements.

Article 80.- Formulation and promulgation of national standards on vocational skills

1. The head of the central agency in charge of state management of vocational training shall promulgate principles and procedures for, and direct the formulation of national standards on vocational skills.

2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and heads of government-attached agencies shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant agencies and professional associations in, organizing the formulation and promulgation of national standards on vocational skills for each vocation after getting the written approval of the head of the central agency in charge of state management of vocational training.

Article 81.- Organization of the assessment and the grant of national vocational skills certificates

1. The central agency in charge of state management of labor shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with ministries, ministerial-level agencies and government-attached agencies in, directing the organization of assessment of national vocational skills of laborers.

2. The central agency in charge of state management of labor shall manage the assessment and the grant of national vocational skill certificates.

Article 82.- Laborers' rights to attend the assessment of national vocational skills

1. Laborers with vocational skills acquired in the course of their study and working may attend the assessment of national vocational skills.

2. Laborers may request re-examination of results of assessment of national vocational skills; denounce acts of violating the law on assessment and grant of national vocational skill certificates and take responsibility before law for their untrue denunciations.

3. Laborers attainting certain degrees of vocational skills are granted certificates of national vocational skills at such degrees. National vocational skill certificates are valid nationwide.