Are you holding a job in environmental services or looking to enter it? With its Industry Transformation Map (ITM) in place, things are looking good.
Launched on 11 December 2017, the Environmental Services ITM aimed to help companies innovate to become more competitive and help workers gain better, higher value jobs by picking up new skills and adopting technology.
Impact of the ITM
To showcase how an ITM can be translated into better jobs and opportunities for workers, NTUC and the National Environment Agency (NEA) organised the third edition of the Green Jobs Symposium at Our Tampines Hub today (9 February 2018). There were 250 attendees ranging for jobseekers, working people in the environmental services sector and youths at the event and Senior Minister of State for Environment and Water Resources, and Health Dr Amy Khor was guest of honour.
“The Labour Movement hopes to help our workers better understand how the respective Industry Transformation Maps impact them through the showcasing of real life success stories. These are real outcomes that we hope workers can relate to and be excited about, and very importantly, spur them on in their journey towards transformation,” said NTUC Director for Industry Transformation and Productivity Desmond Choo.
Highlighting early successes of innovation and transformation, 12 companies, including established names like Veolia and startups like Spic & Span, participated in the symposium. Presentations on new systems and technology showed how jobs in the environmental services sector have evolved.
Spic & Span Founder and Business Development Manager Benjamin Chua said: “What the ITM is doing aligns very well with what we want to do in our business. We cannot always be stuck in a certain area of the job, we always have to improve to value add to our clients… We want our workers to learn, gain experience and grow together with the company.”
Workers in the industry were also on hand to share their working experiences.
Mr Ismail Jalil, a quality assurance inspector with Sembwaste Pte Ltd, highlighted how technology and new work processes have helped make a positive impact to his job. A Building Construction and Timbre Industries Employees’ Union (BATU) unionist, Mr Ismail detailed how his company had been supportive of his training and provided clear career pathways under the ITM that have enabled him to progress in his career.
There was also a job fair at the event with participating companies offering more than 300 positions ranging from cleaners and machine operators to building managers and property officers.
