WSG Career Conversion Programmes (CCP) for Employers in Singapore

Career Conversion Programmes (CCP) for Employers

Career Conversion Programmes (CCPs) help companies in Singapore meet their manpower needs by reskilling mid-career new hires and existing employees for growth jobs in demand.

Benefits

Up to 90% salary support to reskill mid-career individuals into in-demand growth jobs
Industry-recognised training to reskill mid-career individuals for in-demand growth jobs
Reskilling support across around 30 sectors

The Business Case for Career Conversion Programme

Singapore's Energy and Chemicals sector is a key contributor to the economy, accounting for 25% of manufacturing output and employing around 27,000 people, but it faces talent competition in a tight labour market. Advario has adapted its hiring strategy to focus on skills-first practices, successfully facilitating career transitions for new hires with the CCP for Future Energy & Chemicals Sector.

Benefits of CCPs

Companies in Singapore can tap on CCPs to reskill mid-career new hires or workers with up to 90% salary support. Long-term unemployed or mature jobseekers aged 40 and above are eligible for higher funding support. WSG offers CCPs in around 30 sectors to support companies in reskilling mid-career individuals to take on new job roles with good longer term prospects and opportunities.

There are 3 modes of CCPs:

1. Place-and-Train: companies hire jobseekers and put the individuals through on-the-job training (OJT) or industry-recognised training to take on a new growth job role.

2. Attach-and-Train: companies act as host employers to provide jobseekers with training and work attachments, in growth job roles where there are good prospects for placement.

3. Job Redesign (JR) Reskilling: companies can send any existing employee for reskilling to take on new or redesigned job roles aligned with Industry Transformation Maps/Jobs Transformation Maps. Growth jobs roles are emerging or good job opportunities with long-term prospects for progression, identified in each sector in response to how the industry is expected to transform over time.

For more information on CCPs, download the Factsheet and FAQs.

[Note: CCPs are currently supportable programmes under the SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC). Your company may be eligible to qualify for additional subsidies if the qualifying criteria is met. For more details on SFEC, please refer to the website here.]

Eligibility Criteria

For Companies

Place-and-Train / Job Redesign (JR) Reskilling:

The participating company must fulfil the following criteria:

Registered or incorporated in Singapore.

Must be able to offer a full-time employment contract on permanent terms or on contract terms that are no less than one (1) year, directly related to the job which the CCP is for, with remuneration that is commensurate with the market rate.

Commit to the CCP training arrangements for the mid-career individuals that they have selected for the conversion programme.

Be committed to work with WSG or its appointed partner/s on the necessary administrative matters related to the programmes.

Attach-and-Train: Hosting organisations will need to meet the following criteria:

Registered or incorporated in Singapore.

Offer full-time attachment positions directly relevant to identified Attach-and-Train CCP job occupations.

Commit to Attach-and-Train CCP training arrangements.

Be committed to work with WSG or its appointed partner/s on programme administrative requirements.

Eligible Mid-career Individuals:

Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident
Minimum 21 years old
Graduated or completed National Service, for at least two (2) years*
Career conversion is required^#:
1. New Hire: New job role trained for under the CCP should be substantially different from previous job role(s),
2. Existing Employee: New job role should be growth job identified under the Industry Transformation Maps (ITMs)/Jobs Transformation Maps (JTMs).
Able to commit to full-time employment or attachment in a participating company

*This will be counted from the date of graduation from latest qualification, or date of completion of national service, whichever is later.

^#CCPs are geared towards helping mid-career individuals acquire skills to make a switch in their careers. Hence, there is a requirement for career conversion when mid-career individuals undergo a CCP. However, individuals who have a continuous employment gap of at least two (2) years prior to the programme's commencement will be allowed to apply for CCP job roles similar to their previous jobs.

Beyond the general eligibility criteria, other course-specific entry criteria and employer-specific shortlisting processes may apply for different CCPs. In general, individuals applying for CCPs should not be shareholders, immediate ex-employees of company or related entities, or be related to shareholders of the hiring company. Please refer to the FAQs for more details on these exclusions.