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Building and Construction Authority

April 2012

Work Permit (Construction) Manpower Changes

MYE Quota

Levy

Increasing dependence on foreign workers not sustainable

Manpower changes to regulate foreign worker number

Construction Sector

April 2012

Work Permit (Construction)

Announced MYE Quota Cuts

Jul 2010: 5% Jul 2011: 10% Jul 2012: 15% Jul 2013: 15%

Regulating Foreign Worker Demand : MYE quota cuts

Cumulative 45% by Jul 2013

April 2012


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Within MYE quota

Basic Skilled

Higher Skilled

MYE-Waiver

Basic Skilled

Higher Skilled

Higher/Basic Skilled

April 2012


MYE Quota Cuts Jul 2010: 5%

Jul 2011: 10% Jul 2012: 15% Jul 2013: 15%

Regulating Foreign Worker Demand : MYE quota cuts

Flexibility in the quota control MYE-waiver route retained

Cumulative 45% by Jul 2013

Dependency Ratio Ceiling (DRC)

• Quota based on firm level

MYE Quota

• Man-year allocated based on project contract value

(Applies to new projects)

April 2012

MYE application procedures

Awarded contract

Apply to MOM for Man-Year Entitlement

(MYE)

Apply Prior Approval (PA) for NTS/PRC workers via WPOnline

April 2012

Technology Adoption

Scissor Lift

Self Climbing

Scaffold

Prefab

Staircase

Drywall

Construction Stage Design Stage

Improve Productivity &

Reduce workers

Technology

Adoption

Buildability Constructability Buildable designs Productive construction

methods/technologies

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY & CAPABILITY FUND (CPCF)

Defraying Cost

Provides level

playing field

Reduces

manpower needs

April 2012

Skills Evaluation Certification SEC (K)

Ensure Adequate Skills and level

Overseas Trade Test

Training in right skill sets Deployable on arrival

April 2012

Enhancing Quality of Workforce: Tiered Levy

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“Basic Skilled”

= Skills Evaluation Certificate (Knowledge)

Enhancing quality of the workforce:

Retain experiences

Within MYE quota

Basic Skilled

Higher Skilled

MYE-Waiver

Basic Skilled

Higher Skilled

Higher/Basic Skilled

April 2012

Revision of the Maximum Period of Employment (POE)

for Basic Skilled PRC or NTS WPHs

Categories of Workers Maximum Period of Employment

(a) “Higher Skilled” WPHs 18 years

(b) “Basic Skilled” WPHs Except for the following:-

10 years

(i) Existing “Basic Skilled” WPHs who have worked for more than 8 years in Singapore as of 1 Jan 2012

To be granted either: • One-time work permit renewal of 2 years; or • Two-time work permit renewals of 1 year each. from the date of expiry of their existing Work Permit on/after 1 Jan 2012 The total POE of the “Basic Skilled” WPH with the concessionary renewals should not exceed 18 years.

(ii) Returning “Basic Skilled” WPHs who have worked for more than 8 years in Singapore and return between 1 Jan 2012 and 31 Dec 2013

To be granted either: • One-time work permit application of 2 years; or • Two-time work permit applications of 1 year

each. The total POE of the “Basic Skilled” WPH with the concessionary renewals should not exceed 18 years.

Important Note: From 1 Jan 2014 onwards, returning “Basic Skilled” workers who have already accumulated a POE of 10 years or more, will only be allowed to return if they upgrade themselves to be “Higher Skilled” workers.

Example 1:

A "Basic Skilled" WPH who has worked for 12 years and whose WP expires

on 1 June 2012 will be able to stay for 2 more years until 31 May 2014.

Example 2:

A "Basic Skilled" WPH who has worked for 12 years, left Singapore and return on

1 June 2013, will be able to stay for 2 more years until 31 May 2015.

April 2012

Supporting Industry’s Upgrading Efforts

B. Facilitating training and testing

- Appointed a list of Approved Training and Testing Centres (ATTCs)

C. Defraying costs of workforce upgrading

- Workforce Training and Upgrading Scheme

A. Upgrading pathways

Or Or

April 2012

Higher- Value Adding Qualifications to be Higher Skilled

1. Certificate in Interior Finishing Coordination 9. NBQ in Project Supervision

2. Certificate in Pavement Construction and

Maintenance 10. Higher NBQ in Project Supervision

3. Certificate in Precast Concrete Construction

Supervision 11. Advanced NBQ in Project Supervision

4. Certificate in Waterproofing Supervision 12. NBQ in Supervision and Coordination of M&E

Works

5. Certificate in Building Measurement 13. Higher NBQ in Supervision and Coordination of

M&E Works

6. Certificate in Geotechnical Instrumentation for

Supervisors

14. Advanced NBQ in Supervision and Coordination

of M&E Works

7. Certificate in Levelling and Setting Out 15. NBQ in Operation & Maintenance

8. Certificate Course for Structural Steel Supervisors 16. Higher NBQ in Operation & Maintenance

17. Advanced NBQ in Operation & Maintenance

Note: Registration is NOT required.

