Mapo-gu Operates Resident Technology School... Supporting Resident Jobs and Social Enterprises

Responding to Housing Environment Improvement Demand... Operation of Home Repair and Disinfection·Quarantine Activity Training Courses... Internship and On-site Training for Residents Participating in Mapo Social Enterprises... First-come, First-served Recruitment of 16 Home Repair Specialists and 10 Disinfection·Quarantine Specialists

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yudonggyun) is operating a ‘Resident Technology School’ that collaborates with local social enterprises to provide education on home repair skills and disinfection/ quarantine activities to local residents, and supports the establishment of their social enterprises.

The Resident Technology School is one of Mapo-gu’s job creation models that responds to the high social demand for improving deteriorated residential environments by directly providing technical education to residents and supporting them to form local management enterprises and engage in activities.

Local management enterprises refer to a type of social economy enterprise that provides both jobs and social services to local residents.

To this end, the district was selected as the recipient of the ‘2020 Resident Technology School’ project through two rounds of public contests in Seoul City projects this year, securing a total project budget of 120 million KRW.

Based on a survey of related educational demands conducted among local residents, the district plans to operate educational courses closely related to residential environments, such as home repair and disinfection/quarantine activities.

The home repair specialized course will be divided into a women’s class and a co-ed class. The women’s class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from October 27 to November 5, and the co-ed class will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from November 9 to 20.

For the educational courses, Hamkke Housing Cooperative located in Mapo-gu will participate and conduct on-site technical training in electricity, insect screens, kitchen, bathroom, and door repair at the planned site for ‘Hamkke Housing No. 6’ construction.

The number of recruits is limited to 8 people per class on a first-come, first-served basis, and applicants must be Mapo-gu residents capable of using tools.

The disinfection/quarantine specialized course will provide theoretical and practical training on disinfection and quarantine five times from October 26 to November 18, followed by an on-site internship from November 5 to 18.

Social enterprises such as Baegui Minjok, Mapo-gu Disabled Vocational Rehabilitation Center, and Together Happy Care will participate in the disinfection/quarantine specialized course. The number of recruits is limited to 10 people on a first-come, first-served basis.

All educational courses are free of charge, but participants bear some material costs related to practical training.

Residents wishing to participate in the Mapo-gu Resident Technology School courses can apply by phone and then visit the Mapo-gu Social Economy Integrated Support Center.

Yudonggyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “We will develop the Resident Technology School, which has distinct features such as on-site education and internship linkage, into a specialized project of Mapo-gu, and through this, create a virtuous cycle effect such as strengthening the capabilities of local residents, creating jobs, and revitalizing the local economy.”

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