The Employability Skills Workforce Skills Qualifications  (ES WSQ) identifies five essential categories of skills to build a strong foundation for our workforce. These include higher order thinking skill for Professionals, Managers and Executives (PMEs) and for Rank and File (RnF) workers.

For PMEs:
	Through the EDGE programme, you can gain the competitive edge you need to be on top, with high-value transferable soft skills to excel in this knowledge-based economy.
For Rank and File workers:
	Enhance your portable skills, and become a more productive and better-skilled employee.
	Refine your communication skills with improved English listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Increase your practical performance with better mathematical skills.

Please click here to see the competency map of the framework.

Please click here to search for the competency standards of the framework.

For PMEs:

• Executive Development and Growth for Excellence (EDGE)

For Rank and File workers:

• The Workplace Skills (WPS) Series
• The Workplace Literacy (WPL) and Workplace Numeracy (WPN) Series
  

To keep up with the changing needs of a knowledge-based economy, the EDGE programme aims to equip PMEs with the soft skills needed in a diverse workplace.

The Workplace Skills Series are offered at two occupational levels - Operations and Supervisory.

The WPS training modules may be taken individually by workers to address specific gaps in current skills, or as a complete programme cumulating to a Career Readiness Certificate (CRC). Below are the courses under the WPS series:

Workplace Literacy (WPL) - improves your English literacy (Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing)

• WPL (Comprehensive) programme covers English Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing skills (90 hours)
• WPL (Conversational) programme covers English Reading, Listening and Speaking skills (45 hours)
• WPL (Writing) programme covers English Reading & Writing skills (45 hours)

Workplace Numeracy (WPN) - improves your Numeracy

There are eight language proficiency levels in the WPLN series starting from pre-beginning (Level 1) through proficient use of the language (Level 8). A Statement of Attainment (SOA) will be issued to certify your current level of proficiency for each test you take.

Before applying for WPLN training, you will have to go through an assessment to be placed into the right training level.

The WPLN Assessment can be taken as different combinations of the following five components:

• Numeracy
• Reading
• Listening
• Speaking
• Writing

Each component takes about 30 to 60 minutes to complete.

Training recommendation will be based on the selected WPL or WPN training pathway with relevant modalities for WPLN assessment.

The WPLN assessments are computer-based. Assistance will be given to participants with little or no computer skills to help them get used to the use of the mouse and have a go at the practice assessments.

Who can take the assessment?

• Minimum Age
  • 16 years old
  • If you are taking the assessment in order to enter ITE's part-time Nitec and Higher Nitec courses, MOE has set a minimum age rule for female (18 years old) and male (20 years old - after serving National Service).
• Basic Understanding of English Language
  • To write your name and your particulars without much difficulty

You will be awarded an SOA for the respective level of Literacy (Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing) and Numeracy attained.

• Statement of Attainment (SOA) 
• Career Readiness Certificate (CRC)

Statement of Attainment (SOA)

For Workplace Literacy (WPL), you will achieve up to four SOAs, instead of one, upon completing the Workplace Literacy (WPL) Assessment. This is because the WPL Assessment assesses your Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing abilities separately. An SOA is issued for each of the four components assessed.

For Workplace Numeracy (WPN), you will receive an SOA upon completing the WPN assessment.

For Workplace Skills (WPS) training, you will receive a Statement of Attainment (SOA) upon completing a WPS training module and being assessed as competent at the end of the training. This means that you are certified by the SSG as being able to perform a task appropriate to your occupational level and work demands.

Career Readiness Certificate (CRC)

Upon obtaining the required SOAs under WPL, WPN and WPS/EDGE, you are eligible to apply for a Career Readiness Certificate (CRC).

The CRC also offers flexibility by including a limited number of industry-specific training drawn from other WSQ industry skills courses. A total of ten SOAs are required to achieve the CRC.

