What is it?
Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) is a national credentialling system that trains, develops, assesses and certifies skills and competencies for the workforce.
Who is WSQ for?
WSQ-accredited training programmes equip individuals with skills demanded by current and future economy. Individuals can:
- Plan career path and acquire new skills to enter a new sector or job role
- Upgrade skills and advance career
- Achieve qualifications and certifications that demonstrate skills sets to employers
- Obtain portable credentials to improve employability and mobility
- Assess and certify capabilities against industry-established work standards
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WSQ training programmes are quality-assured by SkillsFuture Singapore, which awards the WSQ certifications. They reference the Skills Frameworks’ skills and competencies which are validated by employers, unions and professional bodies, ensuring existing and emerging skills and competencies in demand are used to inform training and development.
| Technical Skills and Competencies | Critical Core Skills |
| Technical skills and competencies comprise occupation, job-specific skills and competencies that an individual needs to perform various job tasks. | Critical Core Skills refer to soft skills that are transferable across job roles and increases an individual’s employability, career mobility and enable the acquisition of TSCs relevant for specific job roles in the sector.
They help every individual adapt to new job demands and bring relevant skills across different jobs. Critical Core Skills (CCS) comprises a total of sixteen (16) competencies grouped into three (3) clusters of soft skills that workplaces deem most essential. In August 2020, SSG launched the 16 Critical Core Skills (CCS) for the Future Economy. The CCS competencies identified are transferable skills that everyone in the workforce should possess in addition to the relevant TSCs in their sectors. For more information on CCS, please refer to the CCS webpage. |
Find out what skills are trending to stay ahead
As the nation continues its economic transformation, there will be increasing need for reskilling and upskilling. Our SkillsFuture Job-Skills Insights (SFJSI) aim to provide information and insights into the technology and business trends, and their impact on jobs and skills for the future economy. Specifically, our JSI focus on trends in three high-growth economies – Green, Digital and Care.
Individuals can make use of these resources to identify opportunities within these growth areas to guide their skills development journeys. Enterprises too, can use them to guide their business transformation strategies and skills development roadmap for employees.
Click here to learn more about the Skills Demand for the Future Economy Report.As a national credential system, WSQ can be used as a workforce development tool for employers to develop a skilled workforce, which will enhance their competitive edge and advance their businesses.
WSQ can benefit employers in the following ways:
- Provide quality assured and industry-relevant training choices
- Guide training and development planning
- Guide performance management
- Strengthen in-house training capabilities
- Facilitate recruitment of competent staff who are certified and equipped with the required skills and competencies.
WSQ training programmes are quality-assured by SkillsFuture Singapore, which awards the WSQ certifications. They reference the Skills Frameworks’ skills and competencies which are validated by employers, unions and professional bodies, ensuring existing and emerging skills and competencies in demand are used to inform training and development.
| Technical Skills and Competencies | Critical Core Skills |
| Technical skills and competencies comprise occupation, job-specific skills and competencies that an individual needs to perform various job tasks. | Critical Core Skills refer to soft skills that are transferable across job roles and increases an individual’s employability, career mobility and enable the acquisition of TSCs relevant for specific job roles in the sector. They
help every individual adapt to new job demands and bring relevant skills across different jobs. Critical Core Skills (CCS) comprises a total of sixteen (16) competencies grouped into three (3) clusters of soft skills that workplaces deem most essential. In August 2020, SSG launched the 16 Critical Core Skills (CCS) for the Future Economy. The CCS competencies identified are transferable skills that everyone in the workforce should possess in addition to the relevant TSCs in their sectors. For more information on CCS, please refer to the CCS webpage. |
Find out what skills are trending to stay ahead
As the nation continues its economic transformation, there will be increasing need for reskilling and upskilling. Our SkillsFuture Job-Skills Insights (SFJSI) aim to provide information and insights into the technology and business trends, and their impact on jobs and skills for the future economy. Specifically, our JSI focus on trends in three high-growth economies – Green, Digital and Care.
Individuals can make use of these resources to identify opportunities within these growth areas to guide their skills development journeys. Enterprises too, can use them to guide their business transformation strategies and skills development roadmap for employees.
Click here to learn more about the Skills Demand for the Future Economy Report.Training Providers can apply for WSQ course accreditation to conduct WSQ courses. WSQ course accreditation status and funding support will commence from the date that the course is approved. You will need to submit course proposals well ahead of the course commencement date, taking into consideration time needed for SSG to approve the accreditation and funding, as well as time required to develop the courseware. Courses should only commence after SSG’s approval has been given.
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| [To Note] From 1 Aug 2022, SSG will only accept new WSQ Full Qualifications (FQ) course applications from:
Only Training Providers that are approved by SSG to conduct the FQ can issue the FQ certificate. |
Find out what skills are trending for curriculum development
As the nation continues its economic transformation, there will be increasing need for reskilling and upskilling. Our SkillsFuture Job-Skills Insights (SFJSI) aim to provide information and insights into the technology and business trends, and their impact on jobs and skills for the future economy. Specifically, our JSI focus on trends in three high-growth economies – Green, Digital and Care.
Training providers can make use of these resources to identify opportunities within these growth areas to guide curriculum development and keep courses relevant with industry needs.
Click here to learn more about the Skills Demand for the Future Economy Report.