Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) said on the 6th that it will recruit trainees for the "2026 manufacturing AI and smart factory incumbent long-term intensive course" for executives and employees of small and medium-sized enterprises introducing smart factories.
The long-term intensive course is one of KOSME's smart manufacturing training programs. Over a total of five months (180 hours), it offers smart factory job training (36 hours) and an on-site problem-solving project (144 hours) as a package.
This year's training program will be run in line with the government's "Smart Manufacturing Innovation 3.0" policy, focusing on strengthening capabilities for manufacturing AI transformation (AX). Recruitment fields consist of four areas: intelligent process and prediction, AI robots and automation, AI carbon neutrality, and an open topic.
Eligible applicants are small and medium-sized enterprises with a smart factory implementation level of at least basic.
KOSME said, "To enhance on-site problem-solving capabilities through collaboration across various job functions, we will accept applications in teams of at least two and select a total of 62 project teams."
It added, "We will focus support on corporations that are engaged in region-specialized (five hubs and three specialized zones) strategic industries or are at least at step one of smart factory advancement, and that need to introduce and utilize manufacturing AI."
Applications can be submitted on the Korea SMEs and Startups Training Institute website, and the application period runs from 9 a.m. on the 13th to 5 p.m. on the 24th. Tuition is free.