Education and training

Human Resources Training

• To cultivate KAI talents who challenge the world's best technology, achieve high value-added in the aerospace business, and move toward a society that lives together, KAI has established and operates a customized human resources development system that pursues the creation of the highest value based on KAI's DNA of insight, creation, challenge, and collaboration. KAI provides training tailored to leadership, professional competence, and global commercialization to enhance employees' professional expertise and strengthen the Company's competitiveness.
• Through industry-university programs with universities, KAI operates master's and doctoral degree programs for the continuous development of employees and operates various training programs for continuous selfdevelopment.
• For the emotional and mental management of employees, KAI conducts change management training to implement sustainable positive energy and family camp training for healthy daily living and mental strength with not only employees but also their families.
• To promote sustainable employment, since 2021 KAI has been conducting career planning training for retirees in accordance with the Act on Prohibition of Age Discrimination in Employment and Elderly Employment Promotion, and by 2023, 178 people have completed the training. As of 2024, KAI plans to train 217 people.

Shared Growth for the Development of
the Aerospace Industry

In order to build an aerospace ecosystem for sustainable shared growth, KAI developed a program to train 5,400 talents from suppliers from 2019 to 2023 by expanding consortium training and introducing a new paid leave curriculum in cooperation with the Human Resources Development Service of Korea and operating it as a support policy program for shared growth in the aerospace industry.

Support for the Development of Future Talents

In order to develop future human resources for the national aerospace industry, KAI is currently conducting the Aerospace Thesis Award Competition, now in its 21st year since 2003, organized by KAI and sponsored by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy and the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences, to play a greater role in promoting academic interest in aerospace and cultivating human resources. As a result, research has been conducted in all areas of the aerospace industry, and more than 630 research papers have been published, contributing to the development of domestic aerospace technology.

For the development of the aerospace industry, KAI will strive to fulfill its responsibility as a company that nurtures human resources by diversifying and improving educational programs for employees, families, suppliers, and future aerospace talents.