Mokpo Maritime Police Conduct Job Competency Enhancement Training for Coastal Safety Guardians

A coastal safety keeper job training was held at the auditorium of Mokpo Maritime Police Station. Photo by Mokpo Maritime Police Station

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Seo Young-seo] Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Im Jae-su) announced on the morning of the 10th that it conducted job training for coastal safety keepers in the station auditorium.

The Maritime Police selected 10 coastal safety keepers through physical examinations and interviews last April and deployed them to five high-risk coastal accident areas within the jurisdiction. According to the coastal safety keeper training guidelines, job training is conducted at least once per quarter.

This job training program invited a professional external instructor (Park Jong-ho, President of the Jeonnam Western Branch of the Korea Maritime Safety Association) to provide training on the main duties of coastal safety keepers, initial response procedures in case of coastal accidents, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and other emergency treatment methods to strengthen the job capabilities of coastal safety keepers.

The training was conducted strictly following COVID-19 prevention guidelines such as temperature checks and social distancing.

A Mokpo Maritime Police official stated, “Through substantial job training for coastal safety keepers, we will do our best to prevent coastal accidents by improving accident prevention and initial response capabilities.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.