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Carbon Footprinting through Life Cycle Assessment (42 HOURS)

In line with the global drive towards a net-zero goal, a carbon footprint is an effective Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for communicating a product’s environmental and sustainability performance. It is also an ideal indicator to reflect a company’s contributions and achievements in adopting green practices and technologies. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the underlying technique to assess carbon footprint, amongst other environmental impacts, associated with the entire life cycle, including raw material extraction, manufacturing, distribution, usage and end-of-life. Carbon footprinting through life cycle assessment provides visibility to the factors impacting a company’s bottom line, like energy consumption, materials utilisation and waste management. Increasing pressure from investors, governments, and customers is making life cycle assessment critical for any company pursuing sustainability goals.

About the Programme

The Carbon Footprinting through Life Cycle Assessment Programme focuses on life cycle thinking and assessment for industrial sustainability. It educates participants on the importance of life cycle thinking, followed by the introduction of the four major phases of LCA (ISO 14040:2006). The four major phases include 1) Goal and Scope definition, 2) Life Cycle Inventory Analysis, 3) Life Cycle Impact Assessment and 4) Interpretation. At the end of the programme, participants will be equipped with both knowledges about the methodology and hands-on experience to assess the environmental impact and effectively communicate the eco-performance of products.

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The four major phases of the Life Cycle Framework

This programme is designed for engineers and sustainability managers who wish to advance their competency in strategies for carbon management and improvement potentials. The knowledge gained during this programme benefits both the participants who stand to upgrade their individual expertise and their companies with the opportunity to improve their competitiveness. Unlike conventional theory-based classroom learning, this programme is delivered using SIMTech’s Learn-Practise-Implement™ (LPI™) pedagogical model over 42 training hours.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for sustainability initiative leaders, sustainability managers, engineers and managers of supply chain, procurement and operation management with a keen interest or basic knowledge in the areas of carbon footprinting through life cycle assessment. It’s applicable for individuals and organisations with the intention to

Implement life cycle assessment and carbon management to improve sustainability
Equip themselves with the skills for carbon footprint analysis and identification of environmental impact reduction potentials
Apply life cycle assessment to manage and optimise the product carbon footprint

ABOUT SIMTech’s LCC-LCA 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.

Course Outline

The programme employs the Learn-Practise-Implement™ (LPI™) pedagogy, where fundamental knowledge and principles taught will be reinforced with hands-on practices.

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Upon Completion of this Course

Electronic Statement of Attainment (SOA) certificates will be issued by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) to participants who have attended and attained competency in the Singapore Skills Framework training modules.

Participants must also meet the following criteria to receive their SOAs:

Achieve at least 75% course attendance;
Take all assessments; and
Pass the course.

Click here to learn more about the WSQ SOA Certificate.

(Sample) Statement of Attainment: SSG SOA

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 module is $4,000 before funding and prevailing GST.

Nett Course Fee

International Participants	Singapore Citizens, 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
$4,320	$1,296	$496	$496

All fees are inclusive of prevailing GST.

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.

¹ Under the Enhanced Training Support for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) scheme (ETSS), subject to 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.

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

Singaporeans aged 25 years old and above are eligible for SkillsFuture Credit 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.ssg.gov.sg

How course fees are calculated

TYPE	CATEGORY OF INDIVIDUALS
	International Participants	Singapore Citizens, 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
8% GST	$320	$96*	$96*	$96*
Total Nett Course Fee Payable to Training Provider	$4,320	$1,296	$496	$496

* Based on 30% of Full Course Fee

SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC)

The SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) was first introduced during the Singapore’s Budget 2020 and then recently expanded to a larger group of employers in Budget 2022. It encourages employers to invest in enterprise transformation and capabilities of their employees. Eligible employers will receive a one-off S$10,000 credit to cover up to 90% of out-of-pocket expenses on qualifying costs for supportable initiatives, over and above the support levels of existing schemes.

Submission of SFEC Claim

Employers are required to submit their SFEC claims manually via its microsite if they fulfil any of the following scenarios:

Employers have sent their foreign employees (excluding foreign employees who hold Long-Term Visit Pass Plus) for training on a SFEC eligible course;

Employers have sent their Singapore employees for courses conducted by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)’s appointed CET Centres and they are not eligible for additional enhanced course subsidy, such as Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) and/or Enhanced Training Support for SMEs scheme (ETSS);

Employers have sent their Permanent Resident employees and/or employees who are Long-Term Visit Pass Plus (LTVP+) Holders to attend courses conducted by SSG’s appointed CET Centres and they are not eligible for the Enhanced Training Support for SMEs scheme (ETSS).

Employers can only submit the claims for SFEC after their employees have completed the training course(s). Click here to download the SFEC Claim e-guide.

NOTE: You will require a Corppass account with "EPJS_User" role assigned prior to login to your account to manage your claims.

If you are unsure whether your company is eligible for SFEC, you may submit an enquiry to Enterprise Singapore (ESG) via here for their response.

Contact Us

For technical enquiries, please contact:

Ms TAN Yee Shee,
Email: tanys@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg

For general enquiries, please contact:

Mr Gary KWOK,
Email: gary_kwok@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg

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Registration

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Please register for this course through our Course Registration Form.
For the first question, please select Qn1: Modular Programmes
Applicants will be placed on our waiting list if the course does not have an upcoming scheduled intake.
Once the next intake is confirmed to commence, SIMTech will contact the applicants to share the class information.