A new Place-and-Train (PnT) programme for logistics specialists and operations executives will be launched to help up-skill more Singaporeans and Permanent Residents in the supply chain industry.
These programmes were announced on 30 September 2013 during the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Learning Journey visit of NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say and 40 other union leaders from the Transport and Logistics Services Cluster (TLSC) to YCH Group.
The PnT Logistics Specialists programme will target locals with at least an ‘N’-level qualification with a starting salary of at least $1,600.
Candidates recruited by participating employers will be eligible for funding support from the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and NTUC’s e2i (Employment and Employability Institute) for 90 per cent of the course fees capped at $1,080 per trainee.
A second scheme known as the PnT Logistics Operations Executives programme will target local mid-career PMEs (Professionals, Managers and Executives) with a starting salary of at least $2,500.
The programme will support 50 per cent of the course fees, capped at $2,750 per trainee and $1,000 per month in training allowance up to six months.
"The Transport and Logistics Services Cluster is working very closely with e2i to help build up the Singaporean Core in the industry by putting in place different types of training courses for our workers,” said NTUC Transport and Logistics Services Cluster Lead Jessie Yeo.
During the event the cluster also provided an update on the Training Programme for Class 3 and Class 4 Driving Licenses launched in July last year to improve the working conditions of workers in the transport and logistics services.
Under the Class 3 Licence Programme, more than 170 workers have obtained their driving licence while 800 are still undergoing training.
Similarly, the Class 4 Programme saw positive outcomes with more than 525 workers obtaining their licences.
Workers who went through these programmes saw their job scopes enlarged with significant increases in their salaries.
Participants who were previously unemployed have now been placed in jobs in the transport and logistics industry earning a minimum of $1,800.
A total of 700 workers have secured better jobs and wages through these programmes.
With these encouraging results, the TLSC has secured another 2,000 training places for a Class 3 driving programme with 90 per cent of the course fees being funded by NTUC’s e2i to be rolled out in the last quarter of 2013.
Original article written by Joshua Joseph, and can be found in NTUC This Week (4 October 2013)
