The teacher's competency is one of the essential conditions which lead to a successfulinstruction; therefore, the training of competent teachers plays an important role in the research of education. The methodologies of teaching different subject fields vary from oneto another, thus the training of teachers for different subject areas is also quite discrepant.In this study, we investigate the main objects concerning the basic abilities and qualificationsof a chemistry teacher. In this research, we conducted a questionaire which contains three-parts:(l)theinvestigation of the basic abilities and qualifications of a competent chemistry teacher; (2)the implementation of experiment in laboratory teaching; (3)the using of a special teachinglaboratory for teaching. The results of this research revealed that more than 50 of the teachers were convincedthat these four basic abilities and qualifications were considered as important for teachers:(1) Tequipped with all the essential chemistry knowledge and concepts included in the teaching materials; (2) T2:Possessing the principles and procedures in teaching in a lab; (3) T3 :skilful in doing chemistry experiments; (4) T12: capable of realizing and emphasizing theimportant portions of teaching materials. These four qualities are considered to be important by almost all the experienced teachers, and they should be as the foundamental parts inthe training programs. This research showed that 53.19 of the teachers could not offerenough guidance to the experimental skills of their students. However, nearly all the teachersagreed to this point of view and believed that using the lab was important. This article also made several suggestions to using the "teaching labs" which weresponsored by the National Science Council of ROC and it may also help all the prospectiveteachers learn the skill and techniques of teaching in advance.