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• To expand the existing pool of IP professionals which companies can draw upon through retraining and conversion.
  
  
• To incentivise Singapore-based companies to develop more in-house IP capabilities and manpower that will help them to better optimise their intellectual assets for further sustained economic and business growth.

• For Employers:
  • Must be a Singapore registered organisation
  • Must deploy sponsored employees in IP or IP-related jobs after the completion of the conversion programme
    
    
• For Trainees:
  
  • Opened to individual and company-sponsored employee with Diploma or Degree
  • Must be a Singaporean or Singapore Permanent Resident
  • Not be holding an IP related job at time of application
  • Not be in possession of formal qualifications in IP
  • Not in receipt of any previous financial support under the series of SMCP
  • Must complete at least 75% of the training and pass all examinations required by the conversion programme

• Coursefee Support: 50% of course fees, or S$4,000, whichever is lower
  
  
• Training Allowance: 50% of the trainees' basic salary capped at S$800, for the entire period of full time training only
  
  
• On the Job Incentive: 50% of the trainees' basic salary capped at S$800 per month for a maximum of 3 months
  

• Please check with individual training providers for their dates and courses.

For more infomation on the above course, please contact
SMCP(IP) Administrator
Resource & Capability Division
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)
51 Bras Basah Road #06-01
Plaza By The Park, Singapore 189554
Tel: (65) 6339 8616 Fax: (65) 6339 0252
Website: www.ipos.gov.sg/main/index.html

• Targeted at augmenting the pool of healthcare manpower in the following ways:
  
  • Assist healthcare institutions to convert and train existing non-healthcare trained* staff to take on healthcare positions.
  • Assist non-healthcare trained Singaporeans who are keen to work in the healthcare sector to embark on long-term professional healthcare careers by acquiring relevant healthcare training.
    
    
• * Non-Healthcare Assistants, non Nursing and Non-Allied Health Professions

• For companies / healthcare institutions who wish to sponsor new trainees or existing staff , you must be:
  • Registered in Singapore.
  • Able to offer SMCP (Health-
    care) trainees employment in the positions relevant to their training upon their graduation
    
    
• For individuals and company sponsored trainees, you must:
  
  • Be Singaporean / PR.
  • Meet entry requirements of training programmes under SMCP (Health-care).
  • Not be holding nursing or allied healthcare position nor be holding healthcare qualifications similar to the training sought, at the point of application.
  • With a minimum of two years working experience.
  • Not have received any previous financial support under the SMCP.
  • Complete at least 75% of the training and pass all examinations required by the conversion programme.
  • Fulfil the terms set by the sponsoring healthcare institutions.

• Coursefee Support:
  100% of coursefee support
  (WDA provides 50% of coursefee, up to $4,000. Healthcare institutions will co-sponsor the balance of the course fee payable)
  
  
• Training Allowance:
  $950/month (first year) and $1,000/month (second year)
  (WDA provides up to 50% of last drawn salary, or up to S$800/month, whichever is lower. Healthcare institutions will co-sponsor the balance of the course fee payable)
  
  
• OJT Allowance:
  On-the-Job Training (OJT) Wage Support:
  WDA will provide 50% of salary, or $800 per month, whichever is lower, for 1st three months for healthcare institutions who employ SMCP (Healthcare) graduates.
  

• Please check with individual training providers for their dates and courses.
  
  • 2 - year Diploma in Nursing (Accelerated) at Nanyang Polytechnic
    
    
• 2 - year Diploma in Nursing (Accelerated) at Nanyang Polytechnic
  
  • Applicants should be degree graduates from reputable universities or diploma graduates from local polytechnics;
  • Applicants must also have at least two years of full-time working experience.

For more infomation on the above course, please contact
Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA)
Tel: 6883 5885
Email: wda_enquiry@wda.gov.sg
Website: http://app.wda.gov.sg/content.asp?contentid=162

• Aims to train a pool of social workers and social work assistants to meet the increasing manpower demand in the community and social services sector.

• Trainees must:
  • Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents
  • have the desire to work in the social service sector
  • take up a career in the social service sector as a social worker or social work assistant within 12 months of the completion of the course
  • Possess a degree other than social work if applying for Graduate Diploma in Social Work
  • Possess O Level and above if applying for Specialist Diploma in Human Services
    
    
• This programme is also applicable to persons currently working as non-social workers in a Voluntary Welfare Organisation (VWO), who wish to embark on a career in social work.

• Offer a 50% subsidy of the course fees (capped at $4,000) to applicants who sign up for the Graduate Diploma in Social Work or Specialist Diploma in Human Services, provided they take up a job in the social service sector within 12 months of the completion of the course.
  

• Graduate Diploma in Social Work

• 18 months (part-time) / 12 months (full-time)
• Tenable at NUS
  

For more infomation on the above course, please contact
Training & Development Department
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE NCSS Centre 170 Ghim Moh Road #01-02 S(279621)
Tel : 6210 2500 Fax : 6468 1012
Email : NCSS_Webmaster@ncss.gov.sg
Website: http://www.ncss.org.sg/ncss/index.asp

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