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2025 Busan Metropolitan City Skills Competition to Be Held

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that the “2025 Busan Metropolitan City Skills Competition,” hosted by the Busan Skills Competition Committee, will be held from April 7 to 11 at eight competition venues including Busan Mechanical Technical High School.

This year’s event features 44 trades across seven categories, including machinery, metal and transportation, and electrical and electronics. A total of 344 participants will demonstrate their technical skills in areas such as polymechanics, welding, piping, and industrial electronics.

One notable participant is a former traditional Korean music student who decided to continue her late father’s legacy—a master craftsman in wood lacquerwork—by entering the woodcraft category.

Winners will be awarded medals and cash prizes. They will also qualify to represent Busan at the 60th National Skills Competition, to be held in Gwangju Metropolitan City starting September 20.

Various hands-on experience programs will also be offered to visitors at the main venue, Busan Mechanical Technical High School, during the event.

Organized by skilled craft associations including the Busan chapter of the Korea Master Craftsmen Association, events include:
• Hair styling experience
• Nail art and demonstrations
• Moss art and flower arrangement
• Strawberry cream cake making
• Live cooking demonstrations with dishes like jjajangmyeon (black bean noodles)

For more information, please contact the Busan Skills Competition Committee at the Busan Regional Office of the Human Resources Development Service of Korea (☎ 051-330-1904).

The opening ceremony will be held on April 7 at 10:00 a.m. at the International Conference Hall of Busan City Hall. About 300 guests, including Deputy Mayor Lee Jun-seung, Kim Jun-hwi from the Busan Regional Employment and Labor Office, participants, and technical delegates, are expected to attend.

Song Gil-yong, Chair of the Skills Competition Committee (Director of the Busan Regional Office of the HRD Service of Korea), remarked,
“The Skills Competition is a platform to discover talent that can reach global stages. We hope this event becomes a celebration of excellence in skilled trades, and we will continue to support these individuals as they grow into leaders in their fields.”

Deputy Mayor Lee Jun-seung added,
“We expect this competition to uncover talented technicians who will drive Busan’s industrial future and contribute to Korea’s emergence as a global tech powerhouse. We will do our utmost to ensure fair and safe competition so the hard work of each participant is fully rewarded.”