Jumbo Group fast tracks employee certification with Workplace Learning Ready mark

This benefitted over 200 employees.

Jumbo Group has become the first company to attain the Workplace Learning Ready mark, which enables it to accelerate the skills certification of its employees under the Workplace Skills Recognition (WPSR) programmem the government announced.

With the granting of the mark, Jumbo Group was able to fast track the Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) certification in Maintain Safe and Secure Work Environment offered by NYP’s Asian Culinary Institute (ACI) for over 200 employees, via the Assessment-only Pathway (AOP) route.

Nanyang Polytechnic’s (NYP) National Centre of Excellence for Workplace Learning (NACE) reviewed the company’s workplace learning practices as part of the programme.

ACI directly assessed and certified them at their workplace, eliminating the need to attend external training. Not only did this reduce training costs, this assessment process also saved Jumbo Group more than 2,200 man-hours. 

Ang Kiam Meng, group CEO of JUMBO Group of Restaurants, said this approach has also helped in retaining employees and keeping operations running.

“The WPSR programme has also helped JUMBO Group address manpower issues, particularly in light of the tight staffing challenges in the F&B industry. JUMBO Group has observed the significant impacts WPSR has brought to the company as well as the employees and they have since identified more areas for in-house training to be assessed through AOP,” authorities said. 

Jumbo Group plans to continue leveraging the WPSR to help its employees secure their needed certifications in areas such as customer service and culinary skills.

“The success enjoyed by the JUMBO Group attests to the strong value that can be unlocked through this WPSR approach. We encourage more companies to similarly take advantage of the WPSR and reap its benefits,” SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) Chief Executive Tan Kok Yam said. 

WPSR, which is led by NACE and supported by SSG, was first implemented in the  Food Services and Retail sectors. So far, about 100 companies have registered and 15 companies, including Jumbo Group, have successfully attained the WPL: READY mark.