The Career Conversion Programme (CCP) for Fashion and Textile Professionals is a 6-month Place-and-Train programme, offered by Textile and Fashion Industry Training Centre (TaF.tc). The programme aims to train mid-career individuals and equip them with the knowledge and skills to embark on a career in the Fashion and Textile sector and its related industries.

The 6-month programme comprises customised on-the-job training coupled with structured classroom training modules. For the classroom training, trainees can go through 1 of the 5 bundles listed below which has been customised based on the general industry’s needs.

Classroom Training Bundles:
1) Fashion Business
2) Apparel Design and Product Development
3) Footwear Design and Product Development
4) Bag Design and Product Development
5) Combination of 8-12 Professional Short Courses

To qualify for the CCP for Fashion and Textile Professionals, you must meet the following criteria.

Candidates under the programme must fulfil the following criteria:

• Be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident aged 21 years and above
• Graduated or completed National Service for at least 2 years, whichever is later, prior at the point of application
• Must be newly hired, or an existing employee who has joined for less than three months and nominated by an eligible participating company for the CCP
• Must have prior working experience in a job role that is substantially different from the new job role to be trained for under the CCP
• Must be a Diploma holder and above, or have worked in a supervisory position prior to placement
• Participant/company must not be blacklisted
• Must not own a registered company in the fashion and textile industry
• Must not be related to the CCP participating company and does not fall under the following categories:
  - Shareholder of the CCP participating company, or its related entities

- Immediate ex-staff of the CCP participating company or its related entities

- Related to the owners of the CCP participating company

All participating companies must fulfil the following criteria:

• Registered or incorporated in Singapore
• Committed to work with WSG and TaF.tc on the necessary administrative matters related to the programme
• Able to offer employment directly related to the job which CCP is for, with remuneration aligned with market rate
• Offer a full-time position employment contract on permanent terms or on contract terms that are no less than one (1) year
• Company’s declaration that they will not seek to claim from other Government agencies for similar funding components

Participants will undergo the CCP with a training duration of up to 6 months, comprising 2-month classroom training at Textile and Fashion Industry Training Centre (TaF.tc) and 4-month On-the-Job training with the participating company.

Interested candidates can apply through Workforce Singapore’s CCP portal and interested companies can apply through TaF.tc.

The participating company will receive the following funding (up to 6 months) upon the fulfilment of the corresponding requirements.