If you are keen on a seafaring job, here is a new scheme you can tap on.
It is called the Maritime Apprenticeship Scheme in support of the Adapt & Grow initiative to familiarise and match jobseekers with potential employers.
It was launched on 27 April 2017 by several agencies among them the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), NTUC Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and the Singapore Organisation of Seamen (SOS).
Strengthening Employability
The Scheme aims to strengthen the employability of Singaporeans by providing them an avenue to pick up vocational skills.
At the same time it allows companies and jobseekers to find a better job fit before long-term employment.
Under this scheme, jobseekers will be placed on a month-long shipboard work trial with local harbour craft employers.
There is also a three-day foundational maritime training course to assimilate themselves with basic shipboard safety and seamanship.
Upon completion and if found suitable, the candidate can be formally employed to undergo further training and certification.
E2i’s CEO Gilbert Tan explained, “Maritime careers and employers have always prized vocational skills, and this programme by e2i and tripartite partners is developed to prepare new entrees keen to embark on a career with good progression pathway.”
Source: NTUC This Week
