Benefits of CCPs 

CCPs provide salary support to employers for reskilling mid-career individuals. Long-term unemployed or mature jobseekers aged 40 and above are eligible for higher salary support of 90%. SWDA offers CCPs in around 30 sectors to help mid-career jobseekers or existing employees reskill and take on new job roles with good prospects and opportunities for progression.

There are 3 modes of CCPs:

1. Place-and-Train: companies hire jobseekers and put the individuals through on-the-job training (OJT) to take on a new growth job role. 

2. Attach-and-Train: companies act as host employers to provide jobseekers with training and work attachments, in growth job roles where there are good prospects for placement. 

3. Job Redesign (JR) Reskilling: companies send existing employees for reskilling, to take on growth job roles aligned to Jobs Transformation Maps. 

Growth job roles are emerging or good job opportunities with long-term prospects for progression, identified in each sector based on industry transformation trends and future workforce needs. 

For more information on CCPs, download the Factsheet and FAQs.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Mid-career Individuals:

• Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident

• Minimum 21 years old

• Graduated or completed National Service, for at least two (2) years*

• Career conversion is required^#:

  1. New Hire: New job role trained for under the CCP should be substantially different from previous job role before joining CCP,

  2. Existing Employee: New job role should be growth job identified under the Jobs Transformation Maps (JTMs). 

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

^#CCPs are geared towards helping mid-career individuals acquire skills to make a switch in their 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 two (2) years prior to the programme's commencement will be allowed to apply for CCP job roles similar to their previous jobs.

Beyond the general eligibility criteria, different CCPs may have additional course-specific entry requirements, and employers may apply their own -specific shortlisting process. In general, individuals applying for CCPs should not be shareholders, immediate ex-staff, or related to owners/decision-makers of the CCP participating company or its related entities.  Please refer to the FAQs for more details on these exclusions.