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Understand Automation Assessment and Adoption Methodologies (40 hours)

Introduction

This training course aims to train and guide key personnel of companies to apply effective automation solutions to address the challenges in manpower constraints, rising competition, and low productivity. The course teaches the participants the methods for identifying the bottleneck processes and more importantly the skills for determining the suitable automation solutions. Cases relevant to company’s interests will be used to enhance the understanding of the methods. After the training, the participants are expected to be able to identify areas for implementing suitable automation solution for achieving their company’s business objective.

Why This Course

Designed specifically based on local industry demand
Highly practical and intensive
Latest knowledge and up-to-date automation technology
Case studies highlighting industrial automation applications
Expert trainers in the field with industrial experience

Who Should Attend

This module is designed for production managers, supervisors, production engineers, automation engineers, automation system developers, and other professionals involved in production planning, process and line automation from the industries including precision engineering, electronics, aerospace, food, logistics and marine & offshore.

Webinar

Our webinar was held on 11 February 2022 to offer an introduction to this course. You can also watch our webinar's video recording at our YouTube webpage.

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What You Will Learn

Automation Planning

Automation goal setting
Process scoping
Hot spot identification

Automation Assessment Method

Principle of decision making
Process decomposition
Impact factors ranking
Practice: Hands-on for process scoping for actual or past cases

Identification of automation alternatives

Concepts of design for automation
Approaches for cost effective automation
Practice: Hands-on for critical survey of automation solutions

Determination of automation solution

Practical considerations for automation implementation
Application of multi-criterial decision-making method
Practice: Hands-on for automation solution identification

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.

Find out more about the WSQ SOA certificate.

Note: Trainees will have to bear the full course fee upon failure to meet either one of the criteria.

Sample: Statement of Attainment (SOA) Certificate 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 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
$4,320	$1,296	$496	$496

All fees are inclusive of GST 8%.

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.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
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:

Dr LIN Wei,
Email: wlin@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg

For general enquiries, please contact:

Mr Joshua THONG,
Email: cmthong@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg

Registration

Please register for this course through our Course Registration Form for Public Classes.
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.

Collateral

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Schedule

WSQ Module	Skills Course Reference Number	Training Period (Click on dates to view schedules)	Registration Status
Understand Automation Assessment and Adoption Methodologies (40 hours)	TGS-2021009266

Note: SIMTech and ARTC reserve the right to change the class/schedule/course fee or any details about the course without prior notice to the participants.

Announcement:

From 1 Oct 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)'s funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. More information may be viewed here.
There is an increase of our nett course fees due to GST 9% for all intakes commencing in Year 2024. We will progressively update our collaterals to reflect the new fees by end December 2023.

Sessions

: Full day