April 2012







Or Or

April 2012

Teambuild

Wing Tuck

P-One

Yun Onn

Santarli

Peck brothers

Tiong Seng

OSK

Engineering

Teambuild

Deluge

Setsco

Fonda

Sigma

Builder

Positive

Jackly

Engineering

Fonda

Ley Choon

Jason

Parquet

Singapore Glass

Association

Building

Construction

Acceptable qualifications for tradesmen Approved Training & Testing Centers (ATTCs)

18 ATTCs

39 trades

April 2012







Or Or

April 2012

WTU

What is it ?

Co-funding up to 80% of the workforce training in:

CoreTrade Tradesman & Foreman Registration

1. Familiarisation Course

2. Skills Assessment

CoreTrade Supervisor Registration

1. Training Course

2. End-of-course Test

Other higher value-adding qualifications at supervisory levels

Co-funding up to 50% of the workforce training in: Local PMET Courses

NEW

More than 7,000 Applications received

From > 1,000 companies

April 2012

WTU

Qualifying Criteria Local Participant 1) At least 75% attendance 2) Sat for assessment

Foreign Participant

1) Possess at least 4 years of construction experience

2) At least 75% attendance

3) Sat for and pass assessment

April 2012

Building and Construction Authority Manpower and Strategic Policy Division

April 2012

1st

phase: 17 CoreTrade Trades

Current Trades

Construction Plant Operation

Electrical Works

Plumbing and Piping Works

Reinforced Concrete Works

Structural Steel Works

Tiling, Stone Laying and Floor

Finishing Works (Formerly known as Tiling and Stone Laying

Works)

Waterproofing Works

Additional Trades

Cladding and

Curtain Wall Installation

Glazing Works

Drywall Installation

Suspended Ceiling Installation

Doors and Windows Installation

Joinery Works

Air-Conditioning Ducting Installation

Fire Protection Works

Gas Pipefitting Works

Lift Installation

April 2012

1 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Ducting Installation for Air-Conditioning and Ventilation

2 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Cladding Installation

3 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Curtain Wall Installation

4 SEC(K), SEC, CSC or BBC in Tower Crane (Saddle Jib) Operations

5 SEC(K), SEC, CSC or BBC in Tower Crane (Luffing Jib) Operations

6 SEC(K), SEC, CSC or BBC in Mobile Crane Operations

7 SEC(K), SEC, CSC or BBC in Crawler Crane Operations

8 SEC(K), SEC, CSC or BBC in Hydraulic Excavator Operations

9 SEC(K), SEC, CSC or BBC in Telescopic Handler Operations

10 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Bulldozer Operations

11 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Track Shovel Operations

12 SEC(K),SEC or BBC in Excavator Loader Operations

13 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Bored Piling Operations

14 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Driven Piling Operations

15 SEC(K),SEC or BBC in Jack-In Piling Operations

16 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Bored Micro-Piling Operation

17 SEC(K) or BBC in Jet Grout Piling Operation

18 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Underground Pipe-Jacking

19 SEC(K) or BBC in Tunnel Boring Machine (Earth Pressure Method)

20 SEC(K) or BBC in Tunnel Boring Machine (Slurry Method)

21 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Asphalt Concrete Paving

22 SEC(K) or BBC in Crawler Drill Operation

23 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Doors and Windows Installation (Timber)

24 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Doors and Windows Installation (Aluminium)

25 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Interior Drywall Installation

26 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Electrical Wiring Installation

27 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Fire Sprinkler Installation

28 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Gas Pipefitting

29 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Glazing

30 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Joinery

31 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Lift Installation

32 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Plumbing and Pipefitting

33 SEC(K),SEC or BBC in Pipefitting

34 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Thermal Insulation

35 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Timber Formwork

36 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Metal Formwork

37 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Steel Reinforcement Work

38 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Precast Concrete Component Erection

