CCP for SME Professionals

Who qualifies

• Must be registered in Singapore.
• Employer must be registered or incorporated in Singapore.
• Offer a relevant PMET position with fixed monthly salary of at least S$3,500 and at least a 12-month employment contract. Full-time or flexi-load arrangements may qualify from 1 April 2025.
• Provide structured on-the-job training and commit to the programme training arrangements.
• Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents aged at least 21, and at least two years past their latest graduation or National Service completion, whichever is later.
• Trainees must not concurrently attend another SWDA-funded programme or have been funded under the same programme previously.
• Trainees must not be shareholders of the company or related companies, or related to company owners (spouse/ex-spouse, children, parents/parents-in-law or siblings).
• Employer employment size must be no more than 200 OR annual sales turnover no more than S$100 million. The alternative tests are not encoded as two simultaneous maximum fields.
• Complete the IHRP Human Capital Diagnostic Tool assessment and commit to improving human capital capabilities and progressive HR practices with SWDA or SNEF.
• For new hires: nominate a PMET within three months of employment; the new role must be substantially different from the previous role, or a similar role where the employee came from a non-SME. Immediate ex-staff of the company or related entities are excluded.
• The shareholder exclusion does not apply to publicly traded shares in listed companies.
• New hires undergo a three-day workshop plus structured OJT. Day three includes the SME supervisor.
• Pure HR-function roles are directed to a specialised CCP by the factsheet.

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).

Maximum support: up to 90%.

Standard support is up to 70% of monthly salary, capped at S$5,000 per month during CCP training. Enhanced support is up to 90%, capped at S$7,500 per month, for SC/PR trainees aged 40 or above in the commencement year and/or unemployed and actively seeking employment for at least six months.

Monthly per-trainee caps; no overall employer cap stated.

Payment: Paid as a percentage of salary over time.

How to apply

Register interest through the SNEF form linked from the programme page; contact the programme team for enrolment details. The interest form asks you to pick a track - CCP for SME Professionals (New Hires only) or (Existing Employees only). The factsheet says individual PMETs submit their own online application on SWDA's CCP Portal. The page footnote says 'companies' includes non-business entities such as VWOs and societies.

1. Submit the SNEF CCP registration-of-interest form.
2. Contact SNEF about the proposed employee and training arrangements.

Documents

• SNEF CCP registration-of-interest form — Interest registration only; not the full grant application. Agency document ↗

Claiming support

Salary support is available after completing the programme and meeting all training requirements.

Contact: ccpsme@snef.org.sg or tel 6827 6977 (Ext 1)

Application window: This is the programme end date stated by SNEF, not a separately confirmed last application or cohort start date.

Closes: 2026-12-31