Business · Companies · 7 hrs ago
Takenaka to recognize skilled foreign construction workers as leaders
Takenaka Corporation plans to recognize foreign construction workers for their skills and ability to guide others.
The program is for workers with Japan’s Specified Skilled Worker 2 status, which has no limit on how long they can stay.
Takenaka says it will start the Meister program in fiscal 2027.
The scheme is aimed mainly at foreign workers employed by partner companies, including subcontractors up to the second tier.
Japan’s construction industry faces a serious labor shortage, and the company says the program is meant to support workers’ skills, retention and development as site leaders.
The program is scheduled to begin in 2027, though further details are not provided.
Takenaka Construction will create an awards program recognizing the skills and leadership of foreign workers with Japan’s Specified Skilled Worker 2 status.
The company plans to begin operating the program in fiscal 2027.
It aims to support workers’ skills development, retention and growth into site leaders.
The initiative comes as the construction industry continues to face a serious labor shortage.
Foreign workers employed by cooperating companies up to the second-tier subcontracting level are a main target.
- Who
- Takenaka Construction and foreign workers with Specified Skilled Worker 2 status.
- What
- Takenaka will create a program to recognize workers’ skills and leadership.
- When
- The program is scheduled to begin in fiscal 2027.
- Where
- Japan’s construction industry.
- Why
- To support foreign workers’ skills development, retention and growth into site leaders amid a serious labor shortage.
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- Program name
- Meister system
- Eligible workers
- Foreign workers with Specified Skilled Worker 2 status
- Planned start
- Fiscal 2027
- Main target
- Foreign workers at cooperating companies up to the second-tier subcontracting level
- Recognition areas
- Skills and leadership