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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) facilitated the development and implementation of the pathway, which was formulated in consultation with NTUC, its affiliated National Private Hire Vehicles Association and National Taxi Association, and the National Transport Workers\u2019 Union.<\/p>\n
Both the career conversion programme and new pathway are administered by the Singapore National Employers Federation.<\/p>\n
Ms Dilys Boey, chief executive of the Skills and Workforce Development Agency, said workers need access to different pathways as Singapore’s transport landscape evolves. She added that the training builds on drivers’ existing experience while equipping them with emerging competencies needed in the broader transport industry.<\/p>\n
NTUC’s assistant secretary-general Yeo Wan Ling said taxi and private-hire drivers will remain needed even as autonomous vehicles are introduced.<\/p>\n
“We are also working with the public transport operators on flexible work arrangements, so that drivers have the option of balancing bus driving and other work opportunities,” said Ms Yeo, who is adviser to the National Private Hire Vehicles Association and National Taxi Association, and executive secretary of the National Transport Workers’ Union.<\/p>\n
“As mobility evolves, we will continue working to create more opportunities and pathways for our drivers, so that the future of mobility provides flexibility, viable livelihoods and meaningful choices for them.”<\/p>\n
Singapore’s four public bus operators \u2013 SBS Transit, SMRT Buses, Tower Transit and Go-Ahead Singapore \u2013 welcomed the move, saying more bus drivers will strengthen the manpower pipeline and support the industry’s needs.<\/p>\n
In June, the operators, the LTA and the National Transport Workers’ Union announced higher starting salaries and larger sign-on bonuses for new Singaporean and permanent resident bus drivers from next year to help attract and retain drivers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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