Financial Assistance

To qualify for course fee funding support, the trainee must:

·         Be supported by an employer;

·         Be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident; and

·         Have attended at least 75% of the training.

Trainees who are not supported by an employer, and foreigners with a valid work pass, may also apply for these courses but they will pay the full course fee.
 

Funding

Funding Components	External Training Providers		In-House Training Providers
	ITE	External Training Providers (e.g. SPETA)	Workers Aged Below 40	Workers Aged 40 and Above*
Training Cost Support	The funding level is up to 90% of course fee.  Companies pay the nett fee for the modules they enrolled.		$7 per hr (to be claimed via Form 1 under SDF)
AOP Support			$11 per hr capped at $200 per assessment
SRP Absentee Payroll Support	Nil	Nil	80% of basic hourly salary subject to $6 per hr	90% of basic hourly salary subject to $6.80 per hr

*Rates apply to workers aged 40 years old and above, with GCE 'A' level qualifications or below.

For companies who are interested to participate as external or in-house training providers, please write to Christopher Ng at christopher_ng@wda.gov.sg for more information on the available grant.