Applicants for the CFP must meet the following entry criteria:

a) Must currently be providing education and/or career guidance / coaching as their primary job role in their company/organisation. They must be conducting career development facilitation in organisations, serving workers and/or groups with special needs, providing career advisory services to students in career centres at educational institutions or working in organisations managing career services and online portals, OR

b) Will be offering advanced education and/or career guidance / coaching in their organisation either on one-on-one or group basis

c) Effective verbal and written communication skills in the use of the English Language.

An application must be accompanied by the following supporting document:

a) For employer/company-sponsored applicant

-  The completed Company Sponsorship Form endorsed by the employer/sponsoring company.

b) For self-sponsored applicant

-   A letter from an authorised person using the host company's/organisation’s official letterhead and company stamp confirming that the applicant is currently providing or will be providing education and/or career guidance / coaching services either on a pro-bono or paid basis to the company’s / organisation’s employees or clients.

-   As the CFP is an outcome-based programme funded by SSG, this letter is to confirm that participants attending the course will be able to apply and optimise the knowledge and skills acquired by offering their education and/or career guidance / coaching services in the host company / organisation.

Total Learning: 89hrs

Total Assessment: 3.5hrs

8 days Training + 6 Webinars + Assessment

Training hours: 9am to 5pm

There are 3 modules based on the competencies. Participants of the CFP will acquire the following competencies:

Participants who meet and successfully complete and pass all the training and assessment with a minimum of 75% attendance will be awarded the WSG Career Facilitation Programme Certificate of Completion.

The Career Facilitation Programme is part of the WSG Career Development Framework (WSG CDF) for Career Practitioners. This is a practice-based credentialing framework. Participants who meet the requirements for the WSG Certified Career Practitioner (CCP) may apply for the credential.  To find out more about the WSG CDF credential, please visit this webpage: bit.ly/CDF_Credential

WSG Career Facilitation Programme (CFP) has been accredited by the Institute for Human Resource Professionals (IHRP).

IHRP Certified Professionals will be able to log 89.5 CPD hours after completing the course.

More information of the IHRP Certification may be found here: https://ihrp.sg

a) Applicants must meet the eligibility criteria and fulfil all requirements for course registration to be accepted into the course. Workforce Singapore (WSG)'s decision on the outcome of a course registration is final.

b) All information provided in the registration form must be true and correct, and applicants must not deliberately omit and/or misrepresent any material information or fact. Any false information or misleading declaration shall render them liable for disqualification from the course without refund of course fee paid.

c) Those who are accepted for the course will receive a notification email, informing them of the course fee payable and instructions on course fee payment. Course fee payment must be made before course commencement.

d) Self-sponsored applicants will only be enrolled into the course upon full payment of course fee. For company-sponsored applicants, e-invoices will be sent to their companies for course fee payment.

Enrolled participants who meet the following criteria will be eligible for course fee funding:

a) Singapore Citizen (SC) or Singapore Permanent Resident (PR);

b) Meet at least 75% attendance for all modes of training for the course; 

c) Assessed as “competent” for each module or end-of-course assessment; and

d) Those who are granted funding upon enrolment but are unable to meet the above requirements will have their course fee funding withdrawn. They will be required to pay the shortfall in course fee (i.e. the funded amount) to the Workforce Singapore Agency.

a) Participants who failed to meet the attendance and assignment requirements for the course will not be allowed to sit for assessment.

b) They are required to put up a request for course and/or assessment deferment in writing using the prescribed Deferment Form obtainable from the course administrator at cpd@wsg.gov.sg. The request must be received by the course administrator at least five (5) working days from the course/module start date or the assessment start date.

c) The following non-refundable fee is payable for each deferment request. Such a request will be processed upon payment of the full fee.

Absence during Assessment

a) Participants who are unable to sit for their assessment must inform the assessor and the Course Administrator in advance. Participants will be given a 15-minute grace period for lateness after which they will be considered as “absent” for their

a) Participants who did not sit for their assessment or those assessed as “Not Yet Competent” at the end of their assessment are required to sit for re-assessment. Not more than two (2) re-assessments are allowed for a course.

b) A request for re-assessment must be made via email to cpd@wsg.gov.sg. The request should reach the Course Administrator not later than three (3) working days from the date of their scheduled assessment.

c) The following non-refundable Reassessment Fee is payable for such a request.

The request for reassessment will be processed upon payment of the full fee. Participants will be informed of the outcome of their request within five (5) working days from the date of request.

a) An enrolled participant may be allowed to withdraw from a course due to valid reason. Only withdrawal due to medical condition and on compassionate grounds will be considered as valid reasons. No refund of course fee will be given for withdrawal without valid reason.

b) For a company-sponsored applicant, the company may replace the enrolled participant with another participant from the same company who meets the eligibility criteria for the course.

c) For course withdrawal due to valid reason, course fee refund will be subject to the following: