"Capacity Training and Verification" ... Changwon Special City Cultivates Key Talent to Lead Municipal Development

Competency Verification Through Post-Training Evaluation
Deploying and Utilizing Talented Personnel in the Right Places

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam is taking active steps to nurture talent that will lead municipal development through the training and evaluation of public officials' capabilities.

Sim Dong-seop, Director of the Autonomous Administration Bureau, is explaining the training program to enhance public officials' capabilities.

Accordingly, the city announced plans to intensively conduct competency enhancement training for public officials over two months from October to November, and to utilize personnel evaluations by verifying employees' capabilities through learning assessments after the training.

In October, an 8-day training program was conducted for about 200 practical workers at grade 6 and below, covering →report writing (document planning and structuring), ▲legislation (interpretation and application of laws, administrative disposition procedures), ▲budget and accounting practices (understanding regulations and procedures, audit findings cases), and ▲construction-related competency enhancement training (construction site safety and quality management). In November, a two-day training on the 4th and 7th will be held for 100 participants focusing on ▲local subsidy management (subsidy management standards, cases of fraudulent receipt).

Furthermore, after the training, individual competencies will be verified through assessments covering all subjects and used as personnel data. Employees with high capabilities will be transferred to departments handling major issues or to departments they wish to join, and will be assigned positions that match their competencies. Through this education, the city plans to discover talent and promote optimal personnel management.

Shim Dong-seop, Director of the Autonomous Administration Bureau, stated, “The capabilities of public officials are paramount for the continuous growth of Changwon Special City. We will do our best to properly train the necessary competencies and ensure that employees with high capabilities can fully demonstrate their skills in positions suited to their abilities.”

Meanwhile, Changwon Special City is conducting a needs survey on what training is required to improve competencies for senior officials and all departments, then systematizing the necessary competencies and corresponding training to actively carry out employee education and training. This includes ▲basic training before appointment, ▲basic competency training by rank, ▲specialized competency training by job series, and ▲manager competency evaluation, providing continuous and periodic training aligned with the growth cycle within public service from before appointment onward.