What is Aerospace WSQ ?

The Aerospace Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) is a national skills training system developed by the industry and the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA). It maps out the skills needed for a job in the Aerospace MRO industry and the training you need to enter it. The system also shows how you can continue with skills upgrading to progress in your career in Aerospace.

Aerospace WSQ

Sets skills standards and qualifications
Guides design of training curriculum to suit adult learning needs
Does not require formal qualifications as entry criteria
Shows clear pathways for skills upgrading and career progression
Recognises your existing skills through assessment and WSQ certification
Is accepted by employers in the Aerospace MRO Sector

List of WSQ Courses for Aerospace provided in ATTC

How Aerospace WSQ helps you

Aerospace WSQ

Tells you your employer your current skills level
Tells you the training and skills you need to acquire
Helps you in your career progression
Helps you move into the Aerospace industry

How Aerospace WSQ works

The Aerospace WSQ framework awards qualifications for the Technician level in the Aerospace MRO industry. Technicians comprise a sizeable majority of the industry, with some 1,300 needed annually to meet the industry manpower needs. Trainees who take the full set of modules or units with specialisation in any of the six MRO sub-sector will qualify as Technicians and receive the WSQ Higher Certificate in Aerospace Maintenance, a national qualification awarded by WDA.

With a competency-based framework, Aerospace WSQ makes training easier and more effective through:

Practical assessments on skills needed at the workplace
Bite-sized training courses that are flexible and developed for adult workers
Certifications to show that the worker has the required skills and knowledge for a particular part of the job
Qualification to recognise that the worker has obtained the required skills and knowledge for the complete set of tasks for the Technician in the chosen Aerospace MRO sub-sector
Establishment of strong external training providers

You can:

Pick and choose one or more modules to obtain the skills and training that you need

Choose from a range of units in any MRO sub-sector to upgrade your skills in one or more units matching your current or future job

Obtain a WSQ Higher Certificate in Aerospace Maintenance for Technicians, by completing the full set of units, specialising in any one of the six Aerospace MRO sub-sectors:

Aircraft Maintenance (Mechanical)
Aircraft Maintenance (Avionics)
Component Repair and Overhaul (Mechanical)
Component Repair and Overhaul (Avionics)
Engine/Engine Component Repair & Overhaul
Modifications and Conversions

Op for direct assessment and certification of your existing skill type (where applicable for experienced workers) without undergoing training, via the Assessment-Only Pathway. Assessment can be conducted at the workplace or in a similar environment, making it as hassle-free and flexible as possible

Once you complete a training module and pass the WSQ assessment, a Statement of Attainment (SOA) will be awarded. When you have accumulated sufficient SOAs, you will be awarded the WSQ Higher Certificate in Aerospace Maintenance for Technicians in the corresponding MRO sub-sector of specialisation.

Financial Assistance for Aerospace WSQ

The Skills Development Fund (SDF) and Skills Redevelopment Programme (SRP) help companies to defray training costs by subsidising the course fees.

To qualify for such funding assistance on course fees, your staff must:

Be a Singapore citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident
Have attended at least 75% of the training

Skills Development Fund Rates

Skills Development Fund rate is a type of rate being administered by the Ministry of Manpower in Singapore which offers subsidies for course fees to participants. With effect from 1st Feb 2009, the amount of subsidy is set at ninety percent (90%). The SDF provides better financial incentives to participants who are preparing to enter the workforce, and for those participants who are already in the workforce a chance to re-enter the workforce.

Skills Redevelopment Programme Rates

Employer will be able to claim absentee payroll funding for every training conducted during office hours.

The absentee payroll funding for courses held at non-working hours is being shared at either ratio rate of 90:10 or 80:20 between the government and the employer, and the fund will be paid to the employee via the employer. Employers are eligible to claim absentee payroll for their employees based on the amount of training conducted during non-working hours. Employer must top-up the amount of absentee payroll that had been claimed, and pay to the employees given with this top-up amount together with the amount of absentee payroll funding received.

	Workers below 40 year of age	Workers aged 40 years and above, with 'A' level qualifications or below
Absentee Payroll (DURING & OUTSIDE working hours)	$10 per hour capped at 80% of hourly basic salary	$10 per hour capped at 90% of hourly basic salary
Mandatory Absentee Payroll top-up by Employer for Training OUTSIDE working hours	Balance 20% of hourly basic salary (capped at S$2.50 per trainee-hour)	Balance 10% of hourly basic salary (capped at S$2.50 per trainee-hour)

Government entities are not eligible for AP funding with effect from 1 Apr 2009.

Company (employer) may submit their application together with the absentee payroll funding directly through the SRPNet (http://www.srp.org.sg) with the deadline set at one day before the particular course commence.

For further enquiries on Absentee Payroll funding, please call 6883 5885 or email WDA at wda_srp@wda.gov.sg

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SDF AND SRP RATES

Be a Singapore citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident
Sponsoring Companies must be registered or incorporated in Singapore and they must fully sponsor the amount of course fee required
Have attended at least 75% of the training and sit in for all required assessments.
For Absentee Payroll Funding, participant must be able to complete the course whilst under the employment of the sponsoring company.

How you can sign up

You can approach any WSQ Approved Training Organisation (ATO) for course details and sign up with them. Air Transport Training College is currently one of the ATOs offering training and assessment in Aerospace WSQ.

Please contact us for information on course dates and details:

Tel : 6603 6603
Email : sales@attc.edu.sg

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