20/10/2020
SkillsFuture Singapore Collaborates With Industry Partners And Institutes of Higher Learning To Build A Skilled And Resilient Workforce For The Future Of Advanced Manufacturing
A. About 2,300 training opportunities to support individuals for advanced manufacturing
To help manufacturers adapt to the crisis and build the necessary
capabilities to thrive in post-COVID world, SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
is rolling out about 2,300 training opportunities in advanced
manufacturing. This is part of the national SGUnited Jobs and Skills
initiative to upskill and reskill mid-career jobseekers for growth
sectors such as advanced manufacturing. In particular, SSG is partnering
leading companies in Industry 4.0 technology such as Bosch, NVIDIA
Corporation (NVIDIA), Omron Corporation (OMRON), PBA Robotics, and
Siemens to provide 500 company training opportunities under the SGUnited
Mid-Career Pathways Programme1. These companies will take
the lead to groom mid-career talent and facilitate placements in hiring
companies, where they can take on emerging roles such as Industrial
Design Engineers, Automation Engineers, Machine Learning Specialists and
Product Designers.
The SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme curriculum comprises
role-specific and emerging skills courses, which are curated by the lead
firms. Participants will benefit from structured training and practical
experience, and get to work on real projects alongside mentors from the
lead firms, to learn skills in collaborative robotics, additive
manufacturing, information technology and operational technology
integration and Artificial Intelligence. These skills are deemed as
emerging and necessary by industry leaders for advanced manufacturing.
Enterprises will also benefit from hiring this ready pool of trained
individuals to support their advanced manufacturing transformation
efforts.
These train-and-place programmes will commence progressively by November
2020. Interested participants can find out more information on MySkillsFuture portal.
B. Launch of Global Technology Innovation Village to develop Singapore as an innovative Industry 4.0 hub for technology and knowledge transfer
Singapore Polytechnic (SP) is collaborating with the Asian Development
Bank (ADB) to form the Global Technology Innovation Village (GTiV).
Supported by SSG, this first-of-its-kind partnership will serve as a
regional platform for Singapore to share knowledge and expertise in
advanced manufacturing with regional government and business leaders.
Under the GTiV, an Industry 4.0 consortium will be set up, comprising 19
technology leaders, SMEs, standards organisation, SSG and JTC. The
consortium will support the regional sharing of technology and knowledge
by allowing developing ADB member countries to leverage Singapore’s
expertise in Industry 4.0, applied research & development, start-ups
and innovations. This will enable the consortium partners to tap into
growth opportunities in both local and overseas markets through the
network of regional leaders. SSG will mobilise its pool of qualified
training and adult educators to help ADB member countries uplift their
workforce capabilities. This creates internationalisation opportunities
for Singapore’s Training and Adult Education sector, and job
opportunities for our pool of adult educators.
For a start, GTiV will be rolling out six workshops in four domain areas
of advanced manufacturing, 5G, artificial intelligence of things and
food technologies in the first half of 2021, with expected participation
of more than 100 government and business leaders across Asia. The
training curriculum for the workshops will be co-developed by SP and the
consortium partners.
GTiV is aligned to the National Advanced Manufacturing Continuing
Education and Training Strategy announced at ITAP 2018, which covers
talent attraction, retention and skills development for a local and
ready workforce in advanced manufacturing.
1 The SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme is part of the national SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package. The programme is delivered by market-leading, reputable companies in selected sectors, to help mid-career PMET jobseekers acquire additional in-demand industry-relevant skills to secure new job opportunities.
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