Huang Qin (right) signed up for the training course of the Yilan County Household Service Management Center and became a housekeeper (housekeeper), with a monthly income of up to 50,000 yuan.

(Photo by reporter Cai Yunrong)

[Reporter Cai Yunrong/Yilan Report] The Yilan County Housekeeping Service Management Center trains the unemployed, disadvantaged, new residents, middle-aged and elderly people to obtain cleaning majors, and assists in matching entrusted owners. Since its establishment in 2013, it has trained more than 400 housekeepers ( domestic helper).

The 45-year-old new resident Huang Qin, whose monthly income was only 10,000 yuan at first, has now reached 50,000 yuan a month, and she can arrange cases flexibly, allowing her to spend more time with her children, which also impresses her husband.

The Yilan County Housekeeping Service Management Center offers courses to train people to become housekeepers and learn professional housekeeping services, including home, office, business travel cleaning, one-time general cleaning, storage and organization, laundry cleaning and ironing, etc., learning to identify furniture materials and various cleaning tools etc., to enhance employment competitiveness; for professional housekeepers who have obtained certificates of completion, the management center also provides a platform to match business owners and assist housekeepers to accept entrusted cases.

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Huang Qin was born in Fujian, China. Because she didn't want to be stuck in her hometown, she crossed the sea to Taiwan at the age of 20 to work hard. However, due to problems such as speaking with a Fujian accent, not understanding Taiwanese, not being familiar with the place where she was born, and studying in junior high school, the road to job hunting was not smooth. , and even treated differently.

Huang Qin mostly works in the service industry, such as garment factories, clothing stores, chicken chop stalls, etc. It is difficult to take breaks during holidays; after getting married, her husband wanted her to spend more time taking care of the children, so Huang Qin started looking for a part-time job. Five years ago She saw the admission brochure of the Family Service Management Center on Facebook, and hurriedly signed up.

After Huang Qin graduated, as a novice, she didn’t mind her employer lowering the price. At first, her monthly income was only about 10,000 yuan, but it gradually increased, and now it can reach 50,000 yuan a month. Getting along has undergone subtle changes, and she can decide many things on her own, and her husband is also impressed by her ability.

Huang Qin's story was reported by the County Labor Department, and was also affirmed by the "Gender Equality Story Award" of the Golden Heart Award of the Executive Yuan.

The county government stated that the eligibility for professional housekeeper training must be at least 15 years old. Among them, those who live in Yilan County and are independent financial support, middle-aged and elderly people, people with disabilities, aboriginals, low-income households, low-to-middle-income households, long-term Unemployed women and unemployed women who have been employed for the second time will be given priority for training. The first training session will be in May, and the second training session will be in September. The limit for each training session is 30. For details, please contact 03-9590060 or 0905181655.