Career Conversion Programmes (CCP)

Who qualifies

• Must be registered in Singapore.
• Place-and-Train and Job Redesign Reskilling: the participating company must be registered or incorporated in Singapore, offer an employment contract on permanent terms or contract terms of no less than one year directly related to the CCP job with market-rate remuneration, commit to the CCP training arrangements, and work with SWDA or its appointed partner on programme administration.
• With effect from 1 April 2025, Place-and-Train and Job Redesign Reskilling companies may offer full-time or flexi-load working arrangements, such as part-time employment, and qualify for CCP support.
• Attach-and-Train: the hosting employer must be registered or incorporated in Singapore, offer full-time attachment positions directly relevant to identified Attach-and-Train CCP occupations, commit to the Attach-and-Train training arrangements, and work with SWDA or its appointed partner on programme administration.
• Mid-career trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents, at least 21 years old, and have graduated or completed National Service at least two years earlier; the two years is counted from the later of the latest qualification graduation date or National Service completion date.
• Career conversion is required: for a new hire, the CCP job role must be substantially different from previous job roles; for an existing employee, the new job role must be a growth job role identified under the Jobs Transformation Maps.
• An individual with a continuous employment gap of at least two years before CCP commencement may apply for a CCP job role similar to a previous job role; the gap must be continuous and excludes National Service.
• Different CCPs may have additional course-specific entry requirements, and employers may apply their own shortlisting process.
• CCP applicants should not be shareholders of the participating company or related entities, related to individuals in the company with authority over the CCP application, immediate ex-staff of the company or related entities, or related to the owners of the participating company.
• An individual must be able to commit to full-time employment or attachment in a participating company.
• For selected CCPs where facilitated or structured training is required for career conversion, a 70% course fee subsidy is provided; where applicable, employers may receive a 20% SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy top-up for mature Singapore Citizens or a 20% Enhanced Training Support for SMEs top-up for SME-sponsored Singapore Citizen/Permanent Resident employees.
• Long-term Unemployed means unemployed and actively seeking employment for six months or more; a mature trainee is aged 40 and above.
• CCP training typically ranges from three to six months, depending on the programme and job requirements; the sources do not state separate duration ranges for Place-and-Train, Attach-and-Train, and Job Redesign Reskilling.

What it funds

• Recruiting, salary support, job redesign, career conversion
• Employee training, upskilling, course fees

Costs covered: External payment tied to a hire's salary (offsets); Course fees and trainer costs.

Maximum support: up to 90%.

For Place-and-Train and Job Redesign Reskilling, SWDA funds up to 70% of monthly salary for the CCP training duration for standard-rate Singapore Citizen/Permanent Resident trainees below age 40, capped at $5,000 per month; the enhanced rate is up to 90% for Long-term Unemployed Singapore Citizen/Permanent Resident or mature Singapore Citizen/Permanent Resident trainees, capped at $7,500 per month. For Attach-and-Train, SWDA funds between 50% and 70% of prevailing salary for the AnT training duration for standard-rate Singapore Citizens below age 40/Permanent Residents or enhanced Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above, capped at $5,000 per month; SWDA's Place-and-Train/JR support is provided to employers, while Attach-and-Train support is provided to trainees; the hosting employer co-funds at least an additional 10% of prevailing salary.

Caps vary by mode and rate: Place-and-Train/JR standard salary support is capped at $5,000 per month; enhanced salary support is capped at $7,500 per month; Attach-and-Train training allowance is capped at $5,000 per month.

Payment: Paid as a percentage of salary over time.

How to apply

Employers explore the available CCPs on the CCP Portal, select a relevant programme and register interest through the SWDA employer route or the official interest form. The relevant Programme Partner follows up. Individuals apply for CCP-supportable job opportunities on MyCareersFuture, where job postings indicate the relevant CCP; suitable applicants are shortlisted by Programme Partners or participating employers for interviews.

The official sources publish the registration routes, eligibility, funding rates, programme duration, three named gap-verification documents and the employment/trainee contract term. They do not publish an employer application upload checklist, document formats or recency conditions, an application processing time, or a claim workflow, claim document list or claim deadline. The go.gov interest forms and MyCareersFuture terms page were browser-only without saved browser captures; only their source-page link labels and endpoints were used.

1. Explore the available CCPs on the CCP Portal at https://conversion.mycareersfuture.gov.sg/Portal/ProgramListing.aspx?source=PCP.
2. Select the relevant Place-and-Train, Attach-and-Train, or Job Redesign Reskilling programme and review its course-specific entry requirements.
3. Employers register interest through the SWDA employer route at https://go.gov.sg/ccp-portal-interest or the page's business-support route at https://go.gov.sg/ccp-sticky; the respective Programme Partner follows up.
4. Individuals apply for CCP-supportable job opportunities on MyCareersFuture, where the job posting indicates the relevant CCP; suitable applicants are shortlisted by Programme Partners or participating employers for interviews.
5. For Place-and-Train or Job Redesign Reskilling, commit to the required training and employment or flexi-load arrangement and work with SWDA or its appointed partner on programme administration.
6. For Attach-and-Train, provide the full-time attachment position and commit to the Attach-and-Train training and programme administration requirements.
7. If currently employed, tender resignation only after receiving clear indication that CCP enrolment is successful and signing the employment or trainee contract with the participating CCP company.

Before applying

• The employer must be registered or incorporated in Singapore.
• Place-and-Train and Job Redesign Reskilling employers must offer permanent employment or a contract of at least one year directly related to the CCP job, with market-rate remuneration; the sources also allow full-time or flexi-load arrangements from 1 April 2025.
• Attach-and-Train hosts must offer full-time attachment positions directly relevant to identified Attach-and-Train CCP job occupations.
• The CCP application must be approved within three months from the start date of employment for an eligible Place-and-Train new hire.
• The trainee must meet the general mid-career eligibility criteria and any course-specific entry criteria.

Documents

• declaration from the individual (if applicable) — Additional supporting document named by the FAQ to verify a continuous employment gap of at least two years; the official source does not state the format.
• individual's resume (if applicable) — Additional supporting document named by the FAQ to verify a continuous employment gap of at least two years; the official source does not state the format.
• CPF contribution statements (if applicable) — Additional supporting document named by the FAQ to verify a continuous employment gap of at least two years; the official source does not state the format.

Claiming support

The official factsheet and FAQ describe salary support, training allowance, employer co-funding and Programme Partner administration, but do not publish an employer claim workflow or claim submission instructions.

Contact: https://go.gov.sg/ec-emp

Application window: The official CCP pages do not state a closing date.