The All-Purpose Repairman "Speed Yongbanjang" Appearing at Yongsan-gu Welfare Facilities

Routine Inspections and Minor Repairs
at 188 Welfare Facilities

Yongsan-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Park Hee-young) will operate the ‘Speed Yongbanjang’ welfare facility task force starting this month.

The Speed Yongbanjang is responsible for conducting routine inspections of small-scale welfare facilities in the area and handling simple repairs and maintenance collectively. Previously, these tasks were outsourced to private companies, but from this year, the district office has hired two dedicated personnel.

Yongsan-gu will operate the 'Speed Yongbanjang' welfare facility task force starting this month. Dedicated personnel dispatched to civil complaint sites. Provided by Yongsan-gu.

The scope of Speed Yongbanjang activities covers a total of 188 welfare facilities in Yongsan-gu where the operators are women or elderly, or where there is a shortage of facility management staff compared to users. This includes 91 senior citizen centers, 83 daycare centers, the Cheongpa Senior Welfare Center, the Central Association of the Korean Senior Citizens Association, Our Neighborhood Care Center, and communal childcare sharing centers.

Speed Yongbanjang visits facilities to check various electrical appliances and wiring for leakage, inspect lighting fixtures, switches, and outlets for defects, assess safety conditions of screens, gas timers, ventilators, electronic locks, and handle tasks such as inspecting and replacing sinks, washbasins, drainage pipes, faucets, and showerheads.

Extensive repairs or specialized work are reported to the district’s facility management department for action. Operating hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, with emergency dispatches during holidays and nighttime as needed. Yongsan-gu stated, “Since the dedicated personnel visit welfare facilities such as daycare centers, we also checked for employment restrictions related to relevant institutions during hiring.”

District Mayor Park Hee-young said, “Speed Yongbanjang is a new project aimed at improving facility management efficiency and user convenience for facilities with different conditions such as operator expertise and facility aging,” adding, “As this is the first time implementing it, we will carefully monitor the task force’s operations and do our best to prevent safety accidents in small-scale facilities.”

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