Recently applied for a language proficiency exam in 2024 in the manufacturing sector in Korea, having successfully passed it. She is now looking to bring changes to her field.
The individual born in a landlocked country, Nepal, and not having been to the sea, has received approval for an application. Within a month, she will be working in a shipbuilding company in South Korea.
“Though I have passed the language proficiency exam, there is no guarantee of a job. After understanding that the opportunity increases when changing the ‘sector,’ I have applied to the company to work in shipbuilding,” she said to the BBC.
“Just like boys, gir
ls can work in any field. That’s how I feel, so I have sought to ‘change’ the ‘sector,'” she added.
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Last year, having passed the language exam for the third time and having gone to Korea for the first time, Myagdi’s Purna Bahadur Thapa, who has been working in the manufacturing sector, has recently applied to work in a shipbuilding company.
He says, “I worked for a Hyundai car company making parts before returning to Nepal in 2017. Now that a new opportunity has opened up, I felt inclined to apply to work in that sector.”
‘Shipbuilding’ Sector for Nepali Workers
According to the government’s plan, when Nepali workers go to work in the ‘shipbuilding’ sector in Korea, they will receive technical training, including salary, for up to the third month from the start. After that, they will be employed regularly.
“This is the first time Nepali workers have started going to the shipbuilding sector in this manner. Some workers who have previously worked in the manufacturing sector might also work in shipbuilding,” says Pushparaj Katuwal, Director of the EPS Branch of the Foreign Employment Department.
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Recently, Korea has decided to hire about three thousand workers from Nepal for the shipbuilding sector.
“We have brought them to work in the shipbuilding sector from Korea. This is the first time, so we have invited a thousand two hundred and ten people from the manufacturing sector to apply for a change of sector,” he says.
“Until now, we have received applications from 726 people for a change in the sector.”
According to the EPS Branch, the time for sector change has been provided until Friday.
“How much is the salary?
Since 2008, Nepal has been sending workers to Korea under the government-to-government understanding through the EPS system.
For this, initially, Nepalis need to participate in the Korean language examination and pass it.
Based on the evaluations, workers who have passed are eligible to go to Korea.
In the EPS system, Koreans themselves are directly involved in the process of selecting workers.
According to the current information, the minimum monthly salary of Nepali workers who have gone through this process is around two lakh rupees, as stated by Director Katuwal.
“The minimum monthly salary is about two lakh rupees for Nepalis, but according to the company, it may be higher than that,” he said.”
