77 Vocational High School Students Land Jobs at Major Corporation... Jeonnam-Gwangju to Directly Train Semiconductor Talent

Regular Employee Recruitment Linked to Amkor Korea
Customized Training Provided for 39 Non-Major Successful Candidates

The Jeonnam Gwangju Office of Education announced on the 10th that it held an entrance ceremony for the “Amkor Semiconductor Production Specialist Training Program” at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Gwangju Human Resources Development Center. This program was prepared as part of the “2026 Vocational High School Job-Linked Job Training Support Project.”

This initiative, organized by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is a national support project aimed at cultivating practical talent that meets corporate needs and linking directly to employment. Through this program, students from vocational high schools in Jeonnam and Gwangju will begin full-scale job training to join Amkor Technology Korea Inc., a global company specializing in semiconductor packaging and testing, as regular employees.

The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education in Jeonnam held an entrance ceremony for the "Amkor Semiconductor Production Specialist Training Course," which is part of the "2026 Vocational High School Employment-Linked Job Training Support Project." Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education

This year, 77 students from vocational high schools in Jeonnam and Gwangju have successfully passed the selection process to be hired by Amkor Technology Korea Inc. The Office of Education will operate this customized training program for 39 of those students who have been accepted into non-major fields that require additional hands-on training. The program will run from today until October 13 at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Gwangju Human Resources Development Center.

The program focuses on strengthening core competencies so students can be deployed to fieldwork immediately. The curriculum includes: ▲ understanding the concepts and operating principles of sensors for semiconductor process equipment and hands-on practice using Arduino; ▲ drafting Career Development Plans (CDPs) with generative artificial intelligence (AI); ▲ learning and practicing programmable logic controller (PLC) control and employing human-machine interfaces (HMI); ▲ modeling the eight main semiconductor manufacturing processes; ▲ and attending special seminars by semiconductor experts, as well as completing job training and corporate onboarding programs.

Students who successfully complete the program are expected to join Amkor Technology Korea Inc. as production specialists in semiconductor manufacturing.

Jiyoung Hyeong, head of the Career Guidance Division, said, “This is a meaningful program to cultivate outstanding high school graduates in the semiconductor industry—a future core sector—through the cooperation of local industry, academia, and government. We will continue to actively support vocational high school students so they can successfully settle into leading local companies.”

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