'Due to the Impact of COVID-19' Korea Coast Guard Postpones This Year's First Open Recruitment to May-June

Police Officers and General Staff 1,609 Hired in Three Rounds

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] The Korea Coast Guard has postponed the '2020 1st Recruitment Examination for Police Officers and General Employees Affiliated with the Korea Coast Guard,' originally scheduled for the 11th of next month, to sometime in May or June.

This postponement is a measure to ensure the health and safety of examinees and the public and to prevent the spread within local communities, as the COVID-19 crisis alert remains at the 'Severe' level.

However, the application process, which began on the 27th of last month, will continue unchanged until 6 p.m. on the 12th.

The Korea Coast Guard plans to announce the confirmed exam schedule on the Korea Coast Guard website (www.kcg.go.kr) depending on the COVID-19 situation.

For more detailed information, please refer to the Korea Coast Guard website, Nara Ilteo (www.gojobs.go.kr), and the Korea Coast Guard recruitment website (http://gosi.kcg.go.kr).

Meanwhile, the Korea Coast Guard will recruit a record number of 1,609 personnel this year, including police officers and general employees. Considering the number of recruits, the hiring will be conducted in three rounds this year to select outstanding talents.

The scale of police officer recruitment totals 1,526. The recruitment fields include one candidate for the rank of Superintendent (Grade 5) through open competitive examination, three lawyers for the rank of Chief Inspector, 53 candidates for the rank of Inspector including executive candidates and aviation pilots, etc. For the rank of Police Officer, there are 566 open competitive positions and 903 career recruitment positions such as ship crew and Coast Guard studies.

The general employee recruitment totals 83, with fields including one industrial researcher, 35 for marine pollution prevention at Grade 9, 30 for maritime traffic control at Grade 9, and one for facilities at Grade 9. To strengthen organizational functions, 16 fixed-term positions (Grade 5 to Grade 9) will also be hired.

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