Gyeonggi Province Records 7.3-to-1 Competition Rate for First Local Labor Inspector Grade 9 Exam

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 21st that a total of 116 applicants applied for the Grade 9 experienced-competitive examination for the labor series, which selects 16 people, recording a competition rate of 7.3 to 1.

For the Grade 9 experienced-competitive examination in the same series recruiting 10 people, 19 applicants submitted their applications, showing a competition rate of 1.9 to 1.

Gyeonggi Province newly established the labor series to introduce the local labor inspector system, a key policy promoted by Governor Choo Mi-ae, and posted the examination notice last month.

Previously, in July, the Grade 7 open-competitive examination for the labor series recorded a competition rate of 11.7 to 1, with 292 applicants for 25 openings.

Gyeonggi Province explained that unlike the Grade 7 exam, the Grade 8 and 9 exams require specific certifications (Grade 1 Vocational Counselor for Grade 8; Grade 1 or Grade 2 Vocational Counselor for Grade 9), which appears to have resulted in relatively lower competition rates.

Following written and interview examinations, the final successful candidates for Grades 8 and 9 are scheduled to be announced on December 9 of this year, and for Grade 7 on December 21 of the same year.

Gyeonggi Province plans to appoint a total of 170 labor inspectors by the end of this year. Aside from the 51 individuals in Grades 7 through 9 selected through this recruitment, the remaining 119 will be sequentially filled through personnel reassignments and transfers from cities and counties.

They will be deployed to the field in the first half of next year after completing the Ministry of Employment and Labor's labor inspector training and the designated procedures for judicial police officials.

Local labor inspectors will primarily oversee workplaces with fewer than 30 employees, carrying out inspection activities centered on vulnerable labor sites such as water and sewage manhole work sites and workplaces with high concentrations of foreign workers.

(Photo provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Government, Yonhap News)
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