Suwon Recruiting About 100 Pedestrian Safety Assistants

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City is recruiting approximately 100 ‘pedestrian safety assistants’ from January 13 to 30 to help pedestrians move safely around construction sites.

Pedestrian safety assistants will be deployed at construction sites that occupy roads among Suwon City-ordered projects and construction projects approved by the Suwon City Mayor. They guide citizens passing through the construction site area to temporary pedestrian walkways and assist traffic-vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities, children, and the elderly in using the temporary walkways. They also inspect safety facilities such as safety fences and pedestrian guidance signs along temporary walkways.

Suwon residents aged 18 to 65 can apply to become pedestrian safety assistants. Those wishing to participate must apply for training from January 13 to 30 by visiting the city’s Construction Policy and Technical Review Team (4th floor, City Hall Annex) or calling (031-228-2696, 2466).

The ‘Pedestrian Safety Assistant Training Program’ will be held in February. Applicants must deposit the training fee (50,000 won) into a designated account to receive training. The training program consists of theoretical instruction in courtesy education, on-site civil complaint response, guidance for traffic-vulnerable groups, and traffic hand signals, as well as practical training (8 hours).

Upon completion of training, participants will be deployed to construction sites starting in March. They will work 8 hours per day and receive ‘standard laborer wages for construction projects based on construction wage standards’ (130,000 won as of 2020). This corresponds to daily wage rates for general laborers.

A city official stated, “We will deploy ‘pedestrian safety assistants’ to construction sites to help ensure safe pedestrian movement and create a safer city,” and added, “We expect this project will also contribute to job creation for vulnerable groups.”