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[WSQ-BCM] SSG Funding: Self-Sponsored

The WSQ Business Continuity Management (BCM) programmes are funded and quality-assured by Skillsfuture Singapore (SSG) who awards the WSQ certifications.

This blog is intended for participants who wants to know about SkillsFuture funding available if you are self-sponsored.

Suhana Sunreh

SkillFutureSG_BCMThe Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) is a national credential system that trains, develops, assesses and certifies skills and competencies for the workforce.

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Read the two tables below for the detailed WSQ-BCM course offering and its specific funding from SSG based participants from Singapore with WTS, Mid-Career enhanced subsidy and Singapore PRs and all Singaporeans who are 39 years and below.

As an Approved Training Organisations (ATOs), WSQ supports the SkillsFuture movement to:

  • Promote recognition of skills and competencies to facilitate progression, mastery and mobility;
  • Promote holistic development of the workforce through technical and generic skills and competencies;
  • Support economic development by professionalising skills and competencies to drive industry transformation, productivity and innovation efforts; and
  • Encourage lifelong learning.

WSQTraining programmes developed under the WSQ system are based on skills and competencies validated by employers, unions and professional bodies. This process ensures existing and emerging skills and competencies that are in demand are used to inform training and development under WSQ.

Training Grant Available for BCM Courses

 

WSQ-BCM-310  WSQ-BCM-320  WSQ-BCM-330
Assessing Risk and Business Impact Requirements  Developing Business Continuity Strategies and Plans Testing and Exercising Business Continuity Plans
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Price & Training Grants Available [WSQ-BCM-310-320-330 Courses]

Course fee before any funding: Singapore Dollars or SGD 800.  The training grants available for Singaporean and Singapore PR who are qualified as WTS, age above 40 years and below 39 years old.

Criteria Course Fee (payable after funding)

Mid-Career enhanced subsidy

(For Singaporeans who are 40 years and above)

Training grant amount: SGD 560

Course fee payable after training grant approval: SGD 240

For Singapore PRs and all Singaporeans

(who are 39 years and below)

Training grant amount: SGD 400

Course fee payable after training grant approval: SGD 400

BCM Institute will be applying for the training grant for self-sponsored participants after registration has been made.q

If you are registering as a company-sponsored, please refer here for Company- Sponsored funding table

To be eligible for SSG Funding, you must meet all 4 criteria below:

  • Be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident,
  • Meet a minimum attendance of 75%,
  • Complete all assignments , and
  • Achieve a ‘Competent’ grade in oral assessment

SkillFutureSG_CreditClaimSkillsFuture Credit

 
All Singaporeans aged 25 and above received an opening credit of S$500 from January 2016. You can use your Skillsfuture credits to pay for or offset course fees by applying for claim(s) starting January 2016. All eligible Singaporeans will be able to access their SkillsFuture Credit account via: www.skillsfuture.sg/credit
 
Here's an example:
 
  Amount Payable
Course Fee SGD 800
Training grant (for 40 years and above) SGD 560
SkillsFuture credits claimable SGD 240
Total amount payable SGD 0

Please refer to the step by step guide [Dated 2017] on how to use your Skillsfuture credit to pay for the course.  We recommend that you proceed to use the online application process below.

SkillsFuture Credit Application

SkillFutureSG_CreditIn order for you to claim the course fees against your SkillsFuture credit, BCM Institute will need to invoice you with the correct amount due to you.

You would then be able to log in with your SingPass to : http://www.skillsfuture.sg/credit and claim against the balance course fees due to you for the course.

Do note that the balanced fees would be reimbursed to BCM Institute directly and this has to be done before the course start.

Frequently Asked Questions?

 

These are some of the questions often asked by potential participants with regards to competency-based training (with government funding from the Singapore government):
  

WSQ Course Offerings

         
Business Continuity Management
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  WSQ-BCM-310 WSQ-BCM-320 WSQ-BCM-330 WSQ-BCM-470

Crisis Management

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  WSQ-CM-360 WSQ-CM-460    
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  WSQ-CC-350 WSQ-CC-450    

Please feel free to send us a note if you have any of these questions to sales.ap@bcm-institute.org

 

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