1 in 4 workers benefiting from NTUC grant in white-collar jobs

Over 700 PMEs set for extra wage hike, better prospects in productivity push

- Tay Hong

The paint that clads a Hunter armoured fighting vehicle used to take a painter in a stifling protective suit two to three days to apply, but a robotic arm now completes the job in half the time or less.

And that, by the way, is with reduced paint wastage and greater precision, while the same painters now program and operate the arm from a safe distance without needing protective suits.

This is one of four projects at ST Engineering Land Systems that have received funding from the National Trades Union Congress' Company Training Committee (CTC) Grant to raise productivity, redesign jobs and upskill workers.

The grant was launched in February 2022 and funded with $100 million from the Government.

Companies can apply to NTUC's Employment and Employability Institute for the grant to cover up to 70 per cent of the qualifying cost of projects.