13 Bandung Residents Are Prepared to Work in Japan
13 residents of Bandung City will go to Japan to work as 'care workers' or elderly nurses in regional hospitals in Toyota City.
As the follow up of MoU between the Bandung City Government and Toyota City Government, Japan, 13 Bandung residents will go to Japan to work.
Their work will be as care workers, or elderly sitters in hospitals in Toyota City.
The 13 people will be placed in several health service providers spread in Toyota City, such as Gunma, Shiga, Fukuoka, Nigata, and Kagoshima.
The elderly sitters are graduates from Poltekes Kemenkes Bandung, SMKN 15 Bandung, SMK Madani Bandung, Stikes Aisyiah Bandung, SMK ICB Cinta Teknika, Poltekkes TNI AU Ciumbuleuit, SMK Bhakti Kencana, and Padjajaran University.
The companies tasked with accommodating the elderly sitters are: Medical Corupuration Yuhokai, Social Welfare Corpuration Yotsubakai, Social Welfare Corpuration Djunkai, Social Welfare Corpuration Mokuseikai, Cedar Co. LTD, Pine Co., LTD, Social Welfare Corpuration Chuetsuro, and Social Welfare Corpuration Shuho Kai.
The elderly sitters were born in 1996-2022 and they would go to Japan starting from 25 March 2022 to April.
The Acting Mayor of Bandung City, Yana Mulyana, congratulated the elderly sitters.
“On the behalf of the Bandung City Government, I appreciate this event and hope that it can be carried out. More frequent and more participants doing internships and working in Japan and other countries,” he said in the City Hall of Bandung City, Friday 18 January 2022.
Yana requested them to work well, preserving the name of Bandung City, since they will also be ambassadors of Bandung City in Japan.
“In your stay in Bandung, maintain Bandung City’s reputation. They, as the delegations, must prove that Bandung residents are friendly,” he said.
Additionally, the Head of the Agency of Labour of Bandung City, Arief Syaifudin, explained that the program was a follow-up of the MoU between the Toyota City and the Bandung City Government, The Bandung City Government prepared elderly sitters to Toyota City.
“In 2020, there was a program teaching Japanese and its culture. We recruited several people from SMK, D3, and S1 (bachelor degree) of nursery,” he said.
“It did not waver our spirit, we also held an online training. We carried out the training for 5 months with N4 level as the target,” he said.
As for their salary, Arief informed that it was relatively decent, around Rp15-25 million a month. If they pass the national examination in Japan, their work will be automatically lengthened.
“The MoU is for 5 years. Their salary for the first year is Rp15 million, and the next month is Rp20 million to Rp25 million,” he said.
“Usually, the salary increases for certified care workers. In the Japan national examination, it consists of 3 phases. If they do not pass it, they go back (to Indonesia), and if they do, it is lengthened to 2 to 5 years,” he said.
He said that the Japanese Government was responsible for several things ranging from their airplane tickets to accommodation.
“The Japanese Government gives many facilities, such as airplane tickets, place to stay, and the first monthly salary that will be given first,” he said.
One of them is Endah Permatasari. She felt grateful that she could work in Japan.
“I graduated from D3 Nursery from Poltekes Kemenkes Bandung. Alhamdulillah, the Agency of Labour of Bandung City provides me a job in Japan. I will be taking care of the elderly in Japan for about 3 years,” she said.
Endah, a young female, claimed that it would be her first time in taking care of the elderly. However, she would work with dedications and it would be a unique experience.
“It is my first time. I am glad I could get working experience, particularly, in Japan. Japan really is a country of discipline, particularly concerning time,” she said. (yan)**
The Head of Communication and Informatics Agency of Bandung City
Yayan A. Brilyana
