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    MANPOWER PLANNING AND EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL
    PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

    About the programme

    SkillsPlus is an initiative to provide funding assistance to eligible local jobseekers, i-Ready Apprentices and
    local employees in the private sector including freelance workers to reskill & upskill themselves by taking
    courses that are less than 1 year offered through the Lifelong Learning Centre (L3C)

    What will the government fund?

    • Training Fees
    • Examinations Costs

    The types of courses that are offered varies, including CET (Continuing Education and Training) short courses and professional courses. The list of courses will be reviewed from time to time according to the industry needs. Course methods are via classroom based, online learning and / or blended learning (online and classroom).

    Priority areas are identified as follow :

    • Hospitality & tourism
    • Human resources
    • Finance
    • Management skills
    • Languages
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Islamic studies
    • Retail
    • ICT (including data analytics)
    • Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)
    • Transportation and Logistics
    • Energy
    • Construction
    • Agriculture

    Required Documents For SkillsPlus Course Registration

    LOCAL JOBSEEKERS / FREELANCERS

    • Scanned copies of each documents:
    • Identity Card (IC)
    • Passport
    • Certificate of Highest Academic Qualification
    • Screenshot of active JobCentre Brunei profile

    LOCAL EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR

    • Scanned copies of each documents:
    • Identity Card (IC)
    • Passport
    • Certificate of Highest Academic Qualification
    • Support Letter from current employer

    i-READY cONTRACT FOR I-READY APPRENTICES (GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE SECTOR)

    • Scanned copies of each documents:
    • Identity Card (IC)
    • Passport
    • Certificate of Highest Academic Qualification
    • Support Letter from current host organization

    Who can apply?

    LOCAL JOBSEEKERS / FREELANCERS

    • Yellow or Red I.C. Holders
    • Age 16 - 55 years old
    • Does not have a permanent job
    • Registered with JobCentre Brunei

    LOCAL EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR

    • Yellow or Red I.C. Holders
    • Age 16 - 55 years old
    • Employee Full Time or Part-Time
    • Support Letter From Employer
    • Registered & contributing to Tabung Amanah Pekerja (TAP)
    • Employing Company;
    • is registered with JobCentre Brunei, ROCBN and Business Reporting Portal*
    • Is registered and contributing to Tabung Amanah Perkerja (TAP)

    I-READY APPRENTICES IN THE PRIVATE & GOVERNMENT SECTORS

    • Yellow or Red I.C. Holders
    • Age 16 - 55 years old
    • Currently partaking in the iReady apprenticeship programme
    • Registered with JobCentre Brunei

    *Business Reporting Portal must be updated at the time of application submission

    Funding assistance

    How To Apply?

    How much will the government fund?

    (Individual Jobseekers / Freelancers / i-Ready Apprentices & Local Employees up to)

    BND1,000 per applicants

    (Companies applying for their local employees up to)

    BND15,000 per company

    Course Criteria

    • Training duration is less than 12 months
    • Training providers and courses offered are registered through Lifelong Learning Centre(L3C), Ministry of Education
    • Courses are aligned with industrial needs
    • Courses are recognized and/or certified by related industry or agencies such as Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council (BDNAC)
    • Courses are either taught in classroom / online / blended
    Withdrawal

    Applicant’s responsibilities

    • Approved SkillsPlus participants who wishes to withdraw from the training course that they have applied for, are firstly required to seek prior written approval from the MPEC Secretariat. Participants are not allowed to withdraw immediately and without prior written approval.
    • If the SkillsPlus participants are found to have withdrawn from the training course without prior written approval, consequence management and action may be taken including reimbursement of any training fee cost incurred by the Government in relations to their application

     

    Training provider’s responsibilities

    • To consistently monitor the attendance and performance of their program participants including SkillPlus participants
    • To provide attendance and performance report to the MPEC Secretariat, where necessary and as specified by the MPEC Secretariat
    • To immediately inform the MPEC Secretariat of any withdrawals , ‘no show’ and/or unsatisfactory attendance or performance of SkillPlus participants within their programs. Training providers may reach the MPEC Secretariat at mpec@jpm.gov.bn
    Course deferment (To delay or postpone)
    • Approved SkillsPlus participants who wishes to defer the training course that they have applied for, are firstly required to seek prior written approval from the MPEC Secretariat whereby participants are required to submit the following:
      • Letter of application to defer their training course including reasons/justification for deferment
      • Written approval/Letter from the training provider to defer participation to the training course

     

    • Participants are not allowed to defer their training without prior written approval from the MPEC Secretariat
    • If the SkillsPlus participants are found to have deferred their training without prior written approval, consequence management and action may be taken including reimbursement of any training fee cost incurred by the Government in relations to their application.
    Change of employers / workplaces

    In the event that the SkillsPlus participants moves jobs (either to the government sector or any other private company) during the course of the training program, the participant are required to:

    • Continuously attend the training program until successful completion
    • Update the MPEC Secretariat with their new employer information and their employment start date with their new employers
    Reimbursement to the government

    Approved SkillsPlus Participants are required to reimburse any training fee cost incurred by the Government should any of the following occurs:

    • Withdrawing from a training course without obtaining written approval from the MPEC Secretariat
    • Deferring a course without obtaining written approval from the MPEC Secretariat
    • Unsatisfactory attendance to the training program without proper permission and reasonable justification
    • Found to be working in the Government Sector and did not provide true and correct information when submitting the SkillsPlus application form

    Providing equal access and opportunities to programmes that not only to nurture but enhance human capital development for capacity building in Brunei Darussalam

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    RPN Lambak Kanan
    BC2315
    Brunei Darussalam

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    enquiry.L3C@moe.gov.bn

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    +673 2346201

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