Among Korean automotive repair companies, 34.5% select trainees, which is a considerably low percentage compared to Germany's 83.4%. With respect to the percentage of trainees recruited as regular workers after the completion of training, 36.6% of all trainees were recruited in Korea while 52.3% were recruited in Germany.
The period that it takes for a new employee to adapt to on-site work is 3.3 years in Korea and 1.7 years in Germany, which shows an approximately twofold difference.
The duration of job training provided by companies to help new employees adapt themselves to sites is 47.4 hours in Korea, which is about half the amount of Germany's 94.5 hours.
With respect to types of job training programs, there are more diverse programs in Germany, while in Korea, job training is conducted based on only a few programs. In addition, in Korea, because training types are made mandatory by the law and weighted toward those demanded by the car manufacturers, the percentage of company-initiated training is low compared to in Germany.