In Korea, primary school (also junior high school) is compulsory and free since 2004. But it looks high school is also compulsory, as over 80% of adults has a high school diploma currently. For 20 years improving high school education is only education-oriented, rather than occupation-oriented. And, the mismatch between the occupational requirement and the lesson from school is getting larger. To resolve this issue, the Korean government builds and utilizes National Competency Standards(NCS) to realize a competence-oriented society. With NCS, the government enables to run of a work-study program and tries to suggest the fundamental solution to improve occupational ability and the unemployment of young people. However, the prejudice against the education level and occupation is still engrained, and it is hard to match the education-career-qualification based on NCS. Therefore, we study NCS from the definition to the utilization, suggest an improving method to flexibly utilized the standards in the fields, and continuously improve and develop the NCS.

Abstract
1. 서 론
2. 국가직무능력표준(NCS)
    2.1 NCS의 개요
    2.2 NCS의 활용
3. NCS의 운영문제점
4. NCS의 개선방안
    4.1 직무수준 정의의 개선방안
    4.2 NCS 능력단위 수준 정의와 구분의개선방안
    4.3 NCS 직종별 공통능력단위 선정 및 활용방
5. 결론 및 향후연구과제
6. References

• 박재현(한국산업인력공단) | Jae-Hyeon Park (Human Resouce Development Service of Korea) Corresponding Author
• 최성희(명지전문대학) | Sung-Hee Choi (Myongji College)
• 정영득(전주비전대학교) | Young-Deuk Jung (Vision College of Jeonju)