Requirements for the Career Readiness Certificate

For ES WPLN WSQ assessments, please contact the Centre for Employability Skills (CES).  For ES WSQ training, please contact our Approved Training Organisations (ATOs).

Centre for Employability Skills

• Provides Workplace Literacy (WPL) and Workplace Numeracy (WPN) Assessments
• CES is located at:
  Lifelong Learning Institute 
  11 Eunos Road 8, #02-01
  Singapore 408601
  Tel: 6883 5885 Fax: 6709 4268
  

Online Registration

Click here for immediate registration.

Please ascertain your eligibility and ensure that you are not within the lock-out period.

Kindly observe the following:

• Please use your NRIC or passport name
• Upon successful registration and payment online, please print out the registration summary
• To speed up the verification process at the counter, kindly bring along the registration summary for the assessment

Terms and Conditions: Please note that availability of assessment slot is on a first-come-first-served basis and registration closes five (5) working days¹before the scheduled assessment date.

¹ A working day means Mondays to Fridays between 8:30am and 5.30pm, excluding all gazetted public holidays.

Three-Month Lock-Out Period

Candidates who have not undergone or completed the WPLN training programme after the pre-training assessment have to observe a three-month lock out period between assessments. This policy would not apply to those who have attended and completed the recommended WPLN training programme.

Payment

All payments must be made online during registration and assessment slots will only be confirmed with full payment successfully transacted. Please print the registration summary as evidence of payment.

Rescheduling of Assessment Date

Please note that all registrations and payments made are strictly non-transferable between different organisations and individuals. Request to reschedule assessment date are subjected to the following:

• All requests must be made no later than five (5) working days before the assessment date by calling CES (Tel: 6883 5885) during office hours
  • For example, if the assessment date is on 25 July 2016, you can only reschedule the test before 18 July 2016 during office hours and thus, will not be able to make any changes on or after 19 July 2016
• The re-scheduled assessment date must be within one (1) month from the initial assessment date
• No refund will be made after one (1) month if the assessment is not taken
• You are allowed to reschedule an assessment date once
• Requests to reschedule assessment dates received after 5:30pm on Mondays to Fridays will be considered as being transacted on the next working day. Rescheduling requests received on Saturdays and Sundays (including gazetted public holidays) will be considered as being transacted on the next working day
• CES reserves the right at all times to request for additional information to support the rescheduling of an assessment date

Refund/Cancellation Policy

Prior to registration, please ascertain your eligibility as no refunds will be made. Similarly, there will be no refund for candidates who are barred from taking the assessment due to violation of the rules and regulations of the assessment centre, such as and not limited to:

• Failing to bring photo identification such as NRIC or Passport
• Attempting to take any assessment within the lock out period
• Being late for more than ten minutes after designated assessment start time

Scheduled assessment dates may be cancelled if requests are communicated to CES within five (5) working days prior to the scheduled assessment date. 

For example, if the assessment date is on 25 July 2016, you may cancel the assessment before 18 July 2016 during office hours and will not be able to make any cancellation requests on or after 19 July 2016. Cancellation requests received after 5:30pm on Mondays to Fridays will be considered as being transacted on the next working day. Cancellation requests received on Saturdays and Sundays (including gazetted public holidays) will be considered as being transacted on the next working day.

All refunds will require at least nine (9) weeks of processing time and a cheque shall be sent to you via post.

Signing up for Workplace Literacy & Numeracy Assessments

Outcome of Workplace Literacy & Numeracy Assessments

• For Reading, Listening and Numeracy assessments, candidates will be able to receive the levels attained immediately after the assessments.
• For Speaking and Writing assessments, candidates will be able to receive the levels attained approximately 2 to 3 weeks after the assessments as the script will need to be marked by a panel of experienced scorers.

Assessment Fee

^* The above charges are exclusive of GST charges. All GST charges are borne by participants / companies requesting the appraisals.

Signing up for EDGE, WPS and WPLN training

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