Two new training schemes launched for hotel industry workforce

Singapore

TWO new programmes are being rolled out for the hotel industry to equip employees with relevant skills and to create better matches between jobs and workers amid keener competition for manpower.

The professional conversion programme (PCP) for professional executives and the Skills Framework for Hotel and Accommodation Services (HAS), launched on Friday by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency, are in line with the government's efforts to tackle the risk of structural unemployment.

Speaking at the launch of the programmes at Hotel Day, a career fair, Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say said: "There is a growing concern among Singaporeans whether unemployment will continue to rise.

"The answer depends a lot on what we do going forward. We're fairly confident we'll be able to remain competitive, continue to create the kind of jobs that we need…