Career Conversion Programme for Tourism Professionals

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What is it?

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.

Who can apply?

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 on a permanent  or at least a 12-month employment contract2;
  • Must not be a shareholder of the applicant company, or any of 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 application3
  • 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 12 months in the company as of date of training commencement
    • Not funded by WSG or any other agencies for the same project previously
  • For new hires who are onboard programme:
    • Must not have prior experience in a similar job role in previous employment4 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

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

2 With effect from 1 April 2025, trainees on full-time or flexi-load working arrangements (e.g. part-time employment) can qualify for CCP support

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

4  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.

How Does It Work?

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).

Footnotes

5 Based on trainee's year of birth at the date of CCP approval

6 LTUs are new hires who have been unemployed and actively looking for jobs for six months or more.

Contact Details

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