The Career Conversion Programme (CCP) for Experience Design (UX/UI) is targeted at local (Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents) Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs) mid-career switchers, to undergo skills conversion and embark on job opportunities in User Experience (UX) Designers, User Interaction (UI) Designers, UX/UI Designers, Customer-Experience Designers, User Experience (UX) Consultants, Content Designers and Project Managers roles.

As part of the programme, the newly hired employee will undergo a combination of facilitated classroom training, professional mentorship sessions and on-the-job training (OJT) over a period of 6 months. 

Individuals

The Programme is open to all company-sponsored applicants who meet the following General Eligibility Criteria:

• Be a Singapore Citizen (SC) or Permanent Resident (PR) aged 21 years and above;
• New hires must have graduated or completed NS, whichever is later, at least two years at the point of application;
• Must be a newly hired PMET (i.e. not more than three (3) months from date of employment), and nominated by an eligible company for the CCP;
• Must not have prior working experience or in a similar job role in previous employment;
• Must not be a shareholder of the participating company, or its related companies;
• Must not be related to the owner(s) of the participating company; and
• Must not be immediate ex-staff of participating company and its related companies.
• Applicants must go through a screening, interview and selection process by the hiring employer.

Employers

• Registered or incorporated in Singapore with a valid Unique Entity Number (UEN) with Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA);
• Offer a full-time PMET position related to job role which the CCP is for, with a minimum fixed monthly salary of $2,500 or more, and at least a 12-month employment contract;
• Ensure that new hires cannot be:
  • A shareholder of the CCP company, or its related companies;

• • Related to the owner(s) of the company; and
  • Immediate ex-staff of the company or its related companies.
• Must have the knowledge and capacity to provide structured on-the-job training for the candidate.
• Commit to CCP training arrangements for the trainees; and
• Commit to working with WSG and Methodology on necessary administrative matters related to the CCP.

Selected applicants will undergo screening, interview and shortlisting process as determined by the hiring employer.

Employers must commit to working with WSG and the appointed programme manager on necessary administrative matters related to the CCP.

Funding Support