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16 October 2015
MEDIA FACTSHEET
SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programme and Enhanced Internship for Offshore & Marine Engineering sector
Driving the sector’s next phase of growth through deeper collaboration between industry and education
Eight key players of the Offshore & Marine Engineering (OME) sector from industry and post-‐secondary education institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 16 October 2015 to jointly promote and facilitate SkillsFuture initiatives developed for the sector. The collaboration seeks to offer a structured skills and career development pathway for polytechnic and ITE students and graduates in the OME sector. This is in line with the national SkillsFuture movement to develop an integrated system of education, training and career progression for Singaporeans that responds to evolving industry needs. The alliance comprises the Association of Singapore Marine Industries (ASMI), Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited, Sembcorp Marine Limited, Singapore Technologies Marine Limited, Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) and Singapore Polytechnic (SP). The event was graced by Guest of Honour Mr Ng Cher Pong, Chief Executive, Singapore Workforce Development Agency. Among the first initiatives to be rolled out under the MOU framework are the SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programme in Marine and Offshore Engineering, and enhanced internships for ITE and polytechnic students pursuing marine and offshore engineering.
i. SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programme This work-‐study programme provides career placements and On-‐the-‐Job training (OJT) to fresh polytechnic graduates from relevant diploma programmes.
10 polytechnic graduates have been successfully enrolled in the programme with three established Marine & Offshore companies, namely Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited, Sembcorp Marine Limited and Singapore Technologies Marine Limited. This first batch of participants will commence their SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programme in Marine and Offshore Engineering on 20 October 2015. Under this programme, these new Assistant Engineers will undergo a 12-‐month structured training programme including on-‐the-‐job training, company-‐based projects, facilitated learning and e-‐learning. This will lead to a Specialist Diploma in Marine Production awarded by NP. The programme is managed by the CET Academy at NP.
ii. SkillsFuture Enhanced Internship Programme in Marine and Offshore Engineering The Enhanced Internship gives students a head start in the industry through better support for structured and real-‐world learning at the workplace, under the tutelage of industry mentors.
Under the current curriculum, NP’s final-‐year Diploma in Marine & Offshore Technology (MOT) students typically participate in a three-‐month-‐long internship. From April 2016, the entire final-‐year cohorts of 160 MOT students from NP and 80 Higher Nitec Marine & Offshore Technology students from ITE can look forward to a structured internship over a six-‐month duration. They will be joined by another 80 SP students from the Diploma in Marine Engineering in April 2017. The internships are structured according to detailed task scopes drawn up by the institutions together with the sector so as to better support students’ transition to the workplace.
Sector Overview The Singapore marine and offshore engineering industry is a world-‐class industry with a global clientele. The industry generates a total turnover in excess of S$15 billion a year and employs some 110,000 workers. Singapore is the global leader in the building of jack-‐up rigs and major builder of semi-‐ submersible drilling rigs. Its rigbuilders are capable of building, repairing, upgrading and converting rigs and other offshore platforms for operations in shallow and deep water and harsh environment. Singapore is also a world leader in the conversion of Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) and Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) units. It is one of the world’s premier shiprepair centres and a niche builder of customised and specialised vessels.