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A Study on the Assessment of Standard Wage System for Forestry Workers in Korea

임업기능인 임금조사를 통한 직종별 기준임금 산정에 관한 연구

  • Han, Sang-Kyun (Department of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries) ;
  • Han, Han-Sup (Department of Forestry & Wildland Resources, Humboldt State University) ;
  • Woo, Hee-Sung (Department of Forestry & Wildland Resources, Humboldt State University) ;
  • Choi, Byoung-Koo (Department of Forest Environment Protection, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Cho, Min-Jae (Department of Forest Management, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Cha, Du-Song (Department of Forest Management, Kangwon National University)
  • 한상균 (한국농수산대학 산림조경학과) ;
  • 한한섭 (훔볼트주립대학교 산림.자연자원학과) ;
  • 우희성 (훔볼트주립대학교 산림.자연자원학과) ;
  • 최병구 (강원대학교 산림환경보호학과) ;
  • 조민재 (강원대학교 산림경영학과) ;
  • 차두송 (강원대학교 산림경영학과)
  • Received : 2015.09.08
  • Accepted : 2015.12.08
  • Published : 2015.12.31
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Abstract

Working in the forest would require a wide range of skills and experience for specific tasks which involve with a high level of risks to worker's safety. However, there has been a concern on the current standard wage system for forest workers because it does not effectively reflect the characteristics of typical working conditions in the forest. In addition, the current standard wages for forestry workers was estimated based on the construction industry's wage system. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess a current wage system through the mail survey method and to develop a new wage system for forest worker which effectively reflects skill sets and experience required for successful completion of the work in the forest. We mailed the survey questionnaire consisting of 19 questions to 659 forest workers and received 188 responses resulting in a 28.5% response rate. The results showed that the current average optimal wages of forest worker, special worker and feller were 97,680won/day, 127,559won/day and 152,403won/day, respectively though there were variations depending on the regions. In developing the new standard wage system, this study suggest the current work types(worker, special worker and feller) could be divided into 5 work types (forest-environment workers, forest operations in beginner, forest operations in intermediate, forest operations in advanced and forest equipment operator) reflecting specialty of forest operation thereby stabilizing the new wage system for forest workers.

산림작업은 험준한 산악지에서 주로 작업이 이루어지고 있기 때문에 임업노동자에게 높은 위험수준을 부담하는 노동형태를 띠고 있다. 하지만 이러한 중노동에도 불구하고 건설공사 품셈을 바탕으로 하는 비현실적인 임금체계의 적용으로 인하여 효율적인 작업수행이 이루어지지 않을 뿐만 아니라 임업기능인의 노동생산성도 점차 저하되고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국 사유림 임업기능인 영림단을 대상으로 현행 임금체계의 문제점과 합리적인 임금체계 수립을 위한 설문지 조사를 실시하였다. 또한 설문내용을 바탕으로 임업의 특수성을 고려한 새로운 직종별 적정 임금체계를 개발하였다. 설문조사는 총 19문항으로, 총 659명에게 우편을 통하여 실시하였고, 이 중 28.5%의 회신율을 보였다. 조사된 영림단의 평균 적정임금은 지역별로 다소차이를 보였으나, 보통인부가 97,680원/일, 특별인부 127,559원/일, 벌목부는 152,403원/일로 나타났다. 이는 건설협회의 노임단가와 비교했을 때, 적정한 수준이라 판단된다. 또한 현재 분류되고 있는 3개 직종(보통인부, 특별인부, 벌목부)구분 보다는 좀 더 산림작업의 특수성을 반영할 수 있는 5개 직종(산림환경작업부, 초급산림작업인, 중급산림작업인, 고급산림작업인, 산림장비운전사)으로 구분한다면 임업기능인을 위한 현실적이고 안정된 임금체계를 제시 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

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