Gyeonggawon Strengthens Customized Professional Workforce Training for SMEs

The Gyeonggi-do Economic Science Promotion Agency is strengthening the training of specialized personnel tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to respond to the rapidly changing industrial environment.

This year, the agency plans to improve the quality of education for SME employees. It will carefully select 53 courses to expand advanced training in new industry fields such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud, and Internet of Things (IoT), and will recruit experts with extensive field experience to enhance the professionalism of the education.

Additionally, considering the characteristics of the northern Gyeonggi region, where the furniture industry is concentrated, the agency will establish customized programs and expand educational infrastructure. To facilitate trainees, a two-way communication system using social networking services (SNS) will be introduced, and modernization of educational equipment will also be undertaken.

Kang Ji-hoon, Executive Director of the Economic Division at the agency, stated, "With the advent of the AI era, the digital transformation of SMEs is expected to accelerate further. We plan to strengthen education in new technologies such as AI and big data to enhance the competitiveness of SMEs and support their practical growth."

Gyeonggi-do Economic Science Promotion Agency operates various educational programs through a regional industry customized workforce training project. Photo by Gyeonggi-do Economic Science Promotion Agency

Since 2007, with support from the Ministry of Employment and Labor and Gyeonggi Province, the agency has been operating the ‘Regional and Industry Customized Workforce Training Project’ to cultivate practical talents in key industrial fields such as mechanical design, electrical and electronics, information and communication, and quality control.

Last year, 54 SME employee training courses, including the regional industry customized workforce training project, were conducted 124 times both online and offline, producing a total of 2,537 graduates.

In particular, the newly established course ‘Practical Work on AI-based Business Automation Construction’ received great response, and 11 microlearning contents organized by industry and job type were released, recording over 40,000 views.

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