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Sustainability (Broad-based): CCP for Sustainability Professionals (SNEF)
Reskill your competencies to take on new job roles with good longer-term prospects
Accurate as of 01 Oct 2025
What is it?

The Career Conversion Programme (CCP) for Sustainability Professionals is a cross-sectoral programme that supports mid-career switches into sustainability professional roles, or sustainability-related job roles where sustainability is the primary function and is reflected in both job responsibilities and titles. Examples of business functions and job roles supported under this programme include, but are not limited to:

Examples of Business Functions

  1. Carbon Management (e.g. Carbon Inventory, Emission Tracking, Carbon Trading, Credit Verification etc.)
  2. Regulatory Compliance and Emission / Sustainability Reporting
  3. Sustainability / Carbon Project Development and Implementation

Examples of Job Roles:

  • Carbon Analyst
  • Sustainability Officer
  • Sustainability Compliance Officer
  • Sustainability Assurance Manager
  • Regional Sustainability Manager
  • Sustainability Engineer
  • Research Engineer (Smart Manufacturing & Sustainability)
  • Sustainability Specialist
  • Carbon Project Developer
  • Energy Management / System Analyst

Note: The abovementioned list of business functions and job roles are not exhaustive.


Who can apply?

Mid-career individuals and companies will need to meet the following criteria:

Mid-career individuals

  • Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident.
  • Minimum 21 years old.
  • Must not be a shareholder[1] of the company, or its related companies.
  • Must not be related to the owner(s)[2] of the company.
  • Must not be undergoing any programmes funded by WSG concurrently.

 

For Place-and-Train (PnT) modality:

  • Graduated or completed National Service, for at least two (2) years [3] at the point of application.
  • Career conversion is required. New hires’ new job role under the CCP should be substantially different from the previous job role(s)[4].
  • New hire must be offered an employment contract* on permanent terms or on contract terms that are no less than one (1) year, directly related to the job which the CCP is for, with remuneration that commensurate with the market rate.
  • New hire’s CCP commencement should be within the first three months of employment.

 

For Job Redesign Reskilling (JRR) modality:

  • Career conversion is required. Existing employee’s new job role should be a growth job identified under the Industry Transformation Maps (ITMs) or Jobs Transformation Maps (JTMs)
  • Existing employee must be employed by the company for more than 1 year at the point of application.
  • Existing employee has not been enrolled for the same / similar programme [5] before.

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

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

[3] This will be counted from the date of graduation from the latest qualification, or date of completion of National Service, whichever is later.

[4] CCPs are geared towards helping mid-career individuals acquire skills to change careers. Hence, there is a requirement for career conversion when mid-career individuals undergo a CCP. However, 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.

[5] CCP for Sustainability Professionals.

 

Companies

  • Registered or incorporated in Singapore.
  • Must be able to offer an employment contract* on permanent terms or on contract terms that are no less than one (1) year, directly related to the job which the CCP is for, with remuneration that commensurate with the market rate.
  • Be committed to the CCP arrangements for the mid-career individuals that they have selected.
  • Be committed to work with WSG or its appointed partner on the necessary administrative matters related to the programme.
  • Impacted job roles (permanent positions only) should be paying a fixed monthly salary of least $3,800 (applies to new hires and existing employees).
  • Companies are required to submit for evaluation the details of their business transformation plan, with a sound job redesign in place for existing employees that supports the growth of the company and meet intended outcomes.

* With effect from 1 April 2025, companies participating in Place-and-Train/Job Redesign Reskilling CCPs may offer either full-time or flexi-load working arrangements (e.g. part-time employment) and qualify for CCP support.


How does it work?

Place-and-Train (New Hires) modality:

  • PMET: 6 months of structured On-the-Job-Training (OJT)

Job Redesign Reskilling (Existing Employees) modality:

  • PMET: 3 months of structured OJT

Note:

  • OJT and classroom training plan(s) have to be validated and endorsed by appointed Programme Partner before the commencement of CCP.
  • Employee must complete at least one course from the list of approved sustainability-related training during the OJT period.

Salary support for the CCP duration will be provided to eligible companies at the following rates upon fulfilment of the corresponding requirements:

WSG’s Funding to Employers

Standard Rate 

Enhanced Rate

(For Singapore Citizens / Permanent Residents aged 40 and above)

Salary Support

Up to 70% of monthly salary for CCP duration (capped at $5,000 per month)

Up to 90% of monthly salary for CCP duration (capped at $7,500 per month)
 

For Long-term Unemployed [1] Singapore Citizen (SC)/ Permanent Resident (PR) or Mature [2] SC/PR participants

 

[1] Long-term Unemployed (LTU) is defined as being unemployed and actively seeking employment for six months or more.

[2] Mature trainee is defined as being aged 40 and above.


Contact details

For application and enquiries, please contact:

 

Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF)

Email: ccp-s@snef.org.sg

Contact No.: 6827 6977, Ext 3

PCP