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[WSQ-BCM] Skillsfuture Funding for WSQ BCM Courses: Company-Sponsored

Written by Suhana Sunreh | Jan 31, 2022 3:23:46 AM

The Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) is a national credential system that trains, develops, assesses and certifies skills and competencies for the workforce. This funding is applicable to Singapore citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents (PR).

BCM Institute is an Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) offering Business Continuity Management (BCM), Crisis Management (CM) and Crisis Communication (CC). 

You can view all BCMI Pte Ltd courses that are funded by SSG here: 

SSG-approved WSQ Courses

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 professionalizing skills and competencies to drive industry transformation, productivity and innovation efforts; and
  • Encourage lifelong learning.

Training 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. 

Price and training grant available for:

1) BCM-310 Assessing Risk and Business Impact Requirements 

2) BCM-320 Developing Business Continuity Strategies and Plans

3) BCM-330 Testing and Exercising Business Continuity Plans

Course fee before any funding: SGD 800

Training grants available:

 

Training Grant Criteria Course Fee

WTS Participants

For Singaporeans who are 35 years old and above earning a monthly income of not more than SGD 2,000. 

Training grant amount: SGD 760

Course fee payable after training grant approval: SGD 40

Small-Medium Enterprise (SME)

Singapore Citizen

Training grant amount: SGD 500

Course fee payable after training grant approval: SGD 240

Non - SME

Singapore Citizen

Training grant amount: SGD 150

Course fee payable after training grant approval: SGD 400

Singapore PR

Regardless of company

Training grant amount: SGD 150

Course fee payable after training grant approval: SGD 400

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

 

4) BCM-470  Developing a BCM Training and Learning Roadmap 

Course fee before any funding: SGD 640

Training grants available:

 

Training grant Criteria Course Fee

WTS Participants

For Singaporeans who are 35 years old and above earning a monthly income of not more than SGD 2,000 

Training grant amount: SGD 608

Course fee payable after training grant approval: SGD 32

Mid-Career enhanced subsidy (For Singaporeans who are 40 years and above)

 -

Training grant amount: SGD 475

Course fee payable after training grant approval: SGD 165

For Singapore PRs and all Singaporeans who are 39 years and below

 -

Training grant amount: SGD 142.50

Course fee payable after training grant approval: SGD 497.50

 

For Company-sponsored Participants


Please be informed that your organisation, is eligible for an SSG training grant, which means a portion of the course fees will be paid by SSG.

Register on SkillConnect

In order for us to bill you the unsupported portion only (i.e nett fees), we need your help to apply for the said training grant in Skillsconnect by keying in the participants' details under "Training grant menu" and "Create application".

The guide to doing this is attached. Your company has to be registered in Skillsconnect. If your company doesn't have an account yet, you can register for one here:

https://www.skillsconnect.gov.sg/web/guest/applyforcompanyprofile


Do note that we do not receive the training grant application before class starts, we will proceed to bill your organisation the full course fees. To liaise with your HR or L&D personnel for the matter.

 

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
  WSQ-BCM-310 WSQ-BCM-320 WSQ-BCM-330 WSQ-BCM-470

Crisis Management

    
  WSQ-CM-360 WSQ-CM-460    
Crisis Communication    
  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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