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Skills and Workforce Development Agency

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs

Subsidises training for small and medium enterprises registered or incorporated in Singapore through SWDA-funded courses.

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Recorded status: Accepting applications now

Who qualifies

  • Must be registered in Singapore.
  • An enterprise qualifies as an SME if it has not more than 200 employees or annual sales turnover of not more than S$100 million.
  • Sponsored trainees must be Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, or Long-Term Visit Pass Plus holders, and the employer must fully pay for the courses.
  • Long-Term Visit Pass Plus holders are not eligible for subsidies for part-time or full-time MOE-funded full qualification programmes at ITE, polytechnics, or autonomous universities.
  • All organisations, including non-business entities not registered with ACRA and sole proprietorships, may qualify; ministries, statutory boards, and other government agencies are not eligible.
  • Maximum headcount: 200.
  • Maximum annual revenue (S$): 100,000,000.

What it funds

  • Employee training, upskilling, course fees

Costs covered: Course fees and trainer costs.

Maximum support: up to 90%.

Tier 1 courses receive up to 90% course-fee subsidies; Tier 2 courses receive up to 70%.

Payment: Price reduced at point of purchase / course fee subsidy.

How to apply

Find an eligible course in the SkillsFuture for Business Course Directory and register employees directly with the course provider. The employer pays the nett course fee after the upfront subsidy.

The specific ETSS page publishes enrolment and subsidy steps but no document checklist; its linked SME-status application guide was not captured in the local vault.

  1. Browse eligible courses in the SkillsFuture for Business Course Directory.
  2. Register employees directly with the course provider.
  3. Pay the nett course fee after course-fee funding; GST may still apply.

Before applying

  • The organisation must satisfy the SME criteria and the sponsored-trainee conditions.
  • The employer must fully pay for the sponsored employee’s course.

Claiming support

Course-fee subsidies are applied upfront, so the employer pays the nett course fee to the provider.

Application window: The current training subsidies page does not state a closing date.

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