KRIVET

Korean apprenticeship system was established in 2013 as a means to vitalize youth employment and provide a linkage between skills development and utilization. As a national think tank on vocational education and training policies, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training(KRIVET) is publishing this book, aiming to provide an understanding of Korean apprenticeship system with support from the Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor(MOEL) and Human Resource Development Service of Korea(HRD Korea). The first and second chapter provides an overview and current states of Korean apprenticeship system. The third chapter describes explains the process of development and operation of apprenticeship program in detail. The fourth and fifth chapter explores outcomes, challenges and policy implications of the Korean apprenticeship system. 
It is expected that this book will provide international readers with the basic framework of apprenticeship in Korea and practical implications for the improvement of their apprenticeship. 

Table 1-1∙Overview of apprenticeship types	6
Table 1-2∙Types of apprenticeship for new workers by the main operating agent	10
Table 1-3∙Types of apprenticeship for new workers based on the different approaches of recognizing completion results	11
Table 1-4∙Roles of main stakeholders in apprenticeship	15
Table 1-5∙Legal basis of apprenticeship	18
Table 1-6∙Act on Support for Apprenticeship in Workplace	19
Table 1-7∙Amount of budget for operation of apprenticeship	21
Table 1-8∙Government support for training company	23
Table 2-1∙The number of companies and apprentices(2014~2022)	27
Table 2-2∙The number of companies and apprentices by operation type	28
Table 2-3∙The number of companies by company size	29
Table 2-4∙The number of companies by occupational fields	30
Table 2-5∙The number of apprentices by age	31
Table 2-6∙The number of apprentices by gender	31
Table 2-7∙The number of apprentices by educational attainment	32
Table 2-8∙The number of apprentices by duration of training	33
Table 3-1∙Requirements for participation in apprenticeship	40
Table 3-2∙Exceptional condition for participation in apprenticeship	41
Table 3-3∙Restriction on participation in apprenticeship	42
Table 3-4∙Criteria of selecting company (enforced as of the 1st quarter in 2020)	43
Table 3-5∙Selection criteria for training center	48
Table 3-6∙Selection criteria for apprenticeship high school project team	49
Table 3-7∙Qualification requirements of in-company trainer	51
Table 3-8∙Training hours for in-company trainer & HRD staff	52
Table 3-9∙Training for in-company trainers(Basic course, 46 hours)	53
Table 3-10∙Training for in-company trainers(Advanced course, 37 hours)	55
Table 3-11∙Training for HRD Staff(Mandatory course, 12 hours)	57
Table 3-12∙Development of industry-customized type training program	62
Table 3-13∙Development of company-customized type training program	62
Table 3-14∙Standards for apprenticeship program development	63
Table 3-15∙Standards for apprenticeship program verification 	66
Table 3-16∙Types of monitoring	77
Table 3-17∙Link between apprenticeship monitoring and inspection of regional employment labor office	78
Table 4-1∙The result of cost-benefit analysis of apprenticeship(total)	84
Table 4-2∙The result of cost-benefit analysis of apprenticeship(per apprentice)	84
Table 4-3∙Data collection	86
Table 4-4∙Recognition on social outcomes of apprenticeship at company level	87
Table 4-5∙Recognition on social outcomes of apprenticeship at individual level	87
Figure 1-1∙Types of apprenticeship high school	8
Figure 1-2∙Governance of apprenticeship	14
Figure 1-3∙Change in the amount of budget for apprenticeship	21
Figure 3-1∙General procedure of apprenticeship program operation	39
Figure 3-2∙Roles of training center in process	46
Figure 3-3∙Selection and operation process of training center	50
Figure 3-4∙Procedure of apprenticeship program development	61
Figure 3-5∙Procedure of apprenticeship program verification	65
Figure 3-6∙Composition for Off-JT and OJT	67
Figure 3-7∙Procedure of apprentice evaluation	70
Figure 3-8∙Monitoring phases	73
Figure 3-9∙Monitoring authority	74
Figure 4-1∙Economic outcomes of apprenticeship(cost-benefit analysis) model	81
Figure 4-2∙Elements of cost and benefit of apprenticeship	82
Figure 4-3∙The result of cost-benefit analysis of apprenticeship	85