Sustainability and Emerging Applications Centre

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC)

Managing environment and economic performance through
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Methodologies to quantify environmental and economic impacts for businesses

ABOUT SIMTech’s LCA-LCC Platform & Services

SIMTech’s Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing (LCA-LCC) platform equips companies of all sized and sectors with the capabilities in quantifying both environmental and economic impacts for businesses that are interested in sustainability. It is a science-based collaborative digital web tool that provides customized and credible reports with localized (Singapore-specific) emission data, that can be used for sustainability planning to help businesses reduce carbon emission, compute carbon tax and provide decision support for carbon pricing.

KEY BENEFITS

Validate ‘eco-friendliness’ of processes, products and services over entire life cycle
Benchmark environmental and economic performance of systems
Identify sustainability hotspots and set science-based targets
Support eco-design, systematic planning and maximise financial ROI of sustainability initiatives

The LCA-LCC platform provides various compelling and competitive advantages such as:

Support services provided on-site, remotely, and via face-to-face training sources; these support services are led by scientists and engineers who are trained extensively in the sustainability domain
Expansive database for localised (i.e. Singapore-specific) and representative data points
Data analytics tools to reveal trends and metrics to support systematic planning and maximise financial return of investment of sustainability initiatives

The LCA-LCC platform takes reference from various international standards, such as ISO14040, ISO14044, ISO14064-1/2/3, ISO14067, which can be further expanded to fulfil other international/European Standards, such as BN EN14978.

LEARN LCA-LCC NOW

Equip your company with the capability of conducting LCA-LCC independently!

Sign up for SIMTech’s SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) accredited LCA-LCC training course "Carbon Footprinting through Life Cycle Assessment", which is Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) certified with 40 training hours. The course launched its first intake in August 2022. Participants can enjoy SkillsFuture Singapore funding covering up to 90% of the course fees, subject to eligibility criteria.

PRE-REQUISITES, FULL AND NETT COURSE FEES

Pre-Requisites

Applicants should possess a degree in any discipline or a diploma with a minimum of 3 years of related working experience.
Applicants who do not have the required academic qualifications are still welcome to apply, but shortlisted candidates may be required to attend an interview for special approval.
Proficiency in written and spoken English.

Full Course Fee

The full course fee for this course is $4,000 before funding and prevailing GST.

Nett Course Fee

International Participants	Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below, Singapore Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders	Employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above (MCES) ²	SME-sponsored local employees (i.e Singapore Citizens, Singapore Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders) (ETSS) ¹
$4,360	$1,308	$508	$508

All fees are inclusive of GST 9%.

Please note that fees and funding amount are subject to change.

LONG TERM VISIT PASS PLUS (LTVP+) HOLDERS

The LTVP+ scheme applies to lawful foreign spouses of Singapore Citizens with (i) at least one Singapore Citizen child or are expecting one from the marriage, or at least three years of marriage, and (ii) where the Singapore Citizen sponsor is able to support the family.
All LTVP+ holders can be identified with their green visit pass cards, with the word ‘PLUS’ printed on the back of the card.

ENHANCED TRAINING SUPPORT FOR SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISE (SMEs) SCHEME (ETSS)

The ¹Enhanced Training Support for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) scheme (ETSS) is for company-sponsored participants who are subject to the eligibility criteria shown below:

SMEs that meet all of the following eligibility criteria:

Registered or incorporated in Singapore
Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million

SME-sponsored Trainees:

Must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents.
Courses have to be fully paid for by the employer.
Trainee is not a full-time national serviceman.

Further Info: This scheme is intended for all organisations, including non-business entities not registered with ACRA e.g. VWOs, societies, etc. Only ministries, statutory boards, and other government agencies are NOT eligible under Enhanced Training Support for SMEs Scheme. Sole proprietorships which meet all of the above criteria are also eligible.

SKILLSFUTURE MID-CAREER ENHANCED SUBSIDY (MCES)

The ²SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) is meant for employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and above.

SkillsFuture Credit

All Singaporeans aged 25 years old and above are eligible for SkillsFuture Credit (Opening SkillsFuture Credit and One-off SkillsFuture Credit Top Up) which can be used to offset course fees (for self-sponsored registrations only).

For more information on the SkillsFuture funding schemes you are eligible for, please visit www.skillsfuture.gov.sg

How course fees are calculated

TYPE	CATEGORY OF INDIVIDUALS
	International Participants	Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below, Singapore Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders	Employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above	SME-sponsored local employees (i.e Singapore Citizens, Singapore Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders)
	FUNDING SOURCE
	Not applicable for SkillsFuture Funding	SkillsFuture Funding (Baseline)	SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) ²	SkillsFuture Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) ¹
Full Course Fee	$4,000	$4,000	$4,000	$4,000
SkillsFuture Funding	Not Applicable	($2,800)	($3,600)	($3,600)
Nett Course Fee	$4,000	$1,200	$400	$400
GST 9%	$360	$108*	$108*	$108*
Total Nett Course Fee Payable to Training Provider	$4,360	$1,308	$508	$508

* Based on 30% of Full Course Fee

Find out more information about this course

For further enquiries, please contact:

Mr CHAI Lai Sing,
Email: lschai@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg ; or
Email: greencompass@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg