BOESL launches 13-day training for 124 South Korea-bound workers
Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL) has launched a 13-day training programme for 124 candidates who received job offers from South Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS).
BOESL Managing Director Mohammad Rashedul Haque inaugurated the programme at the Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre in Darus Salam, Mirpur-1, Dhaka, on Saturday (15 August), according to a press release.
Bangladesh and South Korea signed a memorandum of understanding in 2007 to recruit and send Bangladeshi workers to South Korea under the EPS through a government-to-government arrangement.
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BOESL has since been conducting the recruitment and deployment process on behalf of the Bangladesh government, while the Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRD Korea) represents the South Korean government.
Since 2008, a total of 38,018 Bangladeshi workers have secured employment in South Korea based on demand from Korean employers through a transparent recruitment process involving low migration costs and high salaries.
With support from the HRD Korea EPS Center in Bangladesh, South Korea-bound general EPS workers receive 10 days of training in the Korean language and culture, workplace conduct and job performance.
The training aims to improve workers' skills, help them adapt quickly to their workplaces and make the EPS programme more effective and robust.
Participants also receive three additional days of training in welding, grinding and physical exercise at BOESL's welding laboratory.
The practical training is designed to help them adapt effectively to jobs in South Korea involving dirty, difficult and dangerous working conditions, commonly known as 3D work.
The trainees will also undergo a one-day industrial attachment at the Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Centre (BITAC).
BOESL bears all expenses associated with the training programme.
Inaugurating the programme, Mohammad Rashedul Haque, managing director of BOESL, wished the trainees good health and success.
He announced that BOESL would reward the trainees securing first, second and third places in each batch based on merit and performance.
