Training committee set up to help cabbies gain digital skills

Singapore

THE National Taxi Association (NTA) and ComfortDelGro Taxi have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a training committee for cabbies, providing them with relevant digital training to keep up with technological changes and seize opportunities in the industry.

The training committee will help raise awareness on job opportunities created by technology, gather feedback about current training plans, identify training gaps required to seize those opportunities and facilitate cabbies to attend training, the companies said in a joint media release on Tuesday.

The cabbies, who are self-employed, will be given allowances to offset potential lost earnings when they attend training by the National Trades Union Congress' (NTUC) e2i (Employment and Employability Institute) and Comfort. Comfort will also provide additional support for cabbies who are NTA members.

The taxi firm has committed to sending 10,000 cabbies for a customised SkillsFuture for Digital Workplace (SFDW) course, which is supported by early partners e2i and NTUC LearningHub (NTUC LHUB).