The Career Conversion Programme (CCP) for Furniture Industry Talent (Design) aims to support local mid-career Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs) to embark on a career conversion to exciting job opportunities such as:

1. Interior Designer
2. Product & Furniture Designer
3. Sales Designer
4. Project Management Designer

This programme supports the Singapore Furniture Industry Council’s (SFIC) 2025 industry roadmap which aims to establish Singapore as the Asian hub influencing tomorrow’s urban living. Design will continue to play a critical role to transform the industry and there is a need to grow the demand of design talent to create customer-centric, urban living solutions. As society progresses and with the evolving wants of consumers, a new pipeline of tech-savvy designers with skills to create customer-centric products, using latest design software for commercial production is needed.

SFIC, through its training and skills development arm SFIC Institute, is the programme partner of Workforce Singapore (WSG) for the CCP for Furniture Industry Talent (Design). WSG’s CCP for Furniture Industry Talent (Design) enables employers to hire and train new hires without relevant prior experience through a 6-month On-the-Job Training (OJT) programme to facilitate their conversion into the furniture industry.

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 National Service, whichever is later, for at least 2 years[1] prior to 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 be in a similar job role prior to joining the CCP[2]
• Must not be connected to the CCP participating company:
  • A shareholder[3] of the company or its related companies;
  • Related to the owner(s)[4] of the company; and
  • Immediate ex-staff of the company or its related entities.

[1] Counted from the date of graduation from the latest qualification, or date of completion of National Service, whichever is later

[2] Only new hires who has been out of the labour force or 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

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

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

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 $3,000 or more, and at least a 12-month employment contract;
• Ensure that the job role is substantially different from the new hire’s previous job role, hence requiring career conversion support
• Must put in place structured on-the-job training for the candidate
• Commit to work with WSG or its appointed partner on the necessary administrative matters related to the programme

Individuals:

Applications received will be routed by the Programme Partner, SFIC Institute, to participating employers for review. Suitable candidates will be shortlisted for interview, and successful candidates will be offered employment by the participating employers before embarking on the CCP and commence on the 6-month OJT programme.

Employers:

Employers interested in hiring mid-careerists under the CCP must commit to working with the appointed Programme Partner on necessary administrative matters related to the CCP. The OJT programme must be endorsed by SFIC Institute before CCP commencement.

Funding support

*Note

• For trainees who commence training from 1 April 2024
• For trainees who commence training before 1 April 2024, the funding is capped at $4,000 and $6,000 for Standard Rate and Enhanced Rate, respectively.