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Manpower Ministry launches new skills programme to help PMETs
By Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 22 February 2009 1955 hrs
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Office staff walk out for lunch break at the financial district in Singapore.
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) are introducing a new scheme to help professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) to survive the current recession.
Called the Professional Skills Programme (PSP), it will bring together all current skills upgrading and job assistance schemes.
The PSP was announced during a tripartite forum between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and some 550 union and business leaders on Sunday.
All courses offered under PSP will receive funding under the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience or SPUR.
Besides helping PMETs switch to new occupations such as registered nurses and pre-school teachers, PSP will also have skills upgrading courses to help PMETs improve in their speciality.
For example, financial industry professionals can specialise in risk management or product control at the Risk Management Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Financial Training Institute at the Singapore Management University (SMU).
Other examples include engineering professionals in the pharmaceutical and biologics sectors who could take the Specialised Training Programme in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Validation) to become validation specialists.
There will also be tertiary upgrading for PMETs through degree and post-graduate courses under the enhanced SPUR programme.
Over the next few months, a list of programmes will be introduced such as the Master of Science Programme in Integrated Circuit Design at NTU-TUM (Technical University of Munich) for integrated circuit design engineers or a Double Master of Science Programme in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at NUS-Georgia Institute of Technology for logistics and supply chain specialists.
MOM and WDA said that more will be introduced progressively in coming months.
PMETs can also opt for leadership and management skills training.
There will also be career workshops for PMETs to build up communication skills, interview, resume writing and networking skills. More information on the PSP is available at the WDA website.
- CNA/ir
Manpower Ministry launches new skills programme to help PMETs
By Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 22 February 2009 1955 hrs
Photos 1 of 1
Office staff walk out for lunch break at the financial district in Singapore.
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) are introducing a new scheme to help professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) to survive the current recession.
Called the Professional Skills Programme (PSP), it will bring together all current skills upgrading and job assistance schemes.
The PSP was announced during a tripartite forum between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and some 550 union and business leaders on Sunday.
All courses offered under PSP will receive funding under the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience or SPUR.
Besides helping PMETs switch to new occupations such as registered nurses and pre-school teachers, PSP will also have skills upgrading courses to help PMETs improve in their speciality.
For example, financial industry professionals can specialise in risk management or product control at the Risk Management Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Financial Training Institute at the Singapore Management University (SMU).
Other examples include engineering professionals in the pharmaceutical and biologics sectors who could take the Specialised Training Programme in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Validation) to become validation specialists.
There will also be tertiary upgrading for PMETs through degree and post-graduate courses under the enhanced SPUR programme.
Over the next few months, a list of programmes will be introduced such as the Master of Science Programme in Integrated Circuit Design at NTU-TUM (Technical University of Munich) for integrated circuit design engineers or a Double Master of Science Programme in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at NUS-Georgia Institute of Technology for logistics and supply chain specialists.
MOM and WDA said that more will be introduced progressively in coming months.
PMETs can also opt for leadership and management skills training.
There will also be career workshops for PMETs to build up communication skills, interview, resume writing and networking skills. More information on the PSP is available at the WDA website.
- CNA/ir
