A new memorandum of understanding between the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees (AUPE), Public Service Division (PSD) and the Civil Service College (CSC) will see the setting up of the Public Service Cluster Training Committee (PS CTC).
The committee’s aim is to ensure that public officers reskill and are ready for future jobs and changing operating environments. It will also seek alignment and action between public agencies and unions to support workforce transformation.
The PS CTC will look across the Public Service to anticipate future jobs, skills gaps, identify jobs that will need to be redesigned, and develop training plans for public officers to remain employable and productive.
It will also look at strategies to help officers to learn new skills such as digital know-how, design thinking and systems thinking.
AUPE’s General Secretary Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari said: “The Public Service CTC reinforces our commitment to enhance the employability of our public officers.
“It is a concerted effort between AUPE, PSD and CSC to level up training across agencies. This will ensure our public officers are equipped with the right competencies and mindset to take on new roles in the digital landscape.”
According to PSD’s Permanent Secretary Loh Khum Yean, the setting up of the PS CTC was timely as it would help the Public Service prepare officers to stay employable over longer career spans.
“Our union leaders can complement PSD’s efforts by helping to identify training needs, promoting the take up of skills training among workers through their various branch unions, as well as advise members to be open to job transitions throughout a career within the Public Service,” he added.
The MoU was signed by AUPE’s General Secretary Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari, PSD’s Permanent Secretary Loh Khum Yean and CSC’s Dean and Chief Executive Officer Ms Ong Toon Hui at the AUPE’s 60th Anniversary Dinner. President Halimah Yacob and NTUC Secretary General Ng Chee Meng witnessed the signing.
The PS CTC will be co-chaired by Ms Teoh Zsin Woon [Deputy Secretary (Transformation), Public Service Division] and Mr Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari [General Secretary, AUPE] with Ms Ong Toon Hui [Dean and Chief Executive Officer, Civil Service College] and representatives from PSD, AUPE and NTUC as members.
