SK AX Wins Labor Minister's Award for AI Talent Development Achievements
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SK AX received the Labor Minister's Award for the results of its self-developed generative AI education and certification program.
The ceremony took place on the 11th at COEX Magok in Seoul during the "2026 Corporate Qualification Government Recognition Best Practices Presentation Contest."
SK AX said it had obtained government recognition for "AI Literacy" and "AI Bootcamp," and that it was the first and only case in South Korea of a corporate qualification in the field of generative AI utilization skills to receive government recognition.
SK AX received the Labor Minister's Award for its efforts to support employees' work innovation through a generative AI education and certification program it developed in-house. SK AX announced the award on the 14th.
The award was presented at an event hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor. The ceremony took place on the 11th at COEX Magok in Seoul during the "2026 Corporate Qualification Government Recognition Best Practices Presentation Contest," and the award event was the "Corporate Qualification Government Recognition System Best Practices Presentation Contest" held as part of the Human Resource Development Conference.
SK AX has operated a training system that includes basic AI education for all employees and the development of specialists ready for deployment in day-to-day work. It has also established a structured system for education, evaluation, and certification, which received high marks.
The award cited the expertise and practical applicability of its in-house generative AI competency certification program as the basis for the recognition. The photo was provided by SK AX.
The corporate qualification government recognition system is one in which the government officially recognizes outstanding internal credentials operated by companies, with the aim of improving workers' job skills. Through this system, SK AX obtained government recognition for "AI Literacy" and "AI Bootcamp." The recognized qualification for "AI Literacy" is Level 2 in generative AI utilization skills, and the recognized qualification for "AI Bootcamp" is Level 1 in generative AI utilization skills.
The company said this recognition is the first and only case in South Korea of a corporate qualification in the field of generative AI utilization skills to receive government recognition. SK AX said that, following government recognition of its corporate qualifications, it also won this ministerial award, which it said is another acknowledgment of the results and effectiveness of its training program operations.
Among them, AI Literacy is a course aimed at helping all employees, regardless of job function, acquire basic AI literacy. AI Literacy teaches and assesses generative AI skills needed for everyday work, including document writing, data structuring, spreadsheet use, and basic programming.
AI Bootcamp aims to train AI specialists who can be used in industrial settings, and it is a course that focuses assessment on practical, work-oriented capabilities. Its assessment covers linking internal data with AI and building customized AI agents capable of autonomously performing specific tasks.
The two programs apply the latest AI models. These latest AI models can diagnose employee capabilities and automatically provide personalized feedback. SK AX has built a system that does not stop at confirming whether training was completed, instead using actual workplace use of generative AI as the object of verification. AI is also used in education and capability assessment.
Because SK AX uses AI in education and capability assessment, it established a management system aimed at securing fairness and reliability in certification results. The system includes minimizing bias in the process of drafting test questions and in the evaluation process, as well as having humans review and manage the final results. It also reflected the principles of safety, reliability, and transparency in the education and assessment process in line with the Framework Act on the Promotion of AI and Establishment of Trust Basis, etc. (hereinafter the AI Basic Act), which took effect in January.
SK AX provides guidance to all employees on indicating when generative AI has been used to produce work outputs, and it also conducts training on complying with the company's AI ethics guidelines.
In addition, SK AX operates the "SK AI Competency Model." The model provides education tailored to each employee's job and AI utilization capabilities, including AI Literacy and AI Bootcamp.
Kim Min-hwan, head of the HRX Promotion Team at SK AX, said the award was the result of the company being recognized for the credibility and on-site usefulness of its AI competency certification platform, which it built ahead of others. He added that the company will continue to develop it beyond supporting employees' AI capability growth into an AI competency certification system trusted and used in industrial settings, and also outlined plans to expand its in-house AI competency certification system to general companies and educational institutions.
Source: IT DAILY · Lee Jae-young
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