39 SEC(K) or BBC in System Formwork Installation

40 SEC(K) or BBC in Precast Kerb and Drain Laying

41 SEC(K) or BBC in Aluminium Formwork

42 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Structural Steel Fitting

43 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Welding

44 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Suspended Ceiling Installation (Acoustical)

45 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Suspended Ceiling Installation (Fibrous Plaster)

46 SEC(K), SEC or BBC in Tiling

47 SEC(K) or BBC in Timber Flooring

48 SEC or BBC in Waterproofing

48 Skills Qualifications

April 2012

CoreTrade Tradesman & Foreman

CoreTrade Foreman

CoreTrade Tradesman

Min 4 years

Min 6 years

Current

BBC/SEC/SEC(K) holders

April 2012

April 2012

CoreTrade Supervisor


CoreTrade Foreman

CoreTrade Tradesman

Min 4 years

Min 6 years

Min 8 years

Current Wef 1 Apr 2012

BBC/SEC/SEC(K) holders

April 2012



Qualification

Training Course End-of Course Test

Min 8 years

April 2012

Classes of CoreTrade

Supervisors

Structural

Mechanical & Electrical

Architectural

Classes of CoreTrade

Supervisors

April 2012

Skills Qualification for Structural Supervisors

Trade Diploma

1 RC Construction

2 Structural Steel Works

SEC(K) / SEC / BBC

1 Timber Formwork

2 Metal Formwork

3 Steel Reinforcement Work

4 Precast Concrete Component Erection

5 System Formwork Installation

6 Precast Kerb and Drain Laying

7 Aluminium Formwork

8 Structural Steel Fitting

9 Welding

10 Pipe Fitting

National Building Qualifications (NBQ)

1 Advanced NBQ in Project Supervision

2 Higher NBQ in Project Supervision

3 NBQ in Project Supervision

Supervisory Certificates

1 Certificate in Pavement Construction and Maintenance

2 Certificate in Precast Concrete Construction Supervision

3 Certificate in Geotechnical Instrumentation for Supervisors

4 Certificate in Levelling and Setting Out April 2012

Skills Qualification for Architectural Supervisors SEC(K) / SEC / BBC

1 Cladding Installation

2 Curtain Wall Installation

3 Doors and Windows Installation (Timber)

4 Doors and Windows Installation (Aluminium)

5 Interior Drywall Installation

6 Glazing

7 Joinery

8 Suspended Ceiling Installation (Acoustical)

9 Suspended Ceiling Installation (Fibrous Plaster)

10 Tiling

11 Timber Flooring

12 Waterproofing

National Building Qualification (NBQ)





1 Certificate in Interior Finishing Coordination

2 Certificate in Water Proofing Supervision

3 Certificate in Levelling and Setting Out

Trade Diploma

1 Cladding and Curtain Wall Technology

2 Doors and Windows

3 Drywall Systems

4 Glazing

5 Joinery

6 Suspended Ceilings

7 Tiling, Stone Laying and Floor Finishings

8 Waterproofing

April 2012

Skills Qualification for M&E Supervisors SEC(K) / SEC / BBC

1 Ducting Installation for Air-conditioning and Ventilation

2 Electrical Wiring Installation

3 Fire Sprinkler Installation

4 Gas Pipefitting

5 Lift Installation

6 Plumbing and Pipefitting

7 Pipe Fitting

8 Thermal Insulation (Pipework)


1 Advanced Builder Certificate in Plumbing and Pipefitting

2 Builder Certificate in Plumbing and Pipefitting

National Building Qualification (NBQ)




4 Advanced NBQ in Supervision & Coordination of M&E Works

5 Higher NBQ in Supervision & Coordination of M&E Works

6 NBQ in Supervision & Coordination of M&E Works

Trade Diploma

1 Air-cond. Ducting & Mechanical Ventilation

2 Electrical Technology

3 Fire Protection Works

4 Gas Pipefitting Technology

5 Lift Technology

6 Plumbing Technology April 2012

Application

Rejected

Yes

Application

meet BCA's

Requirements?

Training Course

No

End-of-Course

Test

How to be a CoreTrade Supervisor?

