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The Haenyeo are people who do underwater collection activity called mulgil. Stress levels associated with diving can lead them even to death. In order to assess Haenyeo’s occupational stress, stress factors regarding fear, panic and danger at sea were extracted. Based on the stress factors, Haenyeo’s labor songs, which are representative examples, were analyzed, and categorized into 4 steps according to stress intensity. Stress Step 1 is death, Step 2 is a warning against death (due to desire), Step 3 is a stage of recognizing danger, and Step 4 is a joy from financial reward. The labor songs empathized a warning to not forget death and an alert that anyone could lose their mind, exceeding the diving limit if treasures were in front of them. Monetary compensation can also be a way of overcoming stress although they recognized that their bodies are broken due to very hard and dangerous work. Therefore, ways of overcoming the Haenyeo’s occupational stress were education and training using the labor songs. The Haenyeo’s labor songs that the junior Haenyeo learned by the elder Haenyeo provide the best way to overcome occupational stress. This type of indoctrinating education based on the labor songs suggests the importance of precious life, economic reward and success that suit individual situations. Also, it is an opportunity to improve the quality of life, of marine life through the training that helps overcome the occupational stress.