Methods of national occupational skills assessment in Vietnam

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1. Methods of national occupational skills assessment in Vietnam

Methods of national occupational skills assessment in Vietnam according to Article 20 of Decree 31/2015/ND-CP (amended in Decree 140/2018/ND-CP) is as follows:

- For each level of an occupation, the head of an occupational skills assessment organization shall set up an examiner board to assess occupational skills of participants. The criteria and number of members, composition and tasks of the examiner board must comply with the following provisions:

+ Members of the examiner board are persons having obtained an appraiser card under this Decree;

+ The number of the board members depends on the requirement for each level of an occupation and the number of participants in the national occupational skills assessment but must be at least 3 (three);

+ The examiner board shall be composed of the head and members and must include official staff members of the occupational skills assessment organization; and persons from enterprises or professional associations; and vocational education institutions, tertiary education institutions or science and technology organizations. The number of official staff members of the occupational skills assessment organization must not exceed one-third of the number of the examiner board members;

+ The examiner board shall assess participants’ professional and technical knowledge and practice skills and observance of the occupational safety and hygiene process under the guidance of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and perform other tasks in accordance with this Decree.

- For each level of skills of an occupation, professional and technical knowledge of participants shall be assessed through tests in one of the following forms:

+ Test on paper or in computer with true or false questions;

+ Test on paper or in computer with true or false and multiple-choice questions;

+ Test on paper or in computer with multiple-choice questions;

+ Test on paper or in computer with multiple-choice questions combined with test on paper with open-ended questions;

+ Test on paper with open-ended questions.

- For each level of skills of an occupation, practice skills and observance of the occupational safety and hygiene process of participants shall be assessed through practice tests in one of the following forms:

+ Test of job performance through manipulations on vehicles, devices and tools;

+ Test of job performance through professional operations on paper to handle different circumstances;

+ Test of job performance through manipulations on vehicles, devices and tools combined with test of job performance through professional operations on paper to handle different circumstances.

- Based on criteria of national occupational skills for announced occupations, the General Department of Vocational Education of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall compile knowledge and practice tests prescribed in Clauses 2 and 3 of Article 20 of Decree 31/2015/ND-CP by level of each occupation; manage and establish an exam question bank for supply to occupational skills assessment organizations in national occupational skills assessments.

2. Process of assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills in Vietnam

According to Article 21 of Decree 31/2015/ND-CP, the assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills to participants shall be conducted as follows:

- Planning and preparing conditions for organization of national occupational skills assessment exams.

- Assessing professional and technical knowledge; assessing practice skills and observance of the occupational safety and hygiene process of participants according to levels of skills of each occupation.

- Supervising the assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills.

- Recognizing assessment results, granting certificates of national occupational skills to successful participants.

- The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall stipulate in detail the process of assessment and grant of certificates of national occupational skills prescribed in Article 21 of Decree 31/2015/ND-CP.

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