Career Conversion Programme for Tourism Professionals

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 can receive up to 90% of salary support over the programme duration.

The target trainees are:

1. New Hires with no prior experience in the job that they are hired for;
2. Existing workers whose jobs have been redesigned.

Though this CCP can support up to 100% On-the-Job Training (OJT), companies are free to include a few external training programmes over the supportable training period. Companies can reference suitable courses relevant to the tourism sector at Courses (myskillsfuture.gov.sg) or Tourism Careers Hub Recommended Courses - Employment and Employability Institute (e2i.com.sg).

Please refer to Programme Factsheet and FAQ for more information.

All participating companies must fulfil the following criteria:

• Registered or incorporated in Singapore;
• Committed to work with WSG or its appointed partner on the necessary administrative matters related to the programme; and
• Committed to design and implement a robust training plan to support the trainees

Candidates eligible for the programme must fulfil the following criteria:

• Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident;
• Minimally 21 years old;
• Must be offered a fixed monthly salary¹ of:
  • New Hires: $2,400 for RnF, $3,500 for PMET
  • 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 be offered/in a full-time position related to the job role which the CCP is for, and at least a 12-month employment contract;
• Must not be a shareholder of the company, or its related companies;
• Must not be related to the owner(s) of the company;
• Must not be immediate ex-staff of the applicant company or related entities
• Must not be concurrently undergoing similar programme funded by WSG or any other agencies
• Must have graduated or completed NS for at least 24 months at the point of application2
• Must be reskilled on at least 2 new growth skills from the Whitelist, of which at least 1 must be from the job-specific category
• For existing employees who are onboard programme:
  • Have been hired for at least one year in the company as of date of training commencement
  • Have not been enrolled for the same programme³ before
• For new hires who are onboard programme:

• Must not have prior working experience or been in a similar job role in previous employment and have significant skill gaps⁴ 
• 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

Up to 6 months of salary support, based on the following:

• Up to 70% of salary, capped at $5,000/month for Singapore Citizens/Permanent Residents below age of 40
• Up to 90% of salary, capped at $7,500/month for Singapore Citizens/Permanent Residents aged 40 years and above⁵, or Long-term Unemployed (LTU)⁶

Companies may choose to have 100% OJT or a combination of OJT and external classroom training for your training plan. Please note external classroom training course fee is not supportable under the CCP. However, companies can choose to attend courses that are already funded by other government agencies, such as SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG).

For more information or to apply, please contact Programme Partner - Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) at ccp@sha.org.sg