To provide the ID card, a producing equipment control unit, and a producing equipment control system by the ID card and its method which enable only an operator above a certain level to operate while maintaining security and further can obtain production control information on an individual level and evade the staining of the card.
An electronic component mounting control unit 2 reads individual information A, operation mastering level information B, permission level information C, and man-hour information D out of the ID card 1 by a read and write part 3 without contacting. Then when the individual information is improper, an alarm part sounds. A control part 5 judges whether or not the operation of an electronic component mounting machine 100 is limited according to operation mastering level information B and also judges whether or not production information of the electronic component mounting machine is displayed at a display part 7 according to the permission level information C. Further, the control part 5 measures the component replacing time of the operator of the electronic component mounting machine 100 and writes it in the man-hour information D.