Hyundai Motor announced on the 15th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Industrial Safety Win-Win Foundation, and major universities at its headquarters in Yangjae, Seoul, to actively promote a project for practical industrial safety experience in pursuit of creating a sustainable safety ecosystem.
At the ceremony, about 20 officials attended, including Deputy Minister Kim Jong-yoon from the Ministry of Employment and Labor, Jeong Sang-ik, head of Hyundai Motor's Safety Planning Division, and Chairperson Ahn Gyeong-deok of the Industrial Safety Win-Win Foundation. With this agreement, governments, corporations, public foundations, and educational institutions will cooperate to establish a win-win model for enhancing safety management systems in small and medium-sized enterprises.
Hyundai Motor plans to provide a practical-oriented training environment and share its own safety management know-how to significantly contribute to improving the industrial safety capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises. The Industrial Safety Win-Win Foundation will lead the matching of expert personnel, mentoring, and the development of customized programs, while supporting the operation of the project. The Ministry of Employment and Labor will back local small and medium-sized enterprises to enhance their industrial safety capabilities on-site through institutional improvements and financial support.
Participating universities, including Yuhan University, Korea National University of Transportation, Wonkwang University, and Dong-Eui University, will continuously promote the training of young industrial safety talents through regional industry-academia cooperation networks across the Seoul metropolitan area, central region, Jeolla region, and Gyeongsang region. More than 75% of the total participants will be youths from outside the capital region, promoting the reduction of educational gaps and balanced placement of industrial safety talents.
The win-win industrial safety experience project will operate for about nine months from April to December, including practical-oriented training courses on risk assessment, disaster prevention, and safety management system establishment, along with VR-based experiential content to enhance immersion. Participants will also receive various incentives such as monthly allowances worth 1 million won, completion certificates, and rewards for outstanding participants.
A Hyundai Motor official noted, "This project is a starting point for nurturing industrial safety talents equipped with practical skills and reducing the safety gap between corporations," adding, "We will play a responsible role in building a win-win safety ecosystem involving the government, corporations, and academia."
Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor Group established the Industrial Safety Win-Win Foundation, the first non-profit foundation in South Korea dedicated to creating safe working environments and enhancing safety capabilities for small and medium-sized enterprises, in 2022.
This project has been selected as a type supporting ESG for the first time in the industrial safety field as part of the Ministry of Employment and Labor's "Future Tomorrow Work Experience Project."
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