CoreTrade Online Application Website:

http:/www.bca.gov.sg/CoreTrade/Reg/

Online

Application

Start

2nd re-attempt

1st re-attempt

Fail

WTU

Application

WTU

Disbursement End

Registered as

CoreTrade Supervisor Pass

April 2012

CoreTrade Supervisor Training Course

35 Hours

WTU Funding

Hotline: 6248 9999 Email: [email protected]

Training courses for: • Structural Supervisors • Architectural Supervisors • M&E Supervisors

April 2012

Category of Work Types of

Supervisors

Deployment Requirements

1st $100M (per $10M)

Excess of $100M (per $20M)

• New Building Works • A&A Works • CE Works (MRT

Station)

Structural 0.25 MY ? 0.25 MY ?

Architectural and M&E

0.25 MY ? 0.25 MY ?

4. CE Works (General) • Structural 0.25 MY 0.25 MY

Category of Work Types of

Supervisors

Deployment Requirements

1st $100M (per $10M)

Excess of $100M (per $20M)

1. New Building Works

2. A&A Works

3. CE Works (MRT Station)

• Structural 0.25 MY 0.25 MY

• Architectural • M&E

0.25 MY 0.25 MY

Deployment of CoreTrade Supervisors

1 MY (man-year) = 1 Personnel deployed for 260 days

April 2012

Contract Value = $140m

Type of CoreTrade Supervisors

Total Contract Value

Total First $100m Excess of $100m

Structural Supervisor

0.25 MY x

$100m/10m

= 2.50 MY

0.25 MY x

$40m/20m

= 0.50 MY

2.50 MY + 0.50 MY

= 3.00 MY

AND

Architectural Supervisor

and/or

M&E Supervisor

0.25 MY x

$100m/10m

= 2.50 MY

0.25 MY x

$40m/20m

= 0.50 MY

2.50 MY + 0.50 MY

= 3.00 MY

Acceptable qualifications for tradesmen Illustration: New Building Works

April 2012

April 2012

Bridging

course Foremen

Application

meet BCA's

Requirements?

How to be CoreTrade Foremen / Tradesmen?



Online

Application

Start

Application

Rejected

No

Pass

End

Registered as

CoreTrade personnel

April 2012

Yes

Familiarization

Course?

Familiarization

Course

Skills

Assessment *

Yes

No

Application

meet BCA's

Requirements?

Yes

Familiarisation

Course

Skills

Assessment

How to be CoreTrade Foremen / Tradesmen?



Online

Application

Start

Application

Rejected

No

2nd re-attempt

1st re-attempt

Fail

WTU

Application

Pass

End

Registered as

CoreTrade personnel

WTU

Disbursement

April 2012

April 2012

Continual Educational Training (CET)

CoreTrade Renewal

CoreTrade Registration

CET

April 2012

Continuous Educational Training (CET)

Equip CoreTrade personnel with knowledge to

enhance productivity and efficiency

Aim

Course Structure

3-Hour

Lecture

Trade

Specific

Demo by

Suppliers

Training

Materials

7 Main Trades

Construction Plant Operation

Electrical Works

Plumbing and Piping Works

Reinforced Concrete Works

Structural Steel Works

Waterproofing Works

Tiling, Stone Laying and Floor Finishing Works

April 2012

Continuous Educational Training (CET)

Codes and Regulations

Productivity Concepts

Safety Construction

Work Procedures

Construction Technology

Course Syllabus

April 2012

Registration of Construction Supervisor

Training for Registration Of CoreTrade Personnel

CET for Renewal of All CoreTrade Personnel

Deployment of Construction Supervisor

1 Apr 2012 1 Apr 2013

Timeline for CoreTrade Enhancement

1 Oct 2012 1 Oct 2013

April 2012

BUILT ENVIRONMENT APPRENTICESHIP Guide To A Fulfilling Career In The Building & Construction Sector

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ITE Trainee

(2½ Years)

+ Experience

NITEC + Industry

Certification

CoreTrade Tradesmen

Part Study (ITE & BCAA)

Part Work

Min. Salary by firm

$1,000 Top-up Allowance

$200 +

+ Experience Trade

Diploma

CoreTrade Foremen

Part-time Training (BCAA)

Working

CoreTrade Tradesman

(2 Years) 6-mthly Retention & Upgrading

Incentive to employee:

$ 1,500 - $3,000 in FY 11 & 12

$ 750 - $1,500 in FY 13 & 14

Min. Salary by firm

$1,500 +

April 2012

$1,500 basic

monthly salary + CPF

$1,500 basic


$1,750 basic


$1,750 basic


Jan-Jun (Yr x) Jul-Dec (Yr x) Jan-Jun (Yr x+1) Jul-Dec (Yr x+1)

$3,000 $3,000 $1,500 $1,500

Firm pay only its MINIMUM SALARY SHARE to employee

BCA extends 6-mthly Retention & Upgrading Incentive to employee if he/she stays

Note: For batches in FY 13 & 14, Govt’s funding halved & the firm to offer a higher min salary

April 2012

Building and Construction Authority Manpower and Strategic Policy Division

April 2012

i. Minimum 4 Years of construction working experience in

Singapore

ii. 2 acceptable certifications

• First certification :Any SEC or SEC(K) or SPM (for

Malaysians WPHs.

