Government Invests 3.6 Billion Won to Train Specialized Technical Personnel in Materials, Parts, and Equipment

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 4th that it will invest 3.6 billion KRW to support the training of specialized technical personnel necessary to strengthen the technological competitiveness of materials, parts, and equipment (SoBuJang) companies.

The industry-customized specialized technical personnel training project, for which implementing organizations are being recruited this time, focuses on customized technical education for incumbent technical personnel working at SoBuJang small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies to enhance their capabilities, as well as supporting the dispatch of public research personnel to SoBuJang mid-sized companies. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy plans to recruit and select lead organizations by next month through this announcement and will officially launch the personnel training project starting in May.

First, through customized technical education for incumbents, on-site technical personnel working at SoBuJang companies will be trained as highly skilled and advanced technical personnel by educating them on core strategic technologies, process technologies, and convergence technologies related to SoBuJang. Additionally, the current support for dispatching research personnel to SMEs will be expanded to include SoBuJang mid-sized companies. Public research institutes’ current and former researchers will be dispatched to mid-sized companies to provide technical consulting, aiming to enhance the technological capabilities of SoBuJang mid-sized companies. To this end, demand companies and experts from public research institutes will be matched for support, and 50% of the dispatched researchers’ labor costs (up to 30 million KRW) will be supported for one researcher per company for up to two years.

An official from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy stated, "SoBuJang SMEs and mid-sized companies will be able to secure specialized technical personnel necessary in the era of technological convergence, thereby enhancing their technological competitiveness and innovation capabilities."

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