A prototype aircraft is unveiled at the Korea Aerospace Corporation's factory in Sacheon City, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea - Photo: Yonhap/VNA
These are the first foreign workers that KAI has trained in their host country and recruited, supplying them to domestic aerospace companies.
Similar to the shipbuilding industry, South Korean aerospace companies, both small and medium-sized, are facing recruitment challenges due to a declining domestic workforce. Recruiting foreign workers aims to compensate for the labor shortage domestically and revitalize the industry's ecosystem.
In 2023, KAI promoted an overseas professional workforce training project related to the deployment of the E-7-3 visa to address the manpower shortage of small and medium-sized aerospace companies.
Accordingly, KAI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with GAET regarding the training and provision of aerospace-skilled personnel.
Following the signing of the MOU, in Vietnam, 50 outstanding personnel meeting the requirements of a bachelor's degree in science and engineering and work experience were selected and trained for three months in both theory and practice in aircraft component manufacturing at a vocational training center established by the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence .
Starting this year, the first batch of graduates will be assigned to KAI's partner companies, South Korean aerospace parts manufacturers such as Songwol Technology, Mirae Aviation, Yulgok, and S&K Aviation. These workers will undertake practical tasks such as machining and assembling aircraft.
In the long term, KAI expects to lay the foundation for providing specialized foreign personnel to its partner companies. Meanwhile, GAET hopes that training and personnel supply contracts will help create a pool of experts in the aerospace component manufacturing sector.
Mr. Song Ho-cheol, director of the Korea Aerospace Corporation's Operations Center, said that promoting the project opens up a good way to address the labor shortage of partners by leveraging Vietnam's abundant human resources and infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Songwol Technology CEO Park Joon-hwan said the company is working to increase the global competitiveness of domestic small and medium-sized enterprises by employing foreign experts.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea's manufacturing workforce is declining, with most small and medium-sized manufacturers in the aerospace sector located in rural areas, leading to significant recruitment challenges.
The Korea Aerospace Corporation plans to train approximately 100 professionals annually through Vietnam's aerospace-related training program.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tap-doan-hang-khong-vu-tru-han-quoc-tuyen-dung-lao-dong-viet-20240802154508498.htm
