Gwangju Chamber of Commerce to Conduct Business Information Visualization Skills Test

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The Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Chairman Han Sangwon) announced on the 3rd that the '2025 1st Business Information Visualization Competency (English name: BI Specialist) Written Exam' will be held on the 26th.

The 'Business Information Visualization Competency' certification exam is a national technical qualification for office work, first introduced last year by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It was developed in response to the growing importance of deriving meaningful information from vast data due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and digital transformation.

Despite being held for the first time last year, about 10,000 people nationwide took the exam. The largest groups of test-takers were those in their 20s (43%) and 30s (35%), with wage workers (53%) and job seekers (23%) making up the majority. Following the word processor and computer utilization certifications, it is emerging as a new essential qualification for employment.

Major domestic companies such as Samsung, SK, and LG are increasingly favoring data visualization specialists during recruitment. Recently, the government has also been strengthening data visualization training for public officials in each ministry, which is expected to further boost the popularity of the Business Information Visualization Competency exam.

The exam is conducted at a single level. After passing the written test (valid for two years), candidates are eligible to take the practical test. The written test consists of three subjects?General Business Information, Data Interpretation and Utilization, and Business Information Visualization Design?with 20 multiple-choice questions per subject, to be completed in 60 minutes. The practical test covers Business Information Visualization Practice, where candidates use Power BI and Tableau programs to complete a computer-based task within 70 minutes.

This year, the exam will be held twice for the written test (April and September) and twice for the practical test (June and November), with one session each in the first and second half of the year. Applications for the first written test can be submitted until the 9th via the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Qualification Assessment Division website or the Korchampass application.

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