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CNA
4 days ago
- Business
- CNA
CAAS to launch S$200 million fund to develop aviation sector workforce
SINGAPORE: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will establish a S$200 million (US$156 million) fund to support the aviation sector's manpower needs, it said on Friday (Jul 18). Named the OneAviation Manpower Fund, it will back initiatives to attract, develop and retain the aviation workforce in Singapore. Schemes tapping on the fund will be designed together with unions, aviation employers and educational partners, and target specific manpower development needs for the sector, said CAAS in a news release. The S$200 million is part of a S$1 billion sum previously announced in March to support Singapore's air hub development over the next five years. In addition, CAAS and Workforce Singapore (WSG) have jointly published a jobs transformation report for Singapore's aviation sector. It takes stock of the current workforce, identifies future trends and develops programmes to help Singaporeans seize future opportunities in the sector. The report was launched by Senior Minister of State for Transport and National Development Sun Xueling on Friday at the OneAviation Careers and Education Fair 2025 at the Suntec City Convention Centre. This is the first comprehensive manpower study of Singapore's aviation sector, with insights gathered from over 200 companies and detailed workshops conducted with key companies, said CAAS. "MEGATRENDS" IMPACTING AVIATION JOBS According to the report, the key "megatrends" that will impact aviation jobs and skills over the next five years include digitalisation, data and artificial intelligence (AI), as well as automation and robotics. It added that these trends will transform current jobs and create new ones in the sector, affecting up to 30 per cent of the workforce. The sector must respond to such trends to stay competitive and resilient, said CAAS. One example is how automation, robotics and digitalisation can transform the traditionally labour-intensive nature of airport ground handling services. In addition, the report noted that Singapore's aviation sector directly employs more than 60,000 workers, and that this workforce will grow along with rising air travel demand. It identified 31 operational job functions vital to day-to-day air hub operations, including pilots and cabin crew, baggage and cargo handling professionals, aircraft engineers, aviation security officers and in-flight catering chefs. "The sector will continue to build a pipeline of skilled professionals to fulfil these functions as the air hub grows," said CAAS. As part of such efforts, CAAS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Friday with nine institutes of higher learning, bringing the sector and the institutions together to identify changing training needs, develop curriculum and offer internships and in-house training. The aviation authority also inked an MOU on the same day with various organisations, including AI Singapore, to work towards building a pool of AI talent for aviation and using the technology to improve labour productivity. In addition, Workforce Singapore will develop a playbook later this year to help aviation employers identify vital skillsets for emerging job roles and implement job redesign opportunities, said CAAS. "The International Air Transport Association (IATA) projects global air passenger demand to double over the next 20 years. As a premier air hub, Singapore is well-placed to capture this growth," said CAAS director-general Han Kok Juan. "As we grow, the Singapore aviation sector will provide new and exciting career opportunities for Singaporeans, now, and in the future," he added. The various initiatives by the CAAS, including the S$200 million fund and the agreements inked, will provide a "big boost" to Singapore's efforts to develop its aviation workforce, he added.
CNA
4 days ago
- Business
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - Mind Your Money - Are gig workers the new answer to manpower shortage?
As manpower shortages grow, more businesses are turning to gig workers to stay nimble. Cheryl Goh speaks to Julian Tan, Founder & CEO of FastCo, to explore how flexible talent is helping companies adapt and why more people are choosing gig work as a long-term path.
Russia Today
7 days ago
- Politics
- Russia Today
Ukraine needs people not weapons
Kiev's greatest challenge in the ongoing conflict with Moscow is not a lack of Western weapons, but a critical shortage of manpower, Ukrainian lawmaker Anna Skorokhod has said. US President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to provide Ukraine with more weapons – funded by European NATO states – and threatened Moscow with 'severe tariffs' if no peace deal is reached within 50 days. 'We've heard something like this before, and I say it's a game,' Skorokhod said in an interview with the Ukrainian political YouTube channel Superposition. 'Our main problem is people. Nobody is giving us people,' she added. 'We can expect Trump to decide on providing weapons, but I want to emphasize that war cannot last forever.' The Ukrainian lawmaker dismissed Trump's ultimatum to Moscow as political maneuvering, arguing that none of the key players can afford to lose what even US Secretary of State Marco Rubio once openly described as a 'proxy war' with Russia. In a separate video last week, Skorokhod criticized official casualty figures as misleading and urged citizens to examine cemeteries and Red Cross data on missing persons to grasp the true scale of the losses. 'Just look at the demographic situation... If we are heading toward erasing the nation to zero, we are very quickly and successfully succeeding in this,' she warned. Ukraine's population was just under 52 million when it declared independence in 1991 amid the USSR's collapse. By the time of the last census in 2001, that number had dropped to 48.5 million. A 2024 government demographic report estimates the population in Kiev-controlled territories at 31.1 million. Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky officially acknowledged fewer than 50,000 military casualties as of February, but third-party estimates and increasingly harsh forced mobilization measures suggest the actual number is much higher. At the same time, Kiev is bracing for continued labor shortages, as many Ukrainians who fled since the escalation of the conflict in 2022 show little intention of returning. Moscow has accused Kiev of waging a war 'to the last Ukrainian' on behalf of Western nations, with Russian President Vladimir Putin saying that Ukraine's recruitment officers are grabbing people 'like dogs on the street.'
France 24
04-07-2025
- Politics
- France 24
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