Training Water Safety Professionals

Creating Local Community Jobs

Gumi Facilities Corporation (Chairman Lee Jae-woong) has signed a business agreement with the Korea Rescue Association (President Lee Hee-baek) and will open a water safety personnel certification training course for Gumi citizens to address the shortage of water safety personnel in the region.

Water Safety Personnel Training.

Water Safety Personnel Training.

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The training and examination fee (including the certification issuance fee) is 250,000 KRW, and the course will be held once a month starting in July at the Olympic Memorial Hall and the Workers' Welfare Center swimming pools operated by the corporation.


Anyone with basic swimming skills and an interest in becoming a swimming pool safety personnel can participate. After completing a total of 16 hours of training?8 hours of theory and 8 hours of practical training?and passing the qualification exam, participants will obtain the water safety personnel certification.


Previously, the corporation established a plan to actively train and deploy part-time safety personnel to solve staffing issues and strengthen safety management at public sports facilities being constructed in Indong-dong and Goa-eup upon their opening.


Lee Jae-woong, Chairman of Gumi Facilities Corporation, stated, “We hope many citizens will show interest and participate in this water safety personnel training, which will contribute to protecting the precious lives of local residents and spreading a culture of safety in sports facilities. We will also provide active support to help the skills of outstanding graduates lead to employment opportunities.”



For more details, please visit the Gumi Facilities Corporation website, and applications can be submitted through the Korea Rescue Association website.


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