Guro-gu Operates Employment Support Program for Security Guards

Published 12 Feb.2020 09:38(KST)

For Residents Aged 40 and Over... Support for New General Security Guard Training Fees and Employment Connection... Recruiting 60 Participants for 1st Session... On-site Registration at District Office 1st Floor Job Plus Center Until the 19th

Guro-gu Operates Employment Support Program for Security Guards

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Seong) is operating a security guard employment support program targeting middle-aged and older adults.

Guro-gu announced on the 12th that those who wish to be employed as security guards must complete the general security guard training stipulated in Article 13, Paragraph 1 of the Security Services Act, and has prepared a security guard employment support program that provides nonstop support from training to employment for middle-aged and older adults.

Guro-gu plans to train a total of 360 graduates annually over six sessions from this month until December. Each session will have 60 trainees completing a total of 24 hours of training over three days.

The first session of this year will be held from March 16 to 18 at the Korea Security Association Seoul Branch (313 Gamasan-ro, 2nd floor, Yeongdeungpo-gu), a private security training institution located in Daerim-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu.

The training includes theoretical education on the Security Services Act and crime prevention theory, as well as practical training on accident prevention measures, equipment usage, facility, escort, mechanical security, personal protection, and arrest and self-defense techniques. The training fee (100,000 KRW) is fully supported by Guro-gu.

Anyone aged 40 or older residing in Guro-gu can participate in the training. Those who wish to participate can visit the Job Plus Center on the first floor of the district office by the 19th. Enrollment is limited to the first 60 applicants.

Guro-gu also operated the security guard employment support program in April and July last year, producing 120 graduates. As of the end of last year, more than half of them, 70 people (58.3%), succeeded in finding employment.

A Guro-gu official said, “We plan to support graduates’ employment through connections with the Job Plus Center and entrusted organizations,” and added, “We hope many middle-aged and older adults dreaming of a new start will participate.”