Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience (SPUR), is an enhanced funding scheme developed to scale up training programmes to help companies and workers during the recent economic downturn and to build strong capabilities for the recovery.
By tapping on the available funding, workers are able to upgrade skills (up-skill) to do better in current job or acquire new skills (re-skill) to take on jobs in a new industry. The goal is to help workers remain employable, save their job and strengthen their capability to prepare for the economic upturn.
Under this programme, workers can choose from over 1,000 courses ranging from healthcare, education, security, social services to tourism, made available until 30 November 2010.
SPUR helps individuals
- by upgrading skills (up-skill) to do better in their current job
- by acquiring new skills (re-skill) for a career and take on jobs in a new industry
- by enjoying higher course fee support of up to 90% course fee subsidy for courses under SPUR
- by providing job search and training facilitation at career centres in Community and Development Councils (CDCs) and NTUC’s Employment and Employability Institute (e2i)
- by offering more skills upgrading pathways through Singapore Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ)) courses available at Continuing Education and Training (CET) Centres and selected training providers
Click here for listing of SPUR Courses.