• Second Certification: Any accepted SEC(K) trade

certification in a different trade.

iii. Continual Educational Training Requirements for renewal

Multi-Skilling - 2 SEC(K)

Qualifying criteria

• Competent in 2 trades

• Greater Flexibility in deployment

April 2012

Application

meet BCA's

Requirements?

Application

Rejected

No

How to be registered as a Multi-Skilled Worker? For workers who have at least 4 years of working experience and 1 SEC or SEC(K) cert

Online

Application

Start

End

Registered as

Multi-Skilled Worker Pass

4 Yrs of Exp and

1 SEC or SECK

Yes

Training

Course for

2nd SEC(K)?

Training Course

for 2nd SEC(K)

2nd SEC(K)

Test

Yes

No

Fail

April 2012

Application

meet BCA's

Requirements?

Application

Rejected

No

How to be registered as a Multi-Skilled Worker? For workers with 2 SEC (K)s but < 4 years of working experience

Online

Application

Start

End Registered as

Multi-Skilled Worker

Pass

4 Yrs of Exp +

[2 SEC or SEC+SECK

or 2SECK]

Training

Course for

2nd SEC(K)?

Training Course

for 2nd SEC(K)

2nd SEC(K)

Test

Yes

No

Fail

Yes

April 2012

Qualifications for 2nd SEC(K)

1 Aluminium Formwork

2 Asphalt Concrete Paving

3 Bored Micro-Piling Operation

4 Bored Piling Operation

5 Bricklaying

6 Cladding Installation

7 Construction Plant Operation (Bulldozer Operation)

8 Construction Plant Operation (Excavator Loader Operation)

9 Construction Plant Operation Track Shovel Operation)

10 Crawler Crane Operation

11 Crawler Drill Operation

12 Curtain Wall Installation

13 Deep Cement Mixing Operation

14 Doors & Windows Installation (Timber)

15 Doors and Windows Installation (Aluminium)

16 Driven Piling Operation

17 Ducting Installation for Air-Conditioning and Ventilation

18 Electrical Wiring Installation

19 Fire Sprinkler Installation

20 Gas Pipefitting

21 Glazing

22 Guniting

23 Hydraulic Excavator Operation

24 Interior Drywall Installation

25 Interlocking Blocks Pavement Construction

26 Jack-in Piling Operation

27 Jet Grout Piling Operation

28 Joinery

29 Lift Installation

30 Marine Dredging Plant Operation

April 2012

Qualifications for 2nd SEC(K)

31 Marine Driven Piling Operation

32 Marine Sand Compaction Piling Operation

33 Metal Scaffold Erection

34 Mobile Crane Operation

35 Painting

36 Pipefitting

37 Plastering

38 Plumbing & Pipefitting

39 Precast Concrete Component Erection

40 Precast Kerb and Drain Laying

41 Prestressing

42 Soil Drilling & instrumentation

43 Steel Reinforcement Work

44 Structural Steel Fitting

45 Suspended Ceiling Installation (Acoustical)

46 Suspended Ceiling Installation (Fibrous Plaster)

47 System Formwork Installation

48 Telescopic Handler Operation

49 Thermal Insulation

50 Tiling

51 Timber Flooring

52 Timber Formwork

53 Tower Crane (Luffing Jib) Operation

54 Tower Crane (Saddle Jib) Operation

55 Trenchless Pipe Installation

56 Tunnel Boring Machine (Earth Pressure

Method)

57 Tunnel Boring Machine (Slurry Method)

58 Underground Pipe-Jacking

59 Waterproofing

60 Welding

April 2012

Contacts

Multi-Skill Hotline:- 6730 4500

or

Email: [email protected]

CoreTrade Hotline : 6325 5200

or

Email : [email protected]

Skills Certification Hotline: 6248 9845

or


Built Environment Apprenticeship Hotline: 6325 5021

or


April 2012

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