Find out how to get your caregiver license and qualify for the exam
As for how to obtain a caregiver license, after completing the standard requirement hours at the education center, you can take the national examination and obtain the qualification when you pass. It is a national certification system that provides nursing care and nursing services to those suffering from geriatric diseases.
Among the things about the caregiver license, I will first explain the acquisition process that you are most curious about, and then explain the requirements and education in detail later.
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Nursing care worker license acquisition process 좋은뉴스
1. Application for education at educational institutions
In-person registration: 1 ID card and passport photo
Qualifications for application: No restrictions on age, academic background, career, or gender (except for disqualified persons)
2. Completion of training
Practice after completing the required hours for theory and practical classes at the education center
3. Applying for the national examination
You don’t have to worry too much about it because it takes care of the process of applying for an educational institution, issuing a certificate when you pass the training, and so on.
Application Submission: From the test opening date to 7 days before the test date
Group registration at educational institutions, individual registration, and individual registration are only available online.
Fill out the individual application form → Pay the individual application fee → Issuance of the individual application form
Print out the test ticket: After paying the test fee, until the test date
You must select the test center, test date, and test time and complete payment 7 days before the test date you wish to take, and your application will be confirmed.
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Caregiver CBT Exam Schedule
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Caregiver Written Exam Schedule
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Application fee 32,000 won
4. Taking the national exam
Nine caregiver qualification test centers across the country run by the Korea Health and Medical Personnel Examination Institute conduct certification tests.
If you get 60 points or more in each of the first period written and second period practical skills, you will pass.
The exam is a multiple-choice five-choice test.
From 2023, the computer test (CBT) will be introduced and will be conducted in parallel with the written test.
5. Announcement of Successful Candidates
The announcement of successful candidates for nursing care worker certification can be found on the Internet homepage of the Korea Health and Medical Personnel Examination Institute.
▼ Korea Health and Medical Personnel National Examination Institute
http://www.kuksiwon.or.kr
www.kuksiwon.or.kr
Access to the National Examination Institute for Health Care Professionals → Go to the test guide → Check pass → Select ‘Career Qualification Test’ from the test name → Enter your name and resident registration number and check the result
6. Application for issuance of license
In the case of a group application at the education center, the acceptance status and other documents can be checked at the education center.
After the certificate issuance period for each trial, certificates are distributed through the education center.
7. Receipt of license
Receive a certificate after verifying your identity at the training center
Caregiver Qualifications
There are no age or educational background restrictions, and anyone can obtain a license.
If you complete the training course for a certain period at an educational institution (local government reporting certification institution), you can take the nursing care worker certification exam and acquire it.
1. Caregiver training hours (training completion hours)
In general, it takes about 1 month for the daytime class and 2 months for the evening class based on theory and practice.
Nursing care worker practical training is a course in which you learn the theoretical process in detail, and in practice, you experience meals, observation, bathing, diaper care, and talking companions.
▣ Training hours by type
Classification Total Hours Theory Practical Practice
New training 240 80 80 80
Experienced Other general 160 80 40 40
Nursing care/residence 140 80 40 20
Nursing + Home 120 80 40 0
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(license)
holder nurse 40 26 6 8
Social worker 50 32 10 8
physical therapist
occupational therapist
Nursing Assistant 50 31 11 8
1) Practical skills, practice exemption and reduction
license holder
If you work as a holder of a national qualification (license) in a nursing facility for the elderly, a welfare facility for the elderly at home, a long-term care transfer, or a home-based long-term care institution, and your experience is recognized as 1200 hours or more per year, you will be exempted from the entire on-site training.
Career
A person who is recognized as a caregiver, paid home worker, life support worker, etc., with experience of 1,200 hours or more per year at a career certification issuing agency
Disabled activity assistant
2) Details of reduction or exemption
General: 50% reduction of practical skills and practice hours each
Those who have worked more than 1200 hours a year in a nursing facility for the elderly: Exemption from facility practice
Those who worked more than 1,200 hours a year at a welfare facility for the elderly at home: Exemption from home practice
Those who have worked for 1,200 hours or more in a nursing home for the elderly and a welfare facility for the elderly at home separately for one year are exempted from the entire training session.
2. Caregiver training courses and training costs
The range of educational expenses designated by the National Health Insurance Corporation is 550,000 won to 700,000 won.
There is a difference in training costs depending on the training course within the designated range at the Caregiver Training Center. The curriculum includes a new class, a class for experienced students, and a class for those with national qualifications (licenses).
In the case of experienced caregivers, if you have more than 1 year (1200 hours) of nursing experience, practice and practice hours are reduced.
We recommend that you contact the educational institution for details on the cost of education.
If the cost of education is burdensome, you can find out about government subsidized education expenses.
The meaning and role of caregivers
1. What is a caregiver?
Caregiver is a national qualification according to Article 39-2 of the Elderly Welfare Act.
A caregiver is a trainee who has completed a systematic curriculum at an educational institution and has passed the national examination conducted by the National Examination Institute for Health and Medical Persons in Korea and acquired the qualification for a caregiver issued by mayors and provincial governors.
It is a national certification system that provides nursing care and nursing services to those suffering from geriatric diseases in accordance with the implementation of the long-term care insurance system for the elderly.
2. The caregiver’s role
1. Daily Life Support
Meal, bath, changing clothes, psychological support, simple rehabilitation training (walking, walking with sick people, gait training), prevention of bedsores (exchanging positions), and other daily life-related support.
2. Instrumental daily life support
Meal preparation, cooking assistance, banking, shopping, laundry, and other friendly services are provided.
3. Nursing care plan preparation work
We provide general services for physical activities and daily life for the elderly.
Developed countries have been solving the aging phenomenon for a long time with various nursing services and long-term care benefits. Korea is also showing a rapid increase in the elderly population.
It is expected that the demand will increase as much, so please prepare for the future by obtaining a caregiver license in advance. So far, we have learned about the nursing care worker license acquisition process, qualification requirements, training completion time, and exams.