WSG’s Career Conversion Programme for Tourism Professionals aims to support tourism companies to train new hires and reskill existing workers in growth skills for job roles with good long-term career prospects in the tourism-related sectors i.e. Hotel, MICE, Attractions and Tour and Travel.

Companies, in consultation with Programme Partners, can contextualize their own training plans consisting 100% On-the-Job Training (OJT), or a mixture of OJT and external training programmes.

All participating companies must fulfil the following criteria:

• Registered or incorporated in Singapore
• Committed to work with WSG and its appointed Programme Partners on the necessary administrative matters related to the programme
• Committed to design and implement a robust training plan to support the trainees
• Is not receiving manpower funding for salaries from any government agency for operations
• Not seeking double funding for similar funding components for the same activity (for example Absentee Payroll for classroom training (if any) that is part of this Programme).

All participants onboard the programme must fulfil the following criteria:

• Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Minimally 21 years old
• Must be offered a fixed monthly salary[1] of at least:
  • New Hires: $2,400 for Rank and File (RnF), $3,500 for Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs)  
  • Existing Employees: $2,300 for RnF, $3,000 for PMET
• Must be employed on a full-time basis
• Must be on a permanent or at least a 12-month employment contract
• Must not be a shareholder[2] of the applicant company, or any of its related companies
• Must not be related[3] to the owner(s)[4] of the applicant company
• Must not be immediate ex-staff of the applicant company or related entities
• Must not be concurrently undergoing similar programmes funded by WSG or any other agencies
• Must have graduated or completed National Service for at least 24 months at the point of application[5]
• Must be reskilled on at least 2 new growth skills, of which at least 1 must be from the job-specific category, from the Whitelist

For New Hires

• Must not have prior experience in a similar job role in previous employment[6] and have significant skill gaps
• Must be newly hired and able to commence training within the first 3 months of employment start date or within 1 month from application approval date, whichever is earlier

For Existing Employees

• Hired for at least 12 months in the company as of date of training commencement
• Not funded by WSG or any other agencies for the same project previously
• Have not been enrolled for the same programme[7] before

Footnote

[1] Fixed Monthly Salary = Basic Monthly Salary + Fixed Monthly Allowances

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

[3] Refers to Spouse/ex-spouse, Children, Parents/parents-in-law, Siblings

[4] Refers to individuals with shareholding per ACRA profile for non-publicly listed companies

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

[6] Individuals who have a continuous employment gap of at least 2 years prior to CCP commencement will be allowed to apply for CCP job roles similar to their previous jobs.

[7] WSG’s Career Conversion Programme for Tourism Professionals (2023-2024).

Employers are funded up to 6 months of salary support, based on the following:

• Up to 70%, capped at $5,000
• Up to 90%, capped at $7,500 for Singapore Citizens or Permanent Resident aged 40 years and above, or Long-term Unemployed (LTU)

Employers can submit claims for salary support to the Programme Partner (PP) after training completion.