Bringing Safety 'Veterans' Back to Work... Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency's Safety and Health Keeper Job Fair

Rejoining the Job Market Utilizing Senior Construction Safety Experience

Services Including Capacity Building Training and ID Photo Shooting

A job fair aimed at ‘inviting’ the rich experience of senior workers in the field of industrial safety back to the workplace was held.

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA, President An Jong-ju) held the ‘Safety and Health Keeper Job Fair’ on the 22nd at the KW Convention Center in Daejeon, with participation from the agency’s construction safety and health keepers, local governments, and private disaster prevention organizations.

Keepers are experienced retirees who mainly handled safety management tasks at private workplaces and were re-employed by KOSHA to perform field inspections and other duties for a certain period.

This job fair was organized to provide re-employment opportunities to keepers with construction safety work experience and to support their vocational skill development.

Prior to the fair, KOSHA conducted a preliminary survey targeting keepers and private disaster prevention organizations to reduce mismatches between job seekers and employers. The agency also discussed the event’s direction in advance with employment support organizations such as the Employment Welfare Plus Center and the Senior Human Resources Development Institute to increase participation and satisfaction.

The fair featured diverse programs including two themed halls, an event hall, and training to strengthen the keepers’ consulting capabilities. In the ‘Customized Recruitment Hall’ operated by 14 private disaster prevention organizations and the ‘Job Support Hall’ run by three public sectors (including local governments), job interviews and consultations were conducted according to the institutions where applicants hoped to work.

As a side event, an ‘Event Experience Hall’ was operated, offering practical benefits to participants such as resume writing, ID photo shooting, calligraphy of job hope talismans, and personal color diagnosis.

An Jong-ju, President of KOSHA, said, “Retired keepers can gain re-employment opportunities, and local governments and private disaster prevention organizations can hire competent safety personnel. We will devote efforts to nurturing diverse talents and creating jobs to establish safe and healthy workplaces.”