Due to labor shortage, recruitment of maritime sheriffs targeted at new graduates

Due to lack of labor, Japan Coast Guard recruited for university graduates November 4: 4:26

As personnel shortages made it difficult to secure human resources, the Japan Coast Guard decided to conduct a Japan Coast Guard recruitment examination for new graduates of general universities for the first time next year.

According to the Japan Coast Guard, the security system has been strengthened by increasing the number of large patrol boats in response to the intrusion of Chinese authorities' ships around the Senkaku Islands and illegal operation of North Korean fishing boats off Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture. It means that there is an urgent need to secure the sheriff's personnel.

To become a Japan Coast Guard, you need to graduate from Japan Coast Guard College or Japan Coast Guard School. However, from next year, the Japan Coast Guard will conduct a new recruitment examination for general university graduates. .

This is the first time that Japan Coast Guard has been hired for a new university graduate since the establishment of the Japan Coast Guard in 1948.

In the next year's examination, about 30 people will be hired for papers, interviews, and physical fitness tests. After recruitment, they will be trained for 2 years at Japan Coast Guard College, and will be a patrol boat, etc. It means being assigned to the site.

The Japan Coast Guard says, “While the number of high school graduates is decreasing due to the declining birthrate, we want to secure a wide variety of human resources through new hires.”