SkillsFuture course recommendations

[starlight1968sg]

At Hillview CC,

activities which can make use of SkillsFuture credits:
Basic Bartending & Mixology Skills workshop 10.30am to 5.30pm
fee: $380

Participant needs to pay $70 for ingredients to the trainer.

[starlight1968sg]

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Some have an expiry, some are for life.
https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/initiatives/mid-career/credit

SkillsFuture Credit $500 (no expiry)
SkillsFuture Credit Top-Up $500 (expires 31 Dec 2025)
Additional SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career Support) $500 (expires 31 Dec 2025)

[sharonkhoo]

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Am doing professional courses online on off so am happy that the credits can also be spent on such by Coursera or Udemy so the range of available courses is quite wide. But best re-confirm if it is claimable before signing-up.

Thanks for the reminder! Must go and have a look at those courses. Somehow what I see on the SF site don't really appeal.

[Estéema]

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SkillsFuture Credit $500 (no expiry)
SkillsFuture Credit Top-Up $500 (expires 31 Dec 2025)
Additional SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career Support) $500 (expires 31 Dec 2025)

Try contact ADDISON Training Centre @ Selegie/Wilkie. They hv similar course which uses yr SkillsFuture but they supply all ingredients (high quality coffee) at no costs to participants. You do not hv to pay any $$ out of pocket. After yr course, if u hv full attendance, u can apply for UTAP fee subsidy, if u’re a NTUC Member (this is separate fr SkillsFuture but a benefit by NTUC Union for members). This then stretches yr SkillsFuture or u ‘encash’ abt 3% of the course fee.

I attended the Coffee Barista & AI ChatGPT Courses, that’s how I know. Haha. Try it if u want, pm me for course dates.

[lee_yl]

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Toilet cleaning course outline :

https://www.ntuclearninghub.com/en-gb/-/course/washroom-maintenance-perform-basic-cleaning-of-washrooms-clpbcw

My interpretation of why they are expensive:
- students are taught to work in wide area of settings, all types of toilet setting out there. There are more to learn than washing our typical, narrow residential toilet setup most of us are only accustom to washing
- these workers can be expected to clean many toilets (maybe 20 toilets per day) actual work setting next time when they return to their station. They are taught additional skill to clean efficiently.
- learn to handle industrial grade, cleaning equipment/chemical for cleaning efficiency, which can be tricky and cause health hazard, if not trained well to handle them
- these courses produce ready workers upon completion of course, not just workers that only learn theory. In the course of learning, there may be lots of practices, feedbacks for corrections by trainers. All for the purpose of becoming productive right after course completion.
- the trainers and training company are pro, with up to date knowledge of industry best practices to be in the position to impact knowledge to students
- cleaning chemical will be expended during practices. Multiple cleaning equipments have to be procured for students’ hands on. All these are costs.
- high cost training spaces are purpose build and renovated solely only to conduct courses. I recall my home toilet short length re piping cost me $1200

I believe, these workers can clean faster and better than us cleaning our residential toilet after completing these courses. Our home toilets are used by a few person. Office/shopping centre toilets are used by hundreds of people. The amount of works/scenarios entailed will be different, and call for different level of skills

The toilet-washing course provided by NTUC Hub, which sounds comprehensive, will cost me $172.80 (before GST) if I were to cough out from my own pocket.

If I were to sign up as a cleaner at say a shopping mall, I believe the mall will sponsor me to a similar basic course before I start work, right? Then i don’t even need to cough out money to become a general cleaner.

But it when comes to using skill future credits, a basic wash toilet course becomes inflated to cost $870? So my question is, is the expensive course value for money ???

[sharonkhoo]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2129372\" time=\"1708324452\" user_id=\"17023:

The toilet-washing course provided by NTUC Hub, which sounds comprehensive, will cost me $172.80 (before GST) if I were to cough out from my own pocket.

If I were to sign up as a cleaner at say a shopping mall, I believe the mall will sponsor me to a similar basic course before I start work, right? Then i don’t even need to cough out money to become a general cleaner.

But it when comes to using skill future credits, a basic wash toilet course becomes inflated to cost $870? So my question is, is the expensive course value for money ???

That's strange. I recently took a course (not this one) from NTUCLH and the fee on the SF site was the same as on their website.

[lee_yl]

The one I saw in SF website was $870 by another service provider under “Domestic Cleaning”.


The $172.80 one was from NTUC (link provided by bbbay)

[bbbay]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2129381\" time=\"1708329681\" user_id=\"17023:

The one I saw in SF website was $870 by another service provider under “Domestic Cleaning”.

The $172.80 one was from NTUC (link provided by bbbay)

The $870 course fee you saw, it is basic, intermediate or advance cleaning?

NTUC Learning Hub also have a cleaning course with a $880 fees:

https://www.myskillsfuture.gov.sg/content/portal/en/training-exchange/course-directory/course-detail.html?courseReferenceNumber=TGS-2018501082

[lee_yl]

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The $870 course fee you saw, it is basic, intermediate or advance cleaning?

NTUC Learning Hub also have a cleaning course with a $880 fees:

https://www.myskillsfuture.gov.sg/content/portal/en/training-exchange/course-directory/course-detail.html?courseReferenceNumber=TGS-2018501082

The one I saw on SF website was a basic course and the course description is similar to the one offered by NTUC LH’s.

Weird. Why the link you sent me earlier, I only need to pay $172.80 (before GST) if I sign up directly from NTUC LH website but if I were to register through SF website, the washing toilet course costs $880.

[sharonkhoo]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2129390\" time=\"1708332879\" user_id=\"17023:

The one I saw on SF website was a basic course and the course description is similar to the one offered by NTUC LH’s.

Weird. Why the link you sent me earlier, I only need to pay $172.80 (before GST) if I sign up directly from NTUC LH website but if I were to register through SF website, the washing toilet course costs $880.

The SF website can be very confusing. Very similar courses can be offered by different training providers with different fees. There are probably some differences, but it may take close scrutiny to make comparisons. And I suppose there is some leeway for differences in fees.

You also need to compare the same thing - Full fee is for without SF subsidy; nett fee is after SF subsidy; and there's higher subsidy for those over 40 yo. These details are on the training provider's website. I haven't tried very hard to figure it all out - as I mentioned earlier, I find the SF quite confusing!