1. Forward-Looking Skills Development - Singapore’s perspective experience 16 March 2010
Mr Jeffrey Wong, Divisional Director ,
Manpower Planning & Policy Division,
Ministry of Manpower, Singapore 1

2. CET Masterplan to prepare workers for the future
Comprehensive plan to develop human capital as a source of competitive advantage for Singapore:
CET is accessible, affordable and adds value to the careers of all workers
The CET system will:
For employers: enhance effectiveness and productivity by helping their workers acquire industry relevant skills and stay ahead of industry developments
For workers: integrate the education and CET systems to form a lifelong learning system to help workers find their niches, seize opportunities in new growth areas and remain industry relevant

3. New issues faced by Singaporean workers… Structural unemployment
A Strong CET Infrastructure is required to up-skill workers and meet industry needs 24 16 5
62 & beyond
age
Pre-employment education
Kindergarten → University
Continuing Education and Training
Industry-based and accessible skills training for working adults
Shaping the need for
New issues faced by Singaporean workers…
Structural unemployment
Multiple careers in a working life
Technological, economic and demographic changes
Emerging Industries requiring new skills

4. Sustained Funding (LLEF & SDF)
Aim to build a first class Continuing Education & Training (CET) system
1. Prioritise and develop standards
Quality Training Providers
Career Centres
Tripartite Outreach
Sustained Funding (LLEF & SDF)
Quality
Trainers
Skills Standards
3. Drive industry adoption & implement progs
2. Build up trng providers
National CET Institutes
CET Centre
Approved Training Organisations
Two National CET Campuses (by 2013)

5. CET infrastructure comprises three pillars
WSQ ES
CET
Institutions
(Employability Skills )
(Workforce Skills
Qualifications System)

6. Employability Skills (ES) equips our workforce with generic and portable skills…
Workplace literacy & numeracy
Information & Communications Technology
Problem Solving & Decision Making
Initiative & Enterprise
Communication & Relationship Management
Lifelong Learning
Global Mindset
Self-management
Workplace-related Life Skills
Health & Workplace Safety

7. Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) provides upgrading pathways in specific industries
Industry X
Career
transitions
Industry Y
Occupational
skills within
industry cluster
WSQ
Occupational
Skills
Generic skills & knowledge relevant to an industry cluster
Industry
Knowledge
& Skills
The
economy
as a whole
Generic Employability Skills
Underlying Principles
 Authoritative
 Accessible
 Relevant
 Allows for progression

8. But WSQ training is only as good as the institutions delivering them
Examples of CET Institutions
50 CET
Institutions ES
NTUC LearningHub
Generic Manufacturing
Electronics Industries Training Centre (ELITC)
Healthcare Support
Health Management International Ltd (HMI)
Landscape
Centre of Urban Greenery and Ecology
Precision Engineering
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology
Retail
Singapore Institute of Retail Studies
Security
Security Industry Institute
Tourism and F&B
Tourism Management Institute of Singapore
At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy

9. Such an infrastructure brings assistance directly to workers…
Build up CET
institutions
Reduced
Course Fees
Application for reimbursement
Employer support

10. CET for the future
Forward planning: we make sure the skills requirements of industries including new investments are factored in early in the planning process
Integration of CET plans with economic plans: this is done by the same agencies responsible for the economic planning of Singapore, and we also seek industry’s inputs
Broad directions are set by Ministerial-level National Manpower Council as well as the recently established National Productivity and CET Council

11. Building Up Skills Base in Key Sectors
Finance
Precision Eng
Local Skills Base
Tourism
Aerospace

12. CET plays critical role in supporting economic growth and labour market
Source: Administrative Records

13. THANK YOU