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A friend is coming to Singapore with family including a son who hopes to gain an apprenticeship to become an electrician.

Do we do apprenticeships in Singapore???

 

How do electricians become qualified??

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UncleAtas

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A friend is coming to Singapore with family including a son who hopes to gain an apprenticeship to become an electrician.

Do we do apprenticeships in Singapore???

 

How do electricians become qualified??

 

They become qualified once they have the experience from all sorts of electrical issues.

 

How old is the son? ITE has a lot of short courses for Electrical topics.

 

If apprentice in company, doubt Singapore practice that.

 

Waste time & money.

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Sosaria

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There is earn n learn programme now in singapore. Essentially the student (fresh ite or poly grad) get employed by a company then sent on a training course jointly developed by the company and a poly. Poly get to report the numbers (their kpi) and company gets grants ($) for each trainee.

 

Upon completing the course, the student is employed by the company. But it's entry level paying 1.8k or so.

 

This is our apprenticeship here, and only some sectors are offered, you need to check with skillsfuture singapore website.

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apprenticeship is like free labor but without certification and experience, there are many in Singapore already, and they are called foreign workers :D

 

seriously apprenticeship in technical work is like hard labor, you will be better off do it in ang moh countries, Australia or NZ.

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UncleAtas

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The guy is 16yo so from Sosaria post he may be too young.

 

16yr old and thinking of apprenticing as an electrical tech.

 

Our 16yr old here is still in baby land.

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Kangadrool

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Best place is in Oktoberfest.  [laugh]

 

Everyone here is called

 

executive for clerk

assistant manager for chief clerk

engineer for technician/mechanic

specialist for highly paid coordinator

 

Seriously, title is very important for many people here including employers. That's why some inflate their titles in their LinkedIn and resumes. Seen so many already. As an apprentice, you may not have the dignity to talk to anyone. Apply credit card, put apprentice as employment also very paisay. May face outright rejection. [:p]

 

 

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Sosaria

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apprenticeship is like free labor but without certification and experience, there are many in Singapore already, and they are called foreign workers :D

 

seriously apprenticeship in technical work is like hard labor, you will be better off do it in ang moh countries, Australia or NZ.

Correct. I feel apprenticeships scheme here still have long way to go. In europe, no one bats an eye about young people going in as apprentice. Why not? Especially if they are not inclined towards academics, it is a way to a respectable well-paid profession.

 

Respect. Well-paid. Professional. These elements are still somewhat lacking in our apprenticeship scheme here though govt working very hard to change people's mindsets, the elite must set the example. How many allow their kids to go into these schemes? I think the kid's mom n pop allowance is more than the apprentice salary [laugh]

 

Side track a bit : i was reading about white house chief of staff John Kelly ... this guy is a former marine general, but he started as enlisted men. Even his son started as enlisted men though dad was already high up by then. It's not something strange in US. Likewise apprentices should be thought of in this light. A good starting point, but not the end point that determines your station in life.

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UncleAtas

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If he is very experienced, he can apply for LEW License. Else have to enrol into ITE power course.

 

No LEW license, he cannot legally do electrical work.

 

https://elise.ema.gov.sg/elise/newworkerapplicationservlet?lic_type=EL

 

Those certified electrical engineers subcon by petrol stations, they really jack their price because no one else can do the job.

 

Stand there and use eye power earn a few hundred.

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Sosaria

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https://elise.ema.gov.sg/elise/newworkerapplicationservlet?lic_type=EL

 

why choose this trade? out there every othr 'electrians' you encountered is not licensed. just walk into any construction site to check if you can find one. even the person supervising or checking are not qualified 

 

Those contractors that you hire to install electrical items in your home, e.g. lights, water heater, etc. all supposed to be LEW, but honestly does anyone really check? [laugh]

 

Only when cases of electrical fire or electric shock happens, then find out that the work is done by unlicensed or unqualified people. I think even insurance claims will run into problems.

 

Some people have the engineering background willing to run wires and DIY install lights etc. at home - this is quite common, but also unlicensed and at their own risk.

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Evillusion

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Last time bukit merah there got German engineering school

30 years ago

:grin:

that wan is JSI, Japan Singapore Institute, also got FSI- France Singapote, GSI-German Singapore opposite Science Centre back in 80s/90s. Now they are located and integrated with Nanyang Poly.

Correct. I feel apprenticeships scheme here still have long way to go. In europe, no one bats an eye about young people going in as apprentice. Why not? Especially if they are not inclined towards academics, it is a way to a respectable well-paid profession.

 

Respect. Well-paid. Professional. These elements are still somewhat lacking in our apprenticeship scheme here though govt working very hard to change people's mindsets, the elite must set the example. How many allow their kids to go into these schemes? I think the kid's mom n pop allowance is more than the apprentice salary [laugh]

 

Side track a bit : i was reading about white house chief of staff John Kelly ... this guy is a former marine general, but he started as enlisted men. Even his son started as enlisted men though dad was already high up by then. It's not something strange in US. Likewise apprentices should be thought of in this light. A good starting point, but not the end point that determines your station in life.

thats what is wrong with our society.....manual tradesman work is considered low class and the pay is paltry. Western countries will pay a good salary if one is an experienced tradesman!
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thats what is wrong with our society.....manual tradesman work is considered low class and the pay is paltry. Western countries will pay a good salary if one is an experienced tradesman!

nothing wrong, it has been this way since day 1 from history.

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