Installation of the chief of maintenance and management of outdoor advertising materials and mandatory inspection by qualified persons (from April 1, 2022)

Due to large typhoons, serious accidents such as the fall of outdoor advertising materials that are not properly managed have occurred nationwide, and attention has been paid to the safety of outdoor advertising materials. In Motoichi, we revised the outdoor advertising matter regulations and decided to strengthen management, check rule of outdoor advertising matter. We ask you to ensure your safety even more.

Points of Revision
①In the case of outdoor advertising matter of a certain size or more that receives permission, it is necessary to set up a chief of maintenance.
②When renewing permission for outdoor advertising materials of a certain size or more, an inspection by a qualified person is required.

Points of revision 1: Establishment of a duty to establish a chief maintenance officer
[What is the chief of maintenance?]
　A person who actually performs daily repair and management of outdoor advertising materials. It is a system to be newly established separately from the "manager" that simply manages outdoor advertising materials stipulated in the ordinance.

[Scope of Chief Maintenance Officer]
The chief maintenance officer must have one of the following qualifications:
If you are unable to prepare a qualified person in your own company, you will need to outsource the work to a qualified person.
・Outdoor advertiser
・Those who have completed the outdoor advertising class (applicable to seminars held by local governments nationwide)
　　https://nikkoren.movabletype.io/benri/kousyu3.html (external site) (Japan Federation of Outdoor Advertising Associations)
・Vocational Training Instructor (Advertising Art Department)
・Those who have completed vocational training (Advertising Arts Department)
・Those who have passed the skill test (advertising art finish)

Points of revision 2: New establishment of inspection obligations by qualified persons at the time of renewal of permission for outdoor advertising materials

Scope of Qualified Persons
When checking outdoor advertising materials of a certain size or more, a person with any of the following qualifications must perform it.
If you are unable to prepare a qualified person in your own company, you will need to outsource the work to a qualified person.
・Outdoor advertiser
・Architects (first and second grade)
・Outdoor advertising matter inspection skill class completion person (please refer to the next homepage for the details of outdoor advertising matter inspection skill class.)
　 https://nikkoren.movabletype.io/katsudo/ (external site) (Japan Federation of Outdoor Advertising Organizations)
　

Specifically, please confirm the next "management, inspection rule of signboard changes!"
The management and inspection rules for signboards have changed! （PDF：170KB）

Effective date of the revised ordinance: April 1, 2022