Yangcheon-gu Rolls Up Sleeves for Middle-Aged and Older Adults' Reemployment Efforts

Free Vocational Training Programs for Middle-Aged and Older Adults Including General Security Guard, Hospital Assistant, and Caregiver Training Courses

One-Stop Service from Customized Specialized Job Training to Employment Counseling and Job Placement

Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Lee Gijae) announced that it is recruiting participants for various free vocational training programs linked to employment, such as security guards and caregivers, targeting middle-aged and older adults who wish to remain active in society after retirement.

The middle-aged and older adult employment-linked vocational training is an employment support project that promotes employment incentives and revitalizes the local economy by connecting jobs to middle-aged and older adults who have completed job training at vocational training institutions (organizations) that have signed business agreements with the district.

Since 2012, a total of about 340 people have successfully found jobs through this project.

This year’s programs include three courses: caregiver training, general security guard training, and hospital assistant training, all of which are free of charge. First, the “Caregiver Training Course,” designed to prepare for a super-aged society, offers customized special lectures (240 hours) covering theory and practice necessary for certification, taught by professional instructors including nurses with clinical experience at university hospitals and social workers.

The training period runs from the 15th of this month to August 8, and 14 students are currently being recruited on a rolling basis.

The “General Security Guard New Training Course” is offered twice, in June and August, targeting 80 middle-aged and older adults who wish to work in the security industry. At Seogang Vocational School, a specialized security education institution, the legally required 10 essential subjects for employment in the security field are taught over 3 days (24 hours). Currently, 40 students are being recruited for the June course.

With the active promotion of medical-specialized projects in the nearby southwestern region, the “Hospital Assistant Training Course” has been ambitiously prepared as a program specialized for women with career interruptions.

The training targets 15 middle-aged and older women who wish to work in hospital wards or assist in administrative departments in medical and health fields such as hospitals, clinics, and Korean medicine clinics. The program runs from July 3 to August 8.

The organizing institution is the Western Women’s Development Center, which is recruiting 15 students from May 25 to June 23.

Graduates who complete the training courses are expected to find employment in the private sector through the institution’s own employment center and the Yangcheon-gu Job Plus Center. For detailed information such as recruitment periods and application methods for each program, please refer to the district office website notices or contact the district office’s Job and Economy Division.

Lee Gijae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, “The middle-aged and older adult employment-linked vocational training project is meaningful not only because it provides free job training necessary for job seekers but also because it connects them to jobs. We hope many interested people will participate, and we will continue to discover and operate high-quality job policies that are practically helpful to middle-aged and older job seekers.”

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