ULSAN — HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180) is moving to train shipbuilding specialists in Peru and build a technical training system there in partnership with the Peruvian government. The plan is tied to naval vessel construction projects underway in Peru and aims to broaden the groundwork for industrial cooperation across the Latin American market.
The company said on the 27th that it recently signed a memorandum of understanding on shipbuilding workforce development and technical capacity building with Peru's Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) in Lima.
Choi Heon, executive vice president and head of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' management support division, attended the signing ceremony along with Peruvian Labor and Employment Promotion Minister Juan M.K. Sheput Moore and Choi Jong-wook, South Korea's ambassador to Peru.
The two sides will jointly develop shipbuilding training programs tailored to local industrial demand in Peru and establish a vocational training framework to raise workers' job skills. They will focus on training technicians for core shipbuilding processes such as welding, fitting and quality control, and plan to expand the scope of workforce development to marine equipment and related industries.
To maximize hands-on capabilities, the two sides will also run training programs for Peruvian workers in South Korea and technology exchange programs between the two countries.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is currently carrying out naval vessel and submarine construction projects in Peru while continuing workforce development work based on the Korea International Cooperation Agency's Inclusive Business Solution program. The company plans to use the partnership with the Peruvian government as a springboard to build a supply chain ecosystem that links technology transfer with workforce training.
"This agreement is significant in that the two countries have established a foundation for cooperation under the shared goals of industrial development and specialist training," Choi said. "We will actively transfer the shipbuilding technology and experience HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has accumulated to strengthen the competitiveness of Peru's shipbuilding industry and expand industrial cooperation between the two countries."
