{"id":14786,"date":"2021-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/05\/18\/jewellery-training-now-enjoys-generous-skillsfuture-funding\/"},"modified":"2021-05-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T00:00:00","slug":"jewellery-training-now-enjoys-generous-skillsfuture-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/05\/18\/jewellery-training-now-enjoys-generous-skillsfuture-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewellery training now enjoys generous SkillsFuture Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a018 May&#13;<br \/>\n2021\u00a0&#8211;<b> <\/b>As part of a concerted effort by SkillsFuture Singapore,&#13;<br \/>\nWorkforce Singapore, Enterprise Singapore and the Ministry of Trade and Industry,&#13;<br \/>\nand thanks to the strong support of the Singapore Jewellers Association, 28&#13;<br \/>\ncourses from the Jewellery Design &amp; Management International School (JDMIS)&#13;<br \/>\nare now supported under SkillsFuture initiatives. This development ensures that&#13;<br \/>\nthe jewellery industry in Singapore evolves with the changing economy and&#13;<br \/>\ntechnologies; it enables companies and individuals to remain up to date with&#13;<br \/>\nthe latest skills and knowledge in this creative field.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Tanja Sadow, the Dean and Director of&#13;<br \/>\nJDMIS, said: &#8220;We would like to express heartfelt thanks to SkillsFuture&#13;<br \/>\nSingapore, the Singapore Jewellers Association and the many passionate&#13;<br \/>\nindividuals from all agencies, associations and local jewellery business&#13;<br \/>\npartners, who worked tirelessly with us to achieve this level of support for&#13;<br \/>\nour industry. This is an important step in improving Singapore&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\ncompetitiveness and relevance in the global jewellery stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>JDMIS 30-hour professional certification&#13;<br \/>\ncourses include expert training in gemstone knowledge, classical and digital&#13;<br \/>\njewellery design, jewellery hand-fabrication using traditional methods and new&#13;<br \/>\ntechnologies, fashion jewellery, trends and jewellery business topics. Each&#13;<br \/>\ncourse includes all necessary tools and materials such as gems and precious&#13;<br \/>\nmetals (which participants keep and take home after class.) Course fees range&#13;<br \/>\nfrom $1,800 to $2,850.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>All are now eligible for SkillsFuture&#13;<br \/>\nBaseline funding (amounting to $435) for younger Singaporeans and Permanent&#13;<br \/>\nResidents. Citizens over 40 can additionally avail of the SkillsFuture&#13;<br \/>\nMid-career enhanced training subsidies (providing total support of $1,450.)&#13;<br \/>\nCompanies sending staff for training receive similarly generous subsidies as&#13;<br \/>\nwell as the ability to claim absentee payroll for workers they send for&#13;<br \/>\ntraining. In-line with Singapore&#8217;s support for the growth of Small and Medium&#13;<br \/>\nEnterprises, these organizations also receive enhanced support for training&#13;<br \/>\ntheir employees in the latest jewellery skills.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Finally, the course tuition fees can be&#13;<br \/>\nfurther offset using SkillsFuture credits given to all Singaporeans aged 25 and&#13;<br \/>\nabove in an initiative by the government to promote lifelong learning and&#13;<br \/>\nencourage Singaporeans to take ownership of their skills development. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>With these various options, the JDMIS has&#13;<br \/>\nbeen leveraging SSG&#8217;s data interchange initiative to create a simple&#13;<br \/>\nSkillsFuture calculator on all of its course pages online. Interested&#13;<br \/>\napplicants can quickly determine the level of funding and payable amount for&#13;<br \/>\neach course based on their residential status, age and SkillsFuture credits. They&#13;<br \/>\ncan then enrol and start their training using a streamlined application and&#13;<br \/>\nadministration process.<\/p>\n<p>Given the recent restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID19 in Singapore, JDMIS has implemented synchronous eLearning options so that students enrolled in ongoing courses can continue their jewellery training online from the comfort and safety of their home.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>To learn more about JDMIS and the various&#13;<br \/>\njewellery specialisations available, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/jdmis.edu.sg\/\">https:\/\/jdmis.edu.sg<\/a>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-05-18\/77680\/jewellery-training-now-enjoys-generous-skillsfuture-funding\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211;\u00a018 May&#13; 2021\u00a0&#8211; As part of a concerted effort by SkillsFuture Singapore,&#13; Workforce Singapore, Enterprise Singapore and the Ministry of Trade and Industry,&#13; and thanks to the strong support of the Singapore Jewellers Association, 28&#13; courses from the Jewellery Design &amp; Management International School (JDMIS)&#13; are now supported under SkillsFuture initiatives. 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