SK AX Receives Minister of Employment and Labor Award for Recognized AI Education Programs

Selected as an Excellent Case of Generative AI Education and Certification Programs

SK AX announced on September 14 that it has received the Minister of Employment and Labor Award at the Human Resources Development Conference.

SK AX was honored with the Minister's Award at the Government-Recognized Corporate Qualification System Best Practices Presentation, which took place on September 11 at COEX Magok in Seoul. The Government-Recognized Corporate Qualification System is a program in which the government officially recognizes excellent qualifications developed and operated by companies to improve employees' job competencies.

At the awards ceremony of the "2026 Corporate Qualification Government-Recognized Best Practices Presentation Contest" held at Coex Magok on the 11th, SK AX received the Minister's Award. Dae-ryeong Jung, Team Leader of SK AX Education Business Team 1, Hak-gi Chun, Director of Competency Evaluation at the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, and Minhwan Kim, HRX Promotion Manager at SK AX, are posing for a commemorative photo (from left to right). SK AX

SK AX’s self-developed generative AI education and certification programs, ‘AI Literacy’ and ‘AI Bootcamp,’ have been recognized for the Level 2 and Level 1 generative AI application certifications, respectively. This marks the first and only case in Korea where government recognition has been granted for AI competency certification.

The goal of the AI Literacy program is to ensure all employees acquire essential AI-related competencies. The program is designed to both cultivate and assess generative AI skills needed for day-to-day work, such as document composition, data structuring, spreadsheet usage, and basic programming. The AI Bootcamp is a training program for nurturing AI experts, designed to foster specialists who can be immediately deployed on site in industrial environments.

SK AX has also established a management system to enhance the fairness and reliability of its certification results. Reflecting the principles of the AI Basic Act implemented in January, the company has ensured reduced bias in test question creation and evaluation processes, and mandated that final outcomes be overseen by humans. In addition, all employees have received guidance on labeling generative AI outputs and adhering to ethical guidelines.

SK AX plans to expand its AI competency certification framework to general companies and educational institutions. Minhwan Kim, HRX Promotion Manager at SK AX, stated, "This award recognizes both the credibility and practical value of SK AX’s preemptively established AI competency certification platform," adding, "Our goal is not only to support the growth of our members’ AI competencies, but also to continuously advance our AI certification system so that it earns trust and practical use throughout the industry."

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