Practicing requirements to be satisfied by site managers in Vietnam

Practicing requirements to be satisfied by site managers in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Practicing requirements to be satisfied by site managers in Vietnam

Specifically, Clause 1, Article 74 of Decree 15/2021/ND-CP stipulates that an individual who works as a site manager shall satisfy requirements corresponding to ranks as follows:

- Rank I: He/she has been issued with a Rank-I construction supervision practicing certificate or worked as a site manager in charge of at least 01 Class I work or higher or 02 Class II works or higher of the same type.

- Rank II: He/she has been issued with a Rank-II construction supervision practicing certificate or worked as a site manager in charge of at least 01 Class II work or higher or 02 Class III works or higher of the same type;

- Rank III: He/she has been issued with a Rank-III construction supervision practicing certificate or directly participated in performance of construction tasks covered by the practicing certificate of at least 01 Class III work or higher or 02 Class IV works or higher of the same type.

2. Scope of operation of site managers in Vietnam

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 74 of Decree 15/2021/ND-CP stipulating the scope of operation of site managers in Vietnam is as follows:

- Rank I: He/she is entitled to work as a site manager in charge of the works that are the same as those specified in the construction supervision practicing certificate or those of which he/she was the site manager;

- Rank II: He/she is entitled to work as a site manager in charge of Class II works or below that are the same as those specified in the construction supervision practicing certificate or those of which he/she was the site manager;

- Rank III: He/she is entitled to work as a site manager in charge of Class III and IV works that are the same as those specified in the construction supervision practicing certificate or those of which he/she participated in the construction process.

3. Construction supervision practicing certificates in Vietnam

According to Article 71 of Decree 15/2021/ND-CP (amended in Decree 35/2023/ND-CP), an individual shall be considered to be issued with a construction supervision practicing certificate if he/she meet the eligibility requirements in Articles 66 and 67 hereof and the eligibility requirements corresponding to ranks below:

- A Rank-I construction supervision practicing certificate is awarded to the individual who has worked as a chief supervisor or site manager or person in charge of supervising construction of the field-based PMB or the area-based PMB or chairperson in charge of designing the tasks of the field for which a practicing certificate is sought of at least 01 grade I work or higher or 02 grade II works or higher that are the same as those for which a practicing certificate is sought.

- A Rank-II construction supervision practicing certificate is awarded to the individual who has worked as a chief supervisor or site manager or person in charge of supervising construction of the field-based PMB or the area-based PMB or chairperson in charge of designing the tasks of the field for which a practicing certificate is sought of at least 01 grade II work or higher or 02 grade III works or higher that are the same as those for which a practicing certificate is sought.

- A Rank-III construction supervision practicing certificate is awarded to the individual who has participated in construction supervision or construction design or constructed part of the field for which a practicing certificate is sought of at least 01 Class III work or higher or 02 Class IV works or higher that are the same as those for which a practicing certificate is sought.

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