SINGAPORE - SembWaste, the waste management arm of Sembcorp Industries, has set up a company training committee with the Building Construction and Timber Industries Employees' Union which is expected to benefit around 700 SembWaste employees.
Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed by SembWaste and BATU at the former's Material Recovery Facility on Thursday , a CTC will be set up, comprising union representatives and SembWaste management.More than 50 CTCs have been set up in Singapore but this is the first for the country's waste management industry.
"The waste management industry is still a very manual industry. People still have a stigma towards it - which is why we want to uplift the industry," said Mr Neo Hong Keat, senior vice president of Sembcorp Industries. "Through the PWM, people can see a career, and find purpose in what they do - I think that's what would make people want to join our industry," Mr Neo added.