新加坡：代理人力部长刘燕玲周三（10月28日）宣布，面向中途职业人士的 SkillsFuture 支持将扩大至科技、海事与离岸、以及金融服务领域的更多培训选项。
SINGAPORE: SkillsFuture support for mid-career workers will be expanded to cover more training options in the technology, maritime and offshore, and financial services fields, announced Acting Manpower Minister Jasmin Lau on Wednesday (Oct 28).
2024 年推出的 SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme（技能创前程进阶计划）为符合条件的 40 岁及以上新加坡公民提供 4000 新元课程费学分，并发放培训津贴。
Introduced in 2024, the SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme provides S$4,000 credit for course fees and extends a training allowance to eligible Singaporeans aged 40 and above.
截至 6 月 30 日，约 8 万名中途职业人士受惠于课程学分，逾 1.1 万人领取了培训津贴。
As of Jun 30, about 80,000 mid-career workers have benefited from the course credit and more than 11,000 have received the training allowance.
刘燕玲表示，从 12 月 1 日起，该计划的覆盖范围将扩大至约 60 个由业界伙伴共同挑选、旨在“通向真实岗位”的行业特定培训选项。
From Dec 1, the programme's coverage will broaden to about 60 sector-specific training options chosen with industry partners that are "designed to lead to real jobs", said Ms Lau.
在科技领域，SkillsFuture 支持将涵盖资讯通信媒体发展局（IMDA）Tech Immersion and Placement Programme（科技沉浸与就业计划）旗下的课程。
In the technology sector, SkillsFuture support will cover courses under the Infocomm Media Development Authority's (IMDA) Tech Immersion and Placement Programme.
据资通媒发展局介绍，该计划将资讯通信技术强化培训与科技岗位安置相结合，培养网页开发人员、敏捷软件开发人员、移动应用开发人员、用户体验设计师和数据分析师。
This combines intensive training in information and communications technology with placement in technology roles. It prepares workers to become web developers, agile software developers, mobile application developers, user experience designers and data analysts, according to IMDA.
在海事与离岸领域，海事及港口管理局旗下的特定可认证课程将符合资助资格。
In the maritime and offshore sector, selected certifiable courses under the Maritime and Port Authority will be eligible for funding.
在金融服务领域，资助将用于银行与金融学会 Standards Training Scheme（标准培训计划）旗下的特定课程，为从业者提供该行业所需的关键技能。
In financial services, the funding will be for selected courses under the Institute of Banking and Finance's Standards Training Scheme, which equips workers with key skills needed in the sector.
刘燕玲表示，这是加强培训与真实就业机会衔接努力的一部分，让职场人士感到投入的时间和精力值得。
Ms Lau said this is part of efforts to strengthen the connection between training and real employment opportunities, so that workers feel the time and effort they put in are worthwhile.
她补充说：“当职场人士了解本行业需要什么技能、雇主给予他们在工作中学习和应用这些技能的机会、当然还有他们的付出能转化为有意义的职业晋升时，他们更有可能投资新技能。”
"Workers are (more) likely to invest in new skills when they understand the skills their industry needs, when employers give them opportunities to learn and apply these skills at work, and of course when their efforts translate into meaningful career progression," she added.
除了这些特定行业的课程外，另外约80门提供劳动力技能资格（Workforce Skills Qualification）的跨行业课程，也将符合技能创前程（SkillsFuture）中途职业生涯支持的资格。
Apart from these sector-specific courses, another 80 or so courses that offer Workforce Skills Qualification across various sectors will also be eligible for SkillsFuture mid-career support.
总共约140门课程将于12月1日起，加入已有7000多门受技能创前程中途职业生涯培训学分覆盖的课程名单中。
In total, about 140 courses will be added to the roster of more than 7,000 already covered by the SkillsFuture mid-career training credit from Dec 1.
技能与劳动力发展局（Skills and Workforce Development Agency）表示，这些新增课程的部分学员将在稍后日期有资格获得中途职业生涯培训津贴。
The Skills and Workforce Development Agency said participants in some of these additional courses will be eligible to receive mid-career training allowance at a later date.
他们也将符合劳动力技能支持（进阶版）（Workforce Skills Support (Level-Up)）的资格，该计划支持30至39岁报读长期培训的低薪新加坡人。
They will also qualify for Workforce Skills Support (Level-Up) which supports lower-wage Singaporeans aged 30 to 39 enrolled in long-form training.
刘女士是在技能创前程奖学金及技能创前程雇主奖颁奖典礼上发表上述言论的，该典礼表彰从事或支持终身学习的员工和雇主。
Ms Lau was speaking at the SkillsFuture Fellowships and SkillsFuture Employer Awards ceremony, which recognises workers and employers engaged in or supporting lifelong learning.
她说，虽然员工可能会感到焦虑，担心职业生涯早期习得的技能已不足以支撑他们度过整个职业生涯，但科技也能“打开新的大门”。
While workers may feel anxious that the skills they picked up early in their careers are no longer enough to carry them through their working lives, she said, technology can also "open doors".
她说：“（科技）能让员工在职业生涯的每个阶段，都能腾出手来承担新任务、担当更高价值的角色。”
"(Technology) can free workers to take on new tasks and higher-value roles, at every stage of their careers," she said.
“问题不在于变化会不会到来，而在于我们是否准备好在一生中持续学习、持续适应。”
"The question isn't whether change will come. It's whether we are prepared to keep learning, keep adapting throughout our lives."