SK Telecom will run a government-funded training program to develop hands-on talent in AI security and networks.
SK Telecom said on the 21st it is recruiting trainees for ALEPH, an AX talent development program, in partnership with Korea IT Academy.
Aleph is a practical training course conducted as part of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) K-New Deal Academy project. All tuition is covered by government funding, and the program focuses on building practical capabilities to apply AI to the operation of corporations' infrastructure.
Aleph will run as a weekday, in-person course in Daejeon, Daegu and Busan from August to November next year. Trainees will carry out assignments close to real corporate environments, including AI-based network operations, security policy design, corporations' infrastructure build-outs, anomaly analysis and incident response.
Eligible applicants are unemployed youths ages 15 to 34. If requirements are met, a training allowance of up to 500,000 won per month will be provided.
Kim Gu-yeong, head of SKT Enterprise Business Division, said, "As AI spreads into corporations' core areas, the importance of practical capabilities to apply and operate AI in actual work is growing," adding, "Through Aleph, we will support the development of AX hands-on talent in AI security and networks and contribute to the spread of AI transformation in the industrial field."