INDUSTRY GUIDE | ESD & SSW

Nursing Care

Eligible work, entry requirements and practical employer controls for the nursing care field under Japan’s Employment for Skill Development and Specified Skilled Worker frameworks.

Eligible work

Support for bathing, eating, toileting, mobility and other daily activities, together with related care tasks permitted by the field rules.

Eligibility is determined by the official work category and actual duties. A company’s general industry classification alone is not enough.

Entry and transition

The role requires both care skills and the Japanese ability needed to understand users, records and safety instructions.

Candidates may qualify through the prescribed skill and Japanese-language examinations or, where permitted, through a recognized transition route from a relevant training or development program.

Employer checklist

  • Match the written job description to the permitted work category.
  • Confirm the applicable examination or transition exemption.
  • Provide equal or equivalent remuneration and lawful working conditions.
  • Prepare workplace instruction in a language the worker understands.
  • Check field council, certification and notification requirements.

Safety and supervision

Pay special attention to infection control, lifting and transfer techniques, dignity, abuse prevention and emergency response.

Keep orientation, qualification, training, incident and corrective-action records. Review actual duties whenever the workplace or production process changes.