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Foreign maids to attend one-day settling in programme from May
With effect from May 1, all first-time foreign domestic workers will attend the one-day Settling-In Programme (SIP), conducted in English or in their native languages. The SIP will replace the English Entry Test as announced by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in December 2011.
The one-day programme will cover five components: Introduction to Singapore, Conditions of employment, Safety at home and other areas as well as Relationship and stress management. The SIP will be delivered through a combination of lectures, videos and practical sessions, said the MOM in a statement on Friday.
In addition, the current four-hour Safety Awareness Course (SAC) will be subsumed under the SIP. Compared to the Safety Awareness Course, foreign domestic workers will have more time for practical hands-on sessions to learn how to perform chores under the SIP, such as cleaning windows safely. Each worker will be given an extendable wiper to easily clean hard-to-reach areas.
SIP trainers will teach the workers to recognise dangerous situations when at work. The trainers will also observe each worker's ability to practise what has been taught and these observations will be shared with the worker's employment agent, who will help to convey the observations to the worker's employers.
Foreign maids to attend one-day settling in programme from May
With effect from May 