I have an intermediate certificate in petroleum industry. How long does it take to take the advanced exam?

I have just worked for one year and have no intermediate qualification certificate. I can't take the advanced vocational qualification certificate directly.

Vocational qualification certificate is the proof that workers have the necessary knowledge and skills to engage in a certain occupation. It is the qualification certificate for workers to apply for jobs, take up posts and start businesses, the main basis for employers to recruit workers, and the effective certificate for overseas employment and foreign labor cooperation personnel to notarize their skill level. Vocational qualification certificate is closely related to professional labor activities, reflecting the actual working standards and norms of specific occupations.

Vocational qualification certificate is an important part of employment system and a special form of national examination system. It refers to the objective, fair, scientific and standardized evaluation and appraisal of workers' skill level or vocational qualification through an appraisal institution recognized by the government in accordance with the vocational skill standards or qualification conditions formulated by the state, and the corresponding national vocational qualification certificates are issued to those who pass the examination.

China's vocational qualification certificates are divided into five grades: primary (level 5), intermediate (level 4), advanced (level 3), technician (level 2) and senior technician (level 1).

Participants in different grades of evaluation have different reporting conditions, and candidates should determine the reporting level according to the requirements of the evaluation announcement. Generally speaking, the application conditions of different grades are as follows: the personnel participating in the primary appraisal must be on-the-job employees or graduates of vocational schools who have completed their apprenticeship; The personnel participating in the intermediate appraisal must be graduates of technical schools and other schools who have obtained primary skill certificates and have worked continuously for more than 5 years, or those who have been approved by the labor administrative department to train intermediate skills; The personnel participating in the senior appraisal must be those who have obtained the intermediate skill certificate for more than 5 years, have been engaged in the production and operation of this occupation (type of work) for less than 10 years, or have received formal senior technician training and obtained the certificate of completion; The personnel participating in the technician assessment must be those who have obtained advanced skill certificates, have rich practical experience in production operation skills, can solve the key operation technology and production process problems of this type of work, and have the ability to impart skills and cultivate intermediate skilled personnel; Personnel participating in the appraisal of senior technicians must be technicians for more than 3 years, have superb skills and comprehensive operation skills, can solve the difficult production process problems of this type of work, have made remarkable achievements in technological transformation, technological innovation and elimination of hidden dangers of accidents, and have the ability to train senior technicians and organize and lead technicians to carry out technological innovation and technical research.