Food industry
Exam Flow, Application, Items to Bring on the Day
Individual application
Application Method and Exam Procedure
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- Register for a personal My Page
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Exam reservation ①
After registering on my page, log in to my personal page. -
Exam reservation ②
Re-registration of passports before taking the exam -
Exam reservation ③
Select exam date, time and venue -
Exam reservation ④
Pay the examination fee - On the day of the exam
- Download exam result notification
Application Method and Exam Procedure
STEP 1
Register your personal My Page (check the *1 at the bottom of this page)
STEP 2
Exam reservation ①After registering on my page, log in to my personal page.
Please log in with your email address and password.
If you cannot log in, please reset your password from the "Forgot password" section.
STEP 3
Exam reservation ②Re-registration of passports before taking the exam
You can schedule an exam after you have re-registered your passport.
If you are waiting for approval from OTAFF, please make a reservation after receiving the approval email.
If your passport and registration information do not match on the day of the exam, you will not be able to take the exam. This is a procedure to verify that the registration information is correct. If you schedule your exam immediately after registering on My Page, we apologize for the inconvenience, but we ask for your cooperation. (See *2 below on this page)
STEP 4
Exam reservation ③Select exam date, time and venue
You will be automatically connected to the Prometric company's booking site.
Choose the date and venue of the exam and make an exam reservation. (See *3 below on this page)
If you are taking the OTAFF exam in Japan, you do not need to create a Prometric ID.
You cannot book a test in Japan using the Prometric ID.
Check the exam date and venue※You will be redirected to the Prometric website.
STEP 5
Exam reservation ④Pay the examination fee
Payment by credit card or PayPaywill be completed. Your reservation is confirmed after payment.
After completing the reservation, a confirmation page will appear.
On the day of the exam, please print out the confirmation form or show it on your smartphone (see *4 at the bottom of this page).
The name of the confirmation form appears in the order of the given name and surname in the passport.
It may be different from MRZ, but if your My Page has the same name as MRZ, it is no problem.
STEP 6
On the day of the exam
On the day of the exam, a passport, residence card, and confirmation form are required.
Please bring your passport and residence card with you in their original form. Photos or copies of them will not be accepted for the exam.
For more information, please see the "Precautions on the Test Day" section below.
Important infomation for the exam daySTEP 7
Download exam result notification
Precautions
*1) Duplicate registration of your My Page is prohibited.
You can only register one My Page per person.
If you register false information, create duplicate My Pages, and make duplicate reservations, you may be prohibited from taking the Specified Skills tests conducted by OTAFF for up to 5 years.
After taking an exam, if you take another exam in the same industry, you must wait 45 days from the day after your previous exam.
In other words, you can take the exam again starting from the 46th day after the exam date.
You can change the information registered on your My Page.
Please log in to your My Page and submit a request to change your information.
However, even if you submit a request for information change five business days in advance, you will not be able to take the exam unless it is approved by OTAFF by three business days before the exam date. If you apply for information change less than a week before the exam date, please call OTAFF.
Contact
03-6261-4949 (Weekdays 9:15 – 11:45, 13:15 – 17:00)
If the name, date of birth, or passport number registered on your My Page does not match the MRZ, you will not be able to take the exam.
For details, [Important infomation for the exam dayPlease check ※3 in the [ ].
3) You cannot make duplicate reservations for the same exam.
You can only schedule one exam in the same industry for the same test. You cannot schedule more than one exam at the same time.
When re-booking, please make your reservation after the exam date has passed.
When retaking an exam in the same industry due to failing, you must wait 45 days, starting from the day after the exam date.
*4) Confirmation regarding reservations for exams
Clicking "Confirm reservation information" under "Pre-registered exam dates" at the top of My Page or "Confirm reservation information" in the exam history will take you to the exam reservation site. You can check the details of the reservation, change the date and time of the exam, print the confirmation form, download the receipt for the exam fee, and download the notification of exam results.
Furthermore, the receipt for the examination fee will be available for verification starting the day after the exam date.
It is possible to change the date and venue of the exam.
Changes to the test date and venue must be made by 23:59 (Japan time) three business days before the test day (or 23:59 (Japan time) four business days before the test day if the test day is a weekend or a national holiday in Japan). Please log in to My Page to make the changes. (See Note 4)
Changes cannot be made after the deadline, so please be careful. Also, cancelled or refunded exams cannot be booked again.
Please wait 45 days before retaking.
After taking an exam, if you take another exam in the same industry, you must wait 45 days from the day after your previous exam.
In other words, you can take the exam again starting from the 46th day after the exam date.
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