▲ Na Seung-sik, President of Hanjayeon, Eo Su-bong, Chairman of HRDK, and Kwon Yong-bok, Chairman of TS (from left) (Photo courtesy of Hanjayeon)

Expected to improve expertise in the field of eco-friendly vehicle inspection and create new professional manpower
Hanjayeon, Development and Improvement of National Job Competency Standards in the Field of Environmentally Friendly Vehicle Inspection

As the transition to eco-friendly vehicles accelerates, three organizations, including Hanjaeyeon, are actively training eco-friendly vehicle inspection experts.

Korea Automobile Research Institute. The Korea Transportation Safety Authority (hereinafter referred to as TS), the Korea Human Resources Development Institute for Industry (hereinafter referred to as HRDK), and three other organizations announced that they signed a 'Business Agreement for Training and Utilization of Eco-friendly Vehicle Inspection Professionals' to systemize the training of eco-friendly vehicle inspection professionals and support job creation.

The main contents of this agreement include cooperation in the development and improvement of national job competency standards in the field of eco-friendly vehicle inspection, establishment of new national technical qualification items in the field of inspection, operation of education and training courses in the field of eco-friendly vehicle inspection, and efforts to support human resource utilization.

Through the business agreement, Hanjayeon will propose the development and improvement of the National Competency Standards (NCS) in the field of eco-friendly vehicle inspection, and will propose the establishment of new national technical qualifications and develop new items to establish industry standards and training criteria for training experts in the inspection field.

In particular, TS actively provides the institution's training infrastructure to support the training and utilization of specialized personnel in the field of eco-friendly vehicle inspection by operating an in-depth education and training course linked to the national technical qualification system based on a survey of the status of personnel and training in the field of eco-friendly vehicle inspection.

In addition, HRDK plans to reorganize the qualifications in the automobile field around eco-friendly vehicles, taking advantage of the establishment of a national technical qualification category in the eco-friendly vehicle inspection field, and to support the establishment of a system that can integrate and operate the professional training system and the qualification system through processes such as the process evaluation type qualification system.

In line with the global trend of accelerating the transition from an automobile industry centered on internal combustion engines to eco-friendly vehicles, the three organizations plan to actively support private repair shops and inspection agencies to smoothly perform inspection work by integrating training and qualifications through this business agreement.

Na Seung-sik, the president of Hanjayeon, said, “Through this agreement, we will work with the industry to resolve unfinished tasks such as the eco-friendly vehicle inspection education system and field personnel training. “We will effectively establish standards and training criteria,” he said.

TS CEO Kwon Yong-bok said, “By linking TS’s education and training infrastructure with national technical qualifications, the foundation for supplying high-quality professional manpower to the industry has become more solid,” and HRDK CEO Eo Su-bong responded, “We will continue to provide generous support to strengthen human resource capabilities across the automobile industry and expand the demand for future car manpower.”