EPS News Advisory: Government to assess skill levels of foreign workers seeking jobs in manufacturing sector

by airlinehunk24 Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:23 am

Government to assess skill levels of foreign workers seeking jobs in manufacturing sector

The Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) and the Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRD Korea) said that they would conduct a week-long skills assessment in Yangon, Myanmar from September 17 to evaluate the skill levels of over 1,100 foreign job-seekers who want to find work in the manufacturing sector in Korea.

Of foreign workers who have entered Korea under the Employment Permit System, 87% are working in the manufacturing sector. They only took a Korean language proficiency test when they first entered Korea.

However, it has not been easy for employers to hire foreign workers fit for the jobs they are supposed to perform, because of a lack of information needed to judge their job skills, etc.

To address this problem, the government has decided to extend the skills assessment system implemented for only a few industries (agriculture & livestock, fisheries and construction) to foreign job-seekers in the manufacturing industry.

In 2010, the skill levels of 3,544 foreign workers seeking jobs in construction, agriculture & livestock and fisheries were assessed in three countries, including Thailand.
During the first eight months of 2011, the skill levels of 266 foreign workers seeking jobs in fisheries and agriculture & livestock were assessed in two countries, including East Timor.

(Unit : persons)

Country ---- Myanmar
No. of foreign workers subject to skills assessment 1,000
Period of skills assessment Sept. 17-Sept. 22

Country ---- Nepal
No. of foreign workers subject to skills assessment 2,500
Period of skills assessment Oct.15-Oct.21

Country ---- Cambodia
No. of foreign workers subject to skills assessment 1,500
Period of skills assessment Nov. 2-Nov. 7

Country ---- Sri Lanka
No. of foreign workers subject to skills assessment 1,000
Period of skills assessment Dec. 3-Dec. 8

Total
6,000

A skills assessment consists of a basic skills test, a physical fitness test, a Korean language interview, etc. The results of assessment for each category, which are converted to scores, along with a 30-second video clip capturing the interview scene, are provided to employers in Korea via the EPS (Employment Permit System) website.

Once foreign workers' skill levels are assessed for the manufacturing sector, those getting an excellent score as a result of the assessment will be given priority for job placement, and thus be able to enter Korea sooner. Therefore, the expanded skills assessment system is expected to encourage foreign job-seekers who want to enter Korea soon to make efforts to build basic job skills, not to mention Korean language skills.

It is also likely to reduce foreign workers' desertion from their original workplaces or frequent changes of workplaces, two main difficulties from which employers have suffered.

"Skills assessments currently conducted in the agriculture & livestock, fishery and construction industries are seeing good responses from employers," said Lee Jae-gab, the Deputy Minister of the Employment Policy Office. "If such assessments are conducted for job-seekers in the manufacturing sector where the largest number of foreign workers are introduced, they are expected to reduce conflicts between foreign workers and employers and improve productivity far more."

courtesy of Gennie Kim

source : http://www.moel.go.kr/english/topic/employment_policy_view.jsp?idx=845

by blackbonnet Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:33 pm

Di po tayo kasama dito sir kasi kinancancelled naman ng governo natin ang pagpapadala ng workers na under sa construction and agriculture industry...start 6th klt and 7th klt lahat under manufacturing industry..

EPS News Advisory: Government to assess skill levels of foreign workers seeking jobs in manufacturing sector

EPS News Advisory: Government to assess skill levels of foreign workers seeking jobs in manufacturing sector

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