Locations of Offices and Centers

Our prefectural branch offices receive subsidies and payments, related to the employment of the elderly and persons with disabilities, for employers, provide consultation and assistance, and conduct educational activities such as holding local Abilympics events. In addition, the branch offices publicize the job seeker support system, provide consultation and assistance to organizations that wish to provide job seeker support training, receive and examine training plans, and provide advice on the implementation of training.
Furthermore, the branch offices also coordinate the overall operations of the organization within each prefecture and perform administrative tasks such as accounting.

Our Local Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities promote the employment of and provide support for settling in the workplace to persons with disabilities who are working or will be working, such as vocational counseling, job evaluations, job preparation support, job coach support, and rework support.
These centers also provide consultation and advice to companies that employ persons with disabilities and to related organizations that support the employment of persons with disabilities.

Our Human Resource Development Promotion Centers and Training Centers provide vocational training to job seekers to acquire the skills, techniques, and related knowledge necessary for their quick reemployment (training for the unemployed), vocational training primarily to the employed to improve their specialized knowledge, skills, and techniques necessary for their jobs (training for the employed), and consultation, vocational training instructors, and facilities and equipment to employers and others in relation to skills development to solve issues in human resource development for employees.
(Nickname: Polytechnic Centers)

Our Human Resources Development Colleges and Junior Colleges train and develop practicing technicians (technicians/engineers) with advanced knowledge, skills, and techniques for handling technological innovations, and our Human Resources Development Colleges also train future leaders in production technology and production management for handling the development of new products and the construction of production processes in response to the needs of industry and the local community.
(Nickname: Polytechnic Colleges)

(National Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, National Kibi-Kogen Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities)
Through the integrated operation of the Large Region Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities and Vocational Ability Development Centers, we provide vocational rehabilitation services including vocational assessment, vocational guidance, and vocational training for persons with disabilities seeking jobs nationwide. These centers also provide vocational training guidance to other vocational ability development facilities.

In order to establish a vocational training base for the entire country and maintain and improve its quality, our Human Resource Development University conducts nurturing and training of vocational training instructors (techno instructors) for the purpose of improving their skills, research and surveys on human resources development, and nurturing of process innovators.
(Nickname: PTU)