FOUR new training and job-placement programmes will be launched next year to attract younger Singaporeans into the electronics industry.
The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is partnering the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) in the tie-ups.
They were announced by NTUC's deputy secretary-general Halimah Yacob at a visit to smartcard maker Gemalto's plant in Ayer Rajah on Friday.
She said the initiatives will also equip workers to take up higher-value jobs in the electronics sector as Singapore's economy becomes more knowledge-intensive.
The four programmes are:
* A six-week specialist training programme to equip those completing full-time national service stints for technician jobs in the industry. It will be conducted by ITE and the NTUC's Employment and Employability Institute, or e2i.
* A36-month apprenticeship programme for job-seekers to work at sponsor companies and study the National ITE Certificate (Nitec) in electronics or mechatronics at the same time.
* A new two-year Nitec semiconductor technology course to be launched at ITE College Central from January, with an initial annual intake of 160 students.
*A three-month industrial attachment programme for ITE students studying electronics and mechatronics.
- The Straits Times
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