Gyeonggi-do, Driver Refresher Training for Transportation Workers Switched to 'Online'

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province is switching this year's 'refresher training for transportation workers' to an online format to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

According to current law, passenger and freight transportation workers are required to complete at least 4 hours of refresher training annually or biennially, depending on their accident-free and penalty-free periods.

Accordingly, transportation workers have been attending face-to-face group training sessions at transportation training centers at the metropolitan government level or local education centers in cities and counties on scheduled dates.

However, to prevent COVID-19 infection, it was deemed necessary to conduct training in a non-face-to-face manner, leading to the decision to proceed with online refresher training.

To this end, the province has utilized professional instructors from the Gyeonggi-do Transportation Training Institute to produce educational videos for eight subjects and has established an 'E-Learning platform' for online attendance.

In particular, the identity verification system blocks fraudulent activities such as proxy attendance, and the training can be accessed via PC as well as mobile devices, allowing transportation workers to conveniently receive education without restrictions on time or place.

In the future, related content will be uploaded to the Gyeonggi-do online lifelong learning platform, Knowledge (G-SEEK) system, so that any resident can attend the lectures.

This online training will start at the end of June and continue until December. The total number of participants this year is approximately 138,700.

A provincial official stated, "This online training will alleviate concerns about infectious disease prevention and eliminate worries about inconvenience and administrative penalties due to failure to complete training for transportation workers. We will do our best to ensure smooth operation of the training."

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