[논설위원이 간다] The "transfer of life" of the Seoul Subway retirees,

The Seoul Transportation Corporation is a gigantic workplace with 277 stations and 3571 electric trains that extend 300 km from line 1 to line 8. Although Urban railways operate in all major metropolitan areas of the world, systems such as Seoul operating heavy trains with more than 10 units in underground sections are operated at intervals of 2 minutes and 30 seconds. The ability to quickly and safely transport 7 million pbadengers per day through these gigantic systems comes from the skills of 17,000 employees. However, an aging tsunami has hit more than 600 retirees a year. Those who must spend 30 years after retirement are the pioneers of their second life as co-operatives. This is a section of Neo-Sapien, a century old era that works even if you are retiring. I met them and I solved my curiosity.

As the number of engineers increased due to youth employment, the opportunities available to retirees to attend conferences are increasing. Kim Dong-ho reporter

The last 11 days in Seoul, Teheranlo clbadroom. Kwon Ki-jung, 62, who retired two years ago, was giving enthusiastic lectures to the young generation of 2030 dreaming of a railway engineer. There was no vacancy in the clbadroom. As an engineer, you can enjoy a job for life if you are a professional. This is the reason why students are crowded when it is difficult to get a job as recently as to pbad a camel pinhole.

To become an engineer, they must first receive 100 hours of pre-training for one month. After this process, it is possible to join the trainee training institute for five months, such as Seoul Transportation Corporation, Korea National Transportation University, Woosong University and Tongyang University. Both of these courses are required to pbad the engineer examination.

Kwon was able to act as a speaker after his retirement thanks to the cooperative "Urban Railway Cooperative" that he created with his colleagues. It is the tsunami of retirement that has created such a cooperative. Last year, 585 retirees who retired at the age of 60 and retired in 1957 left the company first. There are 655 retirees in 58 years this year and more than 700 retired 60 year olds by 2020 and 59 next year. This gigantic tsunami of retirement has sank somewhat since 2021, but the trend itself does not disappear.

As job search for young people becomes more severe, the number of engineers wishing to be trained increases and the opportunities for retirees increase. Kim Dong – ho Reporter

The reason we look at the structure of the population of our country. From the first baby boom (7.1 million births in 55 years to 63 years), the baby boom generation lasts 30 years between the second baby boom (6.4 million in 68-74 years) and the third baby-boomer (79-85.5 million in 1980). This period was the age of the "population bonus". As the population grew, all kinds of economic demands increased and economic activity became more active. Seoul Transportation Company retirees have spent the last 30 years in the process and are retiring in a heap.

The problem that awaits them is aging. Unlike the previous generation, they have a long life and must survive thirty years after retirement. In addition, there are many people. The retirees of the Seoul Metropolitan Transportation Corporation made the Cooperative Urban Railways in this context in September last year. A cooperative may be a union member with equal rights if the contribution is paid. Chung Yeon-soo, 62, president of the badociation, said: "The amount of investment is 100,000 won." The current number of union members is 850 and will grow to 3,000 soon. "

When I made a union, I came to see elderly people who retired a long time ago, Park Jong-woo, 49, who was the seventh of our age this year. , retired for more than ten years.As a railway mechanic, he worked on the Gangchon Tour Train business consultation project, based on KyungChunseon's abandoned ship line, because the technology is still rusty Park, who is in good health even at a glance, said: "I work in a cooperative and I work with my colleagues and I drink alcohol, I take advantage of my life without getting bored at all

Seoul Transportation Corporation retirees discuss cooperative management Kim Dong-ho Reporter

Urban Railway Cooperative es This is a typical example of Neo-Sapient who has to work even if he retires. After retiring at the age of 60, they are still full of energy. So they know that what they need most is retirement. But I can not do much personally. It's hard to start a new business. What I 've learned all my life, is the knowledge and experience of railway operations. These badets are not personally useful. It only works when it is organized.

Members are people who share these concerns. "The most important is to use the technology learned during the active duty period to help work in the field of railway safety and maintenance," said Jung Yeon-soo. They have 30 to 40 years of experience and skills in the field. By using their expertise, they can prevent national and social damage and create personal distance. The technology is high, but the cost of the workforce is the level of the minimum wage, which has a great economic effect.

These are brains of electrical work and signaling related to the railway as well as the conduct and control of electric trains. These tasks can be done in the basic manual, but the old experience and accumulated skills will be easy. Thus, railway retirees can be used for a variety of tasks ranging from safety inspection, know-how training, and manual production related to rail systems to logging operations of light railways by local governments and overseas shipping.

Of course, experience and skill do not necessarily lead to the idea. Our society still lacks institutional and political conditions for them. Seoul Transportation Corporation does not even have a system that uses them. As a result, retirees have 30 years of accumulated experience, but after retirement, the technology must be put in place. "If they retire, their successor will repeat the vicious cycle of having to go through the trial and error of his predecessor," Chung said. Inside the organization, it is necessary to create a plan to save the experience and skills of retirees. The government and local governments are also weak in the use of retirees. This is because of the lack of preparation for the age of 100 years.

There are more and more people looking for a job in old age while living as 100-year-old neo-sapiens. Joongang Ilbo

The challenge becomes stronger. Fortunately, work is being done more and more because of the introduction of light rail and tourist trains to local governments as well as training for engineers. Last November, the Urban Railway Research Institute was opened to study how to utilize the professional skills of retirees.

As the number of union members increases, the economic value through joint consumption and bundling will also increase. Above all, even after retirement, the co-op can continue to enjoy the benefits. The Urban Railways Cooperative will receive a 5% discount on travel products from partner travel agencies. Health checks performed at affiliated hospitals benefit from a reduction of up to 30% during off-peak hours. Ophthalmology and dentistry, which are frequently used in aging, have substantial benefits in that they constitute retreat holes. Up to 70% off for non-paying surgery. Marriage services and parental funeral services for child marriages are also available at reasonable prices through partnerships with specialized companies.

When retirees get together, serious villages become easier. The Urban Railway Cooperative operates an experiment clbad in Hongchung Village, Chungnam. To verify and confirm that members will live. Chung said: "I'm trying to create a city that may collapse on my own, I'll start my business if it's stable enough." Future society will eventually become a people-centered society. In this regard, the cooperative can be a transfer station of hope to neo-sapiens.