외국인근로자의 직업능력개발에 대한 연구: 교육훈련 프로그램을 중심으로 = A study on the Vocational Competency Development of Foreign Workers: Focusing on Education and Training Programs

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study viewed foreign workers residing in Korea as human capital to increase national competitiveness, and for them, it was intended to analyze whether education and training programs in progress at central administrative agencies could help develop vocational competencies and suggest policy implications. Based on the research results, policy implications are suggested as follows. First, if foreign workers residing in Korea are to be accepted as permanent residents of our society, they must develop sub-areas of basic vocational competencies and job expertise suitable for the working status of foreign workers residing in Korea. Second, a career roadmap tailored to the characteristics of the region should be linked to public education so that children and international students of foreign workers, including immigrant youths, can grow into talents necessary for the local industry. Third, foreign workers who continue to develop vocational competencies should be given freedom of choice of job and workplace through the related legal system’s improvement for promoting their intrinsic values.