• Companies registered or incorporated in Singapore; 
• Employment size of not more than 200; OR Annual sales turnover of not more than S$100 million;
• Must be able to offer full time employment with a fixed monthly salary of at least $3,500 and at least a 12-month employment contract; 
• Must put in place structured OJT for the candidate; 
• Must commit to CCP training arrangements for the trainees; 
• Must complete an assessment of the company’s human capital (HC) practices using Institute for Human Resource Professionals (IHRP)’s Human Capital Diagnostic Tool (HCDT); and 
• Be committed to work with WSG or its appointed programme partners on improving HC capabilities and implementing progressive HR practices such as Structured Career Planning (SCP)

• Must not attended the same programme and were funded previously 
• Must not have started training before application is approved  
• Be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident who is keen to pursue a full-time career in an SME;  
• Have graduated or completed National Service at least 2 years prior at the point of application; 
• New job role trained for under the CCP should be substantially different from previous job role; or 
• Has held a similar role previously but was from a non-SME prior to joining the company. Justification for previous employment as a non-SME must be based on the public available info [i.e. previous company’s (individual entity only excluding corporate shareholder/s) financial reports, official Linkedin website, news articles from official sources)
• Must not be connected to the CCP participating company

a) Shareholder of CCP company or its related companies;

b) Related to the owners of the CCP company; and

c) Immediate ex-staff of the CCP company or related entities 

Application Process

Please note that SBF will require around 6 weeks to review the application after all necessary information and documents are submitted.

For New hire application, CCP approval and OJT start date must be within 3 months from their employment date. Minimum 4 weeks required for assessing and clarifying upon submission of full info/documents (application submitted with less than 4 weeks for approval will be rejected). 

Submit your application form and all the supporting documents here:

COMPANY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR SUBMISSION:  

1. Latest ACRA Search or Instant Information (≤6 months old) including Corporate Shareholders if applicable 
2. Company’s latest financial statement/documents; OR Company’s latest CPF Form 90 
3. Company’s IHRP Human Capital Diagnostic Tool (HCDT) Assessment Report from Human Capital Diagnostic Tool (HCDT). Report must be within the past 12 months. (Quick Start Guide on how to navigate the system)
4. Company and Trainee Endorsed Declaration Form (Download here) 
5. Application Form (for new hires) (Download here) 
6. Job Description (JDs) posted on recruitment platform (or refer template) (Download here) 
7. On-the-Job Training (OJT) Plan should be aligned to the duration of the training period (3 months) with trainee and supervisor acknowledgement. (Download here)
8. Endorsed Employment Contract of Trainee for new hires 
9. Trainee's most updated CV (including start & end date of last employment & designation)