The provision of training and development opportunities for older workers in Singapore organisations remains low. TAFEP’s 2015 Study on the “Preparedness of Employers in Managing an Ageing Workforce” found that only 33.5% of organisations had career developmental opportunities for older workers. Furthermore, only 21.5% of organisations had customised programmes or skills upgrading programmes for older workers. Training and development should be an essential part of the career advancement plan for all your employees, regardless of their age. With relevant training, older workers can continuously hone their skills, become more productive and extend their employability.

Specific job skills, abilities, knowledge and competencies needed in the workplace are not efficiently taught in the formal education. For employees to be flexible and effective at their job, they need to acquire and develop knowledge and skills, and believe that they are valued by the organization they work for.

Therefore, they need to see valuable signs of management commitments to their training needs. Each new employee must be properly trained - not only to develop technical skills, but to also make them an integral part of the organization. Our objective will be to improve the employees’ competencies to be effective and efficient in their organisation by applying the relevant skills and knowledge attained from CBL at work.