Latest eligibility requirements for practicing construction inspection in Vietnam

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1. Latest eligibility requirements for practicing construction inspection in Vietnam

Article 75 of Decree 15/2021/ND-CP stipulates the eligibility requirements for practicing construction inspection in Vietnam as follows:

* An individual who works as a chairperson in charge of inspecting quality, identifying causes of damage, service life of parts of works or constructions works, and in charge of carrying out inspections to indentify causes of construction incidents shall satisfy the following eligibility requirements corresponding to ranks:

- A Rank-I construction inspection practicing certificate is issued to the individual who has been issued with a Rank-I construction design practicing certificate or worked as a chairperson in charge of construction inspection of at least 01 Class I work or higher or 02 Class II works or higher of the same type;

- A Rank-II construction inspection practicing certificate is issued to the individual who has been issued with a Rank-II construction design practicing certificate or worked as a chairperson in charge of construction inspection of at least 01 Class II work or higher or 02 Class III works or higher of the same type;

- A Rank-III construction inspection practicing certificate is issued to the individual who has been issued with a Rank-III construction design practicing certificate or participated in construction inspection of at least 01 Class III work or higher or 02 Class IV works or higher of the same type.

* Scope of operation:

- The holder of a Rank-I construction inspection practicing certificate is entitled to work as a chairperson in charge of all works of the same type;

- The holder of a Rank-II construction inspection practicing certificate is entitled to work as a chairperson in charge of Class II works or below of the same type;

- The holder of a Rank-III construction inspection practicing certificate is entitled to work as a chairperson in charge of Class III and Class IV works of the same type.

2. Eligibility requirements to be satisfied by organizations responsible for construction inspection in Vietnam

According to Article 97 of Decree 15/2021/ND-CP, the eligibility requirements to be satisfied by organizations responsible for construction inspection are as follows:

* Any organization engaging in inspecting quality, identifying causes of damage, service life of parts of works or constructions works and carrying out inspections to indentify causes of construction incidents shall satisfy the eligibility requirements corresponding to eligibility ranks as follows:

- Rank I:

+ The individual working as a chairperson in charge of construction inspection shall satisfy appropriate Rank-I eligibility requirements for construction inspection practicing;

+ The individual working as a chairperson in charge of construction inspection shall have his/her expertise relevant to construction inspection;

+ The organization has inspected construction of at least 01 Class I work or higher or 02 Class II works or higher of the same type.

- Rank II:

+ The individual working as a chairperson in charge of construction inspection shall satisfy appropriate Rank-II or higher eligibility requirements for construction inspection practicing;

+ The individual working as a chairperson in charge of construction inspection shall have his/her expertise relevant to construction inspection;

+ The organization has inspected construction of at least 01 Class II work or higher or 02 Class III works or higher of the same type.

+ Rank III:

+ The individual working as a chairperson in charge of construction inspection shall satisfy appropriate Rank-III eligibility requirements for construction inspection practicing;

+ The individual working as a chairperson in charge of construction inspection shall have his/her expertise relevant to construction inspection.

* Scope of operation:

- Rank I: the organization is entitled to inspect construction of all works of the same type;

- Rank II: the organization is entitled to inspect construction of Class II works or below of the same type;

- Rank III: the organization is entitled to inspect construction of Class III works or below of the same type.

* Any organization engaging in inspecting quality of construction materials, components and products shall satisfy the following requirements:

- Construction laboratories must be used with the tests recognized by a competent authority in conformity with the inspected items;

- The inspector’s expertise must be conformable with the construction inspection.

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