1. DEPARTMENT OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT

2. Workforce with world class competency
Vision
Workforce with world class competency
DSD realizes the important of Skill Development in both qualitative and quantitative measures to enhance the workforce potential to meet national and international level

3. Responsibility Skill Training Skill Standards
Promotion of public participation and network in skill development through Skill Development Promotion Act

4. 1. Skill Training
1.1 Providing new labour with training 1.2 Upgrading Skills 1.3 Re-training labour for job changing or second jobs
1.1 Providing new labour with training of appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes before they start a new job as skilled workers
1.2 Upgrading Skills of those in employment or retrain them in related fields to keep pace with technologies
1.3 Re-training labour for job changing or second jobs

5. 1. Skill Training
1.4 Counselling public/private-sector agencies 1.5 Developing skills of women, youths, people with disabilities, and target groups
1.4 Counselling public/private-sector agencies to develop their training curriculums
1.5 Developing skills of women, youths, people with disabilities, and target groups in line with Thai Labour Ministry and government policise

6. 2. Skill Standards
2.1 Setting of National Skill Standards 2.2 Testing of National Skill Standards 2.3 Skill Testing of Overseas Job Seekers 2.4 Skill Standards Promotion 2.5 Skill Standards for employees

7. 2. Skill Standards 2.1 Setting of National Skill Standards
To determine sets of knowledge, skills, and attitudes required by each job, usually classified into levels 1, 2, and 3.

8. 2. Skill Standards 2.1 Setting of National Skill Standards
2.2 Testing of National Skill Standards
To conduct theoretical and practical test of applicants based on contents of national skills standards. Benefits for successful examinees include higher job opportunities, career advancement, and decent wages.

9. 2. Skill Standards 2.1 Setting of National Skill Standards
2.2 Testing of National Skill Standards
2.3 Skill Testing of Overseas Job Seekers
Job-specific skill test is often needed and conducted for Thai workers seeking jobs overseas. They must pass DSD’s overseas job seekers skill test, or DSD-authorized skill test required by overseas employers.

10. 2. Skill Standards 2.1 Setting of National Skill Standards
2.2 Testing of National Skill Standards
2.3 Skill Testing of Overseas Job Seekers
2.4 Skill Standards Promotion
To support public/private-sector agencies to apply skill standards to their work
To organize and encourage public/private-sector agencies to get involved in skill competitions for general public, youths, people with disabilities, and target groups
To send national skill winners to compete in ASEAN skills competitions, World Skills, and Ablilympics

11. 2. Skill Standards 2.1 Setting of National Skill Standards
2.2 Testing of National Skill Standards
2.3 Skill Testing of Overseas Job Seekers
2.4 Skill Standards Promotion
2.5 Skill Standards for employees
To encourage business to set up their specific skill standards. Such tools will be useful for determining their work plans, recruitment, staff selection and appropriate wages.

12. 3. Promotion of public participation and network in skill development
3.1 Objectives 3.2 Responsible Organization
The activities will be in line with national development, market-oriented, and aim to serve all levels of workforce by cooperating with the private sectors.

13. 3. Promotion of public participation and network in skill development
3.1 Objectives
To enable better-shared use of budget, personnel, and information
To lift training personnel and curriculum up to modern technology
To better match training with market demands

14. 3. Promotion of public participation and network in skill development
3.1 Objectives
3.2 Responsible Organization
National level (National Board of Vocational Training Coordination – NBVTC)
Provincial level (Provincial Board of Vocational Training Coordination – PBVTC)

15. Skill Development Promotion, 2002
Activities:
Entrepreneurs are required to
Train their own employees or
Send them to train at other training providers/centers
Benefits:
Entrepreneurs who do the above will
Get income tax exemption of 200% of training expenditure
Get other training assistance from DSD
Conditions:
Training projects eligible for benefits must
Comply with the stipulations
Be submitted with documents of training curriculums and expenditure for official approval in advance
Training requirement according to the Act:
The establishments with at least 100 employees must train at least half of their total employees yearly

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17. Workforce with world class competency