Singapore's new electronics ITM expected to create 2,100 PMET jobs

Minister for trade and industry S Iswaran has today launched the Electronics Industry Transformation Map (ITM) at the opening of JTC nanoSpace @ Tampines. Developed by a multi-agency team with industry partners, unions and trade associations; the ITM maps out strategies that will build the electronics industry of tomorrow. Through the ITM efforts, the industry is expected to achieve a manufacturing value-add of S$22.2 billion and introduce 2,100 new PMET jobs by 2020.

In the release, it stated: “To equip Singaporeans with the necessary skills to take on these jobs, SSG, WSG and the economic agencies, together with industry stakeholders such as employers, industry associations, unions, and education and training institutions have launched the Skills Framework for Electronics.”

The skills framework identifies two career pathways - the technical and engineering track, and the management track – covering 29 job roles, which individuals can explore career growth along or across.

Additionally, it provides key information on the sector and lists the 58 skills and competencies required, that include emerging skills and competencies, and the relevant training programmes for them. Emerging skills and competencies identified include those in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), data analytics, robotics and automation. The local workforce would need to ready themselves with these skills to meet upcoming challenges facing the industry.

Other than that, the skills framework also informs of other key initiatives which support those in the electronics industry on their skills and career journey. These include the SkillsFuture Earn and Learn Programme, Enhanced Internship, Singapore Industry Scholarships and Professional Conversion Programmes (PCPs).

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To support the shift towards higher value jobs, two new PCPs for the electronics industry were launched to prepare Singaporean PMETs with the necessary skills and also concurrently reskill talent from other sectors.

The PCP for Electronics Engineer and the PCP for Electronics Assistant Engineer are in addition to four existing PCPs rolled out in 2016 to reskill PMETs for the wafer fabrication, and assembly and test sectors. The four existing PCPs have since benefited close to 130 PMETs.

On the other hand, EDB and WSG will be co-organising an Adapt and Grow Career Fair for the electronics sector on 26 September with 20 companies offering more than 600 job vacancies.

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