해외건설 특성화고 도입의 타당성에 관한 실증적 고찰

To solve a shortage of labor for overseas construction has been considered critical as the annual amount of contract award sharply increases. Base on this necessity and urgency, this study aims both to analyze the feasibility of vocationally specialized high schools for overseas construction and to identify suggestions for its adoption. Data for analysis was collected through questionnaires and unstructured interviews on construction firms and schools. As the analysis results, vocationally specialized high schools can be considered one of the effective long-term strategies to provide labor required in delivering overseas construction projects. The grounds include that recruiting rates of high school level-labor are maintained; demands on labor specialized in the areas of plant, architecture and civil are being increased; practical abilities such as foreign language ability and technical speciality are evaluated more important than minimum levels of education. On the other hand, based on the survey results of teachers and students at vocationally specialized high schools, the most important factor is whether students after course work can get a job at construction firms or not. In addition, in order to increase the feasibility of vocationally specialized high schools for overseas construction, it is recommended to provide students with strategical incentives such as offering various job tracks and providing alternatives for military service. For construction firms, financial supports such as tax, salary assistance, and operational fee reduction can be used as effective incentives. The further research is required to develop detailed school operation guideline and curriculums of vocationally specialized high schools by job analysis. Also, the size of population for the feasibility analysis should be performed to attain the reliability of the study results.