What is the Career Conversion Programme for Retail Industry?

The CCP for Retail Industry is a programme aimed to equip RnF, mid-career professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) to convert into Retail jobs via Place-and-Train modality, and support employers to reskill existing Retail professionals whose jobs may be at risk of displacement via Job Redesign Reskilling (JRR) modality. By coming onboard the programme, your company will be able to receive salary support for as high as 90%* of eligible grant quantum.

*Subject to WSG’s salary support eligibility criteria
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Overview of the Programme

• Job Redesign Reskilling for existing employees (up to 3 months); and
• Place-and-Train for new hires (up to 6 months)
• Place-and-Train for Rank and File (RnF) new hires (Up to 3 months)

Benefits of the Programme

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Salary Support

Employers to receive up to 90% salary support

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Train and Reskill

Train new hires or reskill existing employees to take on redesigned PMET job roles

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Future Ready Skill for Business Transformation

Equip employees with future-ready skills to support your business transformation

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Enhance Employer Branding

Enhance employer branding through value-added job scopes to better attract local talents

Job Functions

New hires PMET candidates will need a minimum fixed monthly salary of > $2,500 before commencement of the programme

New hires RnF candidates will need a minimum fixed monthly salary of > $1,850 before commencement of the programme

JRR PMET candidates will need a minimum fixed monthly salary of > $2,500 after completion of the programme

• JRR RnF candidates will need a minimum fixed monthly salary of > $1,850 after completion of the programme


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Salary Support

Funding Component

Salary Support Funding

Standard Rates

up to 70% of fixed monthly salary, capped at $5,000 per month per trainee

Enhanced Rates

up to 90% of fixed monthly salary, capped at $7,500 per month per trainee*

Salary Support*
  1. Subject to WSG Salary Support Eligibility Criteria
  2. Enhanced Rate is for Singapore Citizens & PRs who are long-term unemployed (LTU) defined as being unemployed and actively seeking employment for six months or more and / or those who are 40 years old and above in the year of commencement of the CCP.
Speak to our Programme Manager today to find out more!