More training for marine sector students

19 Oct 2015

The Straits Times, 17 Oct 2015 - Three major companies from the marine sector has signed a memorandum of understanding with SP, NP and the ITE to promote and facilitate SkillsFuture initiatives in the industry. The Singapore Workforce Development Agency and the Association of Singapore Marine Industries are also signatories to the agreement. NP’s Director of the Mechanical Engineering Division opined on how the latest move will boost and groom talent for the industry. Under the SkillsFuture initiatives, the first batch of 10 polytechnic graduates from SP and NP will start their Earn and Learn Programme with Keppel Offshore & Marine, Sembcorp Marine and Singapore Technologies Marine on Tuesday. During the year-long programme, they will attend evening classes at NP while being trained on the job and will receive a Specialist Diploma in Marine Production at the end. Article also mentioned that internships for the 160 final-year NP students enrolled in the Marine and Offshore Technology course will also be extended to six months next year, twice as long as usual. Similar story was reported in Lianhe Zaobao and Channel News Asia.