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The Professional Skills Programme, aka PSP, was launched by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA). This scheme is targeted to help the professionals, managers, executives and technicians (aka PMETs).

Prior to PSP, all other skill upgrading programmes are designed for conversion from one profession to another. There was no programmes for upgrading within the same profession. Therefore, with the introduction of PSP, the government is able to upgrade people in the same industry.

PSP also comes under Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience (aka SPUR) which is an enhanced funding support scheme developed by WDA in consultation with the tripartite partners which includes the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF).

SPUR encourages companies affected by declining business to retain workers by sending them for training, as opposed to retrenching them. This will help employers to save on manpower costs, better manage their excess manpower during the downturn and at the same time, upgrade their workers to strengthen business competitiveness for the upturn.

For the employees, SPUR aims to redeploy unemployed workers as well as help in-employment workers to up-skill for new and better jobs. Employed and unemployed workers no longer need to wait for their employers to send them for training, as they can now sign up for training at CET Centres directly.


Professional Skills Programme in Singapore

Upon graduation from PSP, PEMTs will receive recognised tertiary qualification certificates from their training institutes and the new scheme is expected to motivate PMETs to improve and stay competitive.

Website: WDA: PSP