생산기능직의 기술적 숙련 개발 영향요인에 관한 실증분석

Starting from the notion that technical skills are critical in maintaining competitiveness along with the development of automation, this study conducts an empirical study on which factors affect technical skills for production workers, using the employee survey from the 7th wave of HCCP. By quoting Koike (1994) who studied the development of intellectual skills for Japanese workplaces, we identify that the following factors influence production workers in Korean workplaces: educational attainment, skills credentials, training days, on-the-job training, tenure, non-routineness of job, and firm-specificity of skills. These factors have positive effects on the development of technical skills. Additionally, we explore how job rotation affects the development of technical skills and how many days of training affect the development positively. Using the logit model, we analyze two age groups of 35-45 and 45-60 years old.
According to the results of this study, for the 45-60 age group, being a college graduate, OJT, tenure, and firm specificity of skills have significantly positive effects on technical skills. Also, skills credentials, training days, and non-routineness of job partially have significantly positive effects on technical skills. We find that thirteen days is the minimum duration of training that can have a significantly positive effect. On the other hand, for the 35-45 age group, skills credentials and tenure have significantly positive effects. Also, college graduate and non-routineness of job partially have significantly positive effects. Finally, we summarize and discuss the empirical findings and the limitations of this study, drawing their practical implications.