As more companies under the Sea Transport sector continue to digitalise and transform, new jobs are created and cross-disciplinary skills in areas such as data analytics, automation and robotics, and sustainability are required to meet the changing demands of the maritime workforce.

The Career Conversion Programme (CCP) for Sea Transport Professionals and Associates is targeted at mid-career switchers to undergo skills conversion and take on new roles in the area of Port Operations and Services, Shipping, and Maritime Services with good career prospects.

Administered by the Singapore Polytechnic (SP), the CCP operates under 3 modes:

1. Place-and-Train: Reskill new hires in their new roles to support the business growth.
2. Redeployment: Reskill existing employees who are at risk of redundancy with relevant skillsets and redeploy them to a different job role within the same company to continue to support the business operations.
3. Job Redesign (JR) Reskilling: Reskill existing employees whose jobs roles are being redesigned due to business transformation. Reskilled employees would be able to take on higher value-added job tasks or an enhanced job scope and support the company in pivoting to new growth areas.

Under the CCP for Sea Transport Professionals and Associates, participants will undergo a structured programme comprising of facilitated classroom training at SP and On-the-Job Training (OJT) at the company. Upon successful completion of the CCP, participants will be equipped with the necessary competencies and skills to take on job roles within the Sea Transport sector.

For more information on the CCP, please click here for the infokit.

Individuals

Locals who meet the following criteria can apply for the programme:

• Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident
• Minimum 21 years old
• Graduated or completed National Service at least 2 years[1] prior at the point of application
• New job role trained for under the CCP should be substantially different from previous job role, hence require reskilling for career switch
• Meet employer or course-specific selection criteria, where applicable

Beyond the general eligibility criteria for the CCP, applicants should also not be:

• Shareholders[2] of the participating company or its related entities
• Immediate ex-employees of the participating company or its related entities
• Related to the owners[3] of the participating company

Employers

All participating companies must fulfil the following criteria:

• Registered or incorporated in Singapore
• Able to offer employment directly related to the job which the programme is for, with renumeration that commensurate with the market rate
• Commit to the On-the-Job Training (OJT) arrangements for the individuals whom they have selected
• For applications for Redeployment or JR Reskilling mode under the CCP, companies are required to submit details of their business transformation plans for evaluation by SP

[1] This will be counted from the date of graduation from the latest qualification, or date of completion of national service, whichever is later.

[2] Does not apply to publicly traded shares in listed companies

[3] For non-publicly listed companies, refers to individuals with shareholding per ACRA profile

*Funding caps may apply.

**Funding rates and funding caps stipulated above apply to courses offered by Singapore Polytechnic only. Funding rates and funding caps for courses funded under Maritime Cluster Fund and/or other sources of funding may differ.

^Defined as being unemployed and actively seeking employment for six months or more