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Caregiver license
To obtain a caregiver qualification, you can work as a caregiver after completing the curriculum at a caregiver academy, passing the national exam, and obtaining a caregiver qualification. The main job is to take care of the elderly who have difficulties in daily life by caring for the elderly at home through living welfare facilities or home services. It is an essential job in our society, which is becoming a super-aged society, and the government is providing a lot of support.
Eligibility to apply for caregiver
Nursing care worker qualifications are irrelevant to age, gender and academic background. All elementary, middle, and high school graduates can apply, and foreigners are also eligible to take the exam if they do not violate the Immigration Control Act. Those who have completed the following training hours can take the nursing care worker exam.
The standard training course is 240 hours at the caregiver training institution designated by the mayor/provincial governor.
National qualification (license) holders (nurses, nursing assistants, physical therapists, social workers, occupational therapists): 40 to 50 hours;
If you complete the training course for a person with experience (the number of hours varies depending on the institution that recognizes experience), you can take the nursing care worker qualification test.
Nurse caregiver training hours (total 40 hours) 요양보호사 자격증 취득방법
division
subject
theory
practice
theory
(26 hours) 좋은뉴스
/
practice
(6 hours)
Introduction to Nursing Care
Basic Nursing Care Details
Special Nursing Care Details
Training
Elderly Care Facility or Home Facility Practice
Social Worker (50 hours)
division
subject
theory
practice
theory
(32 hours)
/
practice
(10 hours)
Introduction to Nursing Care
Basic knowledge related to nursing care
Basic Nursing Care Details
Special Nursing Care Details
Training
Elderly Care Facility or Home Facility Practice
Physical therapist·Occupational therapist·Nursing assistant (50 hours)
division
subject
theory
practice
theory
(31 hours)
/
practice
(11 hours)
Introduction to Nursing Care
Basic Nursing Care Details
Special Nursing Care Details
Training
Practicing at nursing homes for the elderly or welfare facilities for the elderly at home
✅A total of 240 hours for new students (80 theory, 80 practice, 80 practice)
✅A total of 140 hours (theory 80, practical 40, practice 20) if you have experience at a nursing care center home welfare center
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Caregiver Exam Schedule
Application period from the start date of the test to the date of the test
up to 7 days ago
[Exam fee]
32,000 won
[Reception hours]
Reception at all times
Venue Nursing care worker qualification test homepage [application application] menu
Application form output period From completion of application form (payment completion) to the day of application
The date and time of the test Any time (refer to the notice of the implementation plan)
– Bring the application form and identification card
※ Drinking water (bottled water) is not provided.
Venue Nationwide Test Center
Announcement of Successful Candidates
Always (to be announced after 10:00 a.m. on the day following the test date)
SMS notification only when mobile phone number is entered
Method Nursing care worker qualification test homepage [Success Search] menu
The way the test is taken has changed. The existing test, which was four times a year, has been changed to a regular test, and you can apply for an application at the National Examination Center on the homepage of the caregiver. National test centers are operated as bases for each region. Please check the following test center base addresses and information.
Center address Parking availability
Seoul Guro Test Center 21 Gongwon-ro (Guro-dong), Guro-gu, Seoul, Seoul Guro Test Center (Narakium Guro Complex Building 3rd and 4th floors) Parking is not available
Gyeonggi Seongnam Test Center 573 Sanseong-daero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do (Yangji-dong), Gyeonggi Seongnam Test Center (3rd floor of New Millennium Center building, Seongnam Campus, Eulji University) Paid parking
(narrow, basement of the New Millennium Center building)
Busan-Gyeongnam Test Center 365 Sinseon-ro, Nam-gu, Busan (Yongdang-dong), Korea Health and Medical Personnel National Examination Center Busan-Gyeongnam Test Center (1st and 2nd floor of Engineering Building 5, Yongdang Campus, Pukyong National University) Partially available
(narrow, paid)
Daegu-Gyeongbuk Test Center 80, Cheombok-ro, Dong-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City (Dongnae-dong), Daegu-Gyeongbuk Test Center (New Drug Development Support Center Building 7th and 8th floors) Parking is not available
Gwangju Jeonnam Test Center 1 Bongseon-ro, Nam-gu, Gwangju (Bongseon-dong), Korea Health and Medical Personnel National Examination Center Gwangju Jeonnam Test Center (3rd floor, Nam-gu Office Building, Gwangju) Partially available
(narrow, basement of Nam-gu Office building)
Daejeon Chungcheong Test Center 6 Munjeong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon Metropolitan City (Tanbang-dong), Korea Health and Medical Personnel National Examination Center Daejeon Chungcheong Test Center (National Pension Service Seodaejeon Branch Building 5th floor) No parking
Jeonbuk Jeonju Examination Center 13 Ongoeul-ro (Seoshin-dong), Wansan-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, Jeonbuk Jeonju Examination Center of Korea Health and Medical Personnel Examination Center (National Pension Service Jeonju Branch Building 4th floor) No parking available
Gangwon-Wonju Examination Center 189 Jungang-ro (Hakseong-dong), Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Gangwon-Wonju Examination Center of the National Institute of Health and Medical Personnel (2nd floor of KT Hakseong Building near the Administrative Welfare Center in Jungang-dong) No parking available
Jeju Test Center 38 Halla Daehak-ro (Nohyeong-dong), Jeju-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Korea Health and Medical Personnel National Examination Institute Jeju Test Center (Jeju Halla University High-Tech Center B1) partially available
(narrow)
Reasons for disqualification of caregiver
A mentally ill person under subparagraph 1 of Article 3 of the Mental Health Promotion and Mental Illness Welfare Service Support Act (abbreviation: Mental Health Welfare Act). However, this is not the case for those who are recognized by a specialist as suitable as a caregiver.
Addicts to drugs, hemp or psychotropic drugs
adult guardian
A person who has been sentenced to imprisonment without prison labor or a heavier punishment and the execution of the sentence has not been completed or it has not been determined that the execution of the sentence has not been completed
A person whose qualifications have been suspended or forfeited by a court decision
A person for whom one year has not elapsed since the date of cancellation of qualification as a caregiver