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Advanced Certificate in Future Workforce Architecture

  • Human Resource
  • Innovation & Business Improvement
Next Intake: 26 May 2025 (Mon)
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26 May 2025 (Mon) See Full Schedule
Fee
SGD13,080* (as low as SGD1,524 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

Module 1 - 2: 1 day per module

Module 3 - 7: 2 days per module

Level
Basic

Who Should Attend

Managers, HR professionals and business executives involved in organisation growth and workforce transformation. 

Pre-requisites

Participants should have:

  • a diploma/ degree

Overview

A modular programme designed to equip HR professionals and Business leaders to be architects of future workforce transformation.

In 2019, the International Labour Organisation or ILO published a report, titled “Work For A Brighter Future”. The report contains in-depth examination of the future of work done by their Global Commission on the Future of Work, which was launched in 2017 by ILO to study the impact on how Technological Development, Climate Change, Demographic Shifts and Globalisation would transform the world of work.

In the same year, the Society of HR Management or SHRM, did a study on the Future of Work to identify the leading elements impacting workforce and its immediate ramifications for organisations. Among the findings of the study reveal two key factors related to the role of HR professionals. One, there are significant skill gaps among the professionals to support the transformation of the workplace, and two, many of these gaps have been existing for quite some time and the fast-changing workplace has given a renewed urgency for HR professionals to fill these gaps.

Topic/Structure

Module 1: Diagnosing Workforce Gaps in Business Strategy

Module 2: Re-designing Work for The Future Workplace

Module 3: Designing Better Workplace for The Future of Work

Module 4: Workforce Planning for the Future of Work

Module 5: Digital HR - The Key to Organisational Transformation

Module 6: A Principle-based Approach to Employment Legislations and Guidelines

Module 7: Leading a Future-Focused People Strategy

Assessment

Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and have to complete all assessment(s) required by the course. Only upon meeting the minimum attendance and passing the assessment will participants be issued a Certificate of Completion.

Participants who fail the assessment will be given a chance for re-assessment at a fee of SGD100.00 (excluding prevailing GST). Each participant is allowed 1 re-assessment. The re-assessment has to be taken within 7 calendar days from the end of the course date. It will be held on a weekday specified by SMU Academy and conducted during office hours. Please note that re-assessment fees are not supported by SSG Funding.

Participants who meet the minimum attendance rate but do not achieve a pass for the assessment will be issued a Certificate of Participation.

Participants are required to bring their laptop to access the course materials, class exercises and individual assessment(s).

In order to be awarded with Advanced Certificate in Future Workforce Architecture, participants are required to complete all 7 modules within 2 years.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more infomation about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$3,924

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$1,524

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$3,924

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$1,524

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$1,524

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$1,524

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$13,080

(No Funding)

$13,080

(No Funding)

$13,080

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

Workfare Skills Support Scheme

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Company Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

  • Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
  • Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
  • Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
  • Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
  • Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here. 

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:

AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

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Additional Details

Programme Registration

Registrants are required to submit the following supporting documents via the registration system at the point of registration:

  1. Highest qualification certificate (scanned copy);

*Applications will be reviewed by our Programme Admissions Committee. The decision made by the committee is final and no request to review the decision or reveal the considerations leading to the decision would be entertained.

 

Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM)

This programme is part of Certified Professional Business Manager. Participants who successfully complete 6 courses/modules with a minimum of 15 training days, from a list of qualifying programmes (terms and conditions apply) within 5 years will receive the Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM). For example:

Please click here for CPBM details and list of qualifying programmes.

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