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Advance your career through skills upgrading

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WSQ allows individuals to take charge of their career advancement.

The WSQ system can help individuals in the following ways:

Plan career path and acquire new skills to enter a new sector or job role
Upgrade skills and advance career
Achieve qualifications and certifications that demonstrate skills sets to employers
Obtain portable credentials to improve employability and mobility
Assess and certify capabilities against industry-established work standards

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WSQ develops skills and competencies in two aspects: Technical and Generic.

Technical Skills and Competencies	Generic Skills and Competencies
Technical skills and competencies comprise occupation, job-specific skills and competencies that an individual needs to perform various job tasks.	Generic skills and competencies refer to employability and transferable skills and competencies that are applicable across job roles. They help every individual adapt to new job demands and bring relevant skills across different jobs.
Aerospace Assembly and Test Clinical Research Community and Social Services Creative Industries Early Childhood Care and Education Environmental Cleaning Financial Industry Floristry Food and Beverage Generic Manufacturing Skills Healthcare Support Hotel and Accommodation Services Human Resource Information and Communications Technology Intellectual Property Landscape Logistics Port Services Precision Engineering Process Industry Public Transport Retail Security Textile and Fashion Tour and Travel Services Tourism Training and Adult Education Workplace Safety and Health for Marine Industry Wafer Fabrication Waste Management	Employability Skills - Executive Development and Growth for Excellence Employability Skills - Workplace Skills Series Employability Skills - Workplace Literacy and Workplace Numeracy Series Employability Skills - Chinese Workplace Literacy Business Management Leadership and People Management Occupational Hygiene Service Excellence Workplace Safety and Health Professional