Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Accelerates Workforce Training in Medical and 3D Smart Convergence Fields

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 1st that it was selected for the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s ‘Regional Industry Customized Job Creation Support Project Contest’ and secured the largest project fund of 345 million KRW among the five autonomous districts.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor’s contest supports projects proposed by local governments and non-profit organizations that collaborate to create jobs for citizens and solve regional employment issues.

In this contest, Gwangsan-gu was selected for ▲Gwangju-type Medical and 3D Smart Convergence Workforce Training Project ▲Root Industry Surface Treatment Workforce Training Project.

Through these projects, Gwangsan-gu plans to provide customized services that train 105 citizens as workforce needed in regional industries and connect them to jobs.

The Gwangju-type Medical and 3D Smart Convergence Workforce Training Project was prepared based on a demand survey of 52 companies related to medical materials and components. The participating companies expressed the need for professional workforce training and indicated their intention to employ such personnel.

Gwangsan-gu plans to train professionals by providing 3D design and manufacturing technology to dental medical majors and biomedical materials education to those with 3D design skills.

Once experience is accumulated in the dental field, the plan is to expand the technology to the biomedical materials and components industry as well as to ophthalmology and orthopedics sectors.

Regarding the Root Industry Surface Treatment Workforce Training Project, it was prepared considering that 61 out of 80 surface treatment companies in Gwangju are located in Gwangsan-gu, and that global technology trends are shifting from wet surface treatment methods to dry coating methods due to strengthened environmental regulations.

Gwangsan-gu expects that the workforce trained through the contest projects will contribute to increasing the local parts supply rate in the automotive industry, including Gwangju-type jobs.

A Gwangsan-gu official said, “We achieved the result of being selected for the contest by reflecting regional characteristics and local company demands. We will contribute to raising employment rates by training professional workforce through substantial projects and enhancing companies’ technological competitiveness.”

Gwangsan-gu participated in the contest by forming a consortium with the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Nambu University and the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Gwangju Health University.

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