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DIRECTORY OF SINGAPORE PROCESS & CHEMICALS INDUSTRIES 2022/2023
5. INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING
The current industry-leading coating inspection certifications, the NACE Coating Inspector Program (CIP) and the SSPC Protective Coatings Inspector (PCI) programmes, have been combined to create the AMPP Coating Inspector Program. ASPRI-IPI is collaborating with The Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) to support AMPP level 1 Basic Coatings Inspector Certification. Trainees in Singapore are required to perform the basic coating inspections using non-destructive techniques and instrumentation in AITC blasting and painting lab.
Beside the AMPP level 1 Basic Coatings Inspector Certification, ASPRI-IPI is in close discussion with AMPP to offer the C7 (Abrasive Blaster Certification) and C12 (Spray Application Certification) to Singapore contractors and applicators.
6. ASPRI-IPI TRAINING STATISTIC
Since it shifted to the ASPRI Integrated Training Centre (AITC) at 5D Jalan Papan in 2016, ASPRI-IPI has offered more relevant training courses to the Process sector. In 2020, due to COVID-19 and the related control in safe management measures, there was a significant drop in the in-person training numbers. But ASPRI-IPI was quick to incorporate digitalisation in its training delivery. During the year, a record of more than 199,000 training hours was clocked via eLearning from the Process sector. ASPRI-IPI also delivered more than 1 million training hours to the sector since the shift to the AITC.
ASPRI-IPI will continue to offer quality training to improve the livelihood of the Process workforce.
Training headcounts
FY16/17
FY17/18
FY 18/19
FY19/20
FY20/21
FY21/22
In-person
eLearning
Accumulative total
In-person
eLearning
Accumulative total
4,700
0
4,700
54,000
0
12,700
0
17,400
175,000
0
26,800
0
44,200
253,600
0
30,000
0
74,200
267,000
0
6,600
77,100
157,900
79,500
199,700
9,100
17,200
184,200
124,400
40,500
Training hours
FY16/17
FY17/18
FY 18/19
FY19/20
FY20/21
FY21/22
54,000
229,000
482,600
749,600
1,028,800
1,193,700
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