SDF Funding for New Horizons Corporate Training

The Skills Development Fund (SDF) was established in October 1979 with the institution of the Skills Development Levy (SDL) Act with the primary objective of encouraging employers to invest in skills upgrading of the workforce. The SDF does this by offering assistance as an incentive to companies to mount training programmes for employees. Incentives are offered on the basis of a cost-sharing principle and the training must be relevant to the economic development of Singapore. The amount of incentives that a company can obtain is not tied to the levy contribution.

Principle of Operation

The operation of the Assistance Schemes is guided by the following fundamental principles:

1. The SDF offers assistance specifically as incentives for companies to undertake worker training. Assistance is not given as subsidies for training.
2. SDF assistance is awarded only for employer-based training to ensure that training has the accountability of the workplace. The company must identify the training required to upgrade its employees and undertake to fully fund the training programmes.

Criteria for Support

To qualify for support, a Training Programme must have the following:

• Specific performance objectives, i.e. the skills, knowledge and attitudes to be attained must be specified;
• Schedule of training activities/lesson plans*;
• Specified duration of training;
• Guided instruction, i.e., conducted by qualified instructors; and
• Test(s) to assess attainment of training objectives.

* An On-the-Job Training (OJT) programme should be supported with an OJT Training Plan. An OJT Training Plan should contain information on the main tasks, task elements, key points, task standards, knowledge and skills required, training guidelines and OJT hours. In addition, the attendance of the trainees must be recorded in an OJT Attendance Log.

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