Onsite Training and Re-skilling Support for Food Manufacturing Workers with Highly Specialised Skillsets to Enhance Their Employability

48 Mr Christopher de Souza asked the Minister for Manpower whether additional on-site training and re-skilling support can be provided for long-serving food manufacturing workers with highly specialised skillsets to enhance their employability should they face displacement due to restructuring or adoption of new technology.

Dr Tan See Leng: We work closely with tripartite partners, such as the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union, to reskill workers facing displacement and redeploy them to new jobs.

The Government has various programmes to help workers in food manufacturing re-skill into new growth roles either in the same company or another company. These include Career Conversion Programmes, the Mid-Career Pathways Programme and the SkillsFuture Career Transition Programme. These various programmes cater to different profiles of workers, ranging from those who are ready to enter a new job to those who need additional training to support their transition.