Yokohama Meister Business (Yokohama Meister Project)

• A5 version, 52 pages including cover and spine, color
• The booklet version is distributed at the Yokohama City Hall Citizen Information Center, 18 ward offices, libraries in the city, Yokohama Skills Cultural Center, etc. (Inventory limited)
• The Yokohama Meister Guidebook introduces Yokohama Meisters who have agreed to publish the article.

When Yokohama Meister retreats from the front line or dies, he will be honorary Yokohama Meister in honor of his achievements so far.

• Hairdresser Eddy Imamura
• Western-style furniture craftsman (Yokohama Furniture) Kunji Ueda

Here are some of the past guidebook pages.

　　　※Please see recorded video (traditional skills preservation video) about other valuable skills on the Yokohama City Skills Cultural Center website (outside site).

Yokohama City recruits recommendations (other recommendation, self-recommended) once a year, and after screening documents are selected by the selection committee, on-site surveys by on-site investigators and selection by the selection committee, the selection by the Yokohama City. going.

Please see here (excerpted from the Yokohama Meister Guidebook) (PDF: 1,178KB) for the introduction of the Yokohama Meister Business and the flow of selection. If you would like to receive a more detailed explanation, please contact us as we will carry out the following.

• Schedule: Set the date and time individually for about one hour between 9:00 and 17:00 from Monday, March 25, 2024 to Thursday, 28th
• Venue: Yokohama City Hall (10, 6-50, Honmachi, Naka-ku, Yokohama)
• Application: Please call "045 (671) 4098" or email "ke-ginou@city.yokohama.jp" to the Economic Affairs Bureau Employment and Labor Division Skills Group by 16:00 on the opening day before the event. Adjust the date and time.
• City Hall opening agency, telephone response time: Monday-Friday, 8:45-17:15 excluding holidays

• April: Application documents accepted
• May: Document selection by the Selection Committee
• June to July: Field survey by investigators
• July: Selection by the selection committee and selection by Yokohama City
• August: Title award ceremony

Jobs that require many years of study and experience to acquire skills by providing manufacturing or services using machines that are controlled manually or part of the process, and require many years of study and experience to acquire skills

• Being resident in Yokohama.
• Applicants must have at least 15 years of practical experience in the job category.
• Maintaining livelihood by the job type.
• Having valuable skills that are required to succeed.
• To have outstanding skills.

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• Have extremely excellent skills compared to other technicians who can be said to be Yokohama's leading technical technicians in this occupation.
• Jobs with a skill test must have a first grade or a single grade. Other occupations with public qualifications must have qualifications that conform to the Skill Test Level 1 or Single Grade Qualification.
• Have been evaluated as a high level of skilled workers, such as receiving awards from the national or prefectural governments or winning competitions.

• Being motivated to train younger students and excel in the ability to pass on skills.
• Have motivation and ability to develop the industry and the spread and promotion of skills and skilled workers.
• Have a personality and business management ability appropriate to act as Yokohama Meister.
• Cooperate with a request from Yokohama City and expect more than 5 years of activity as Yokohama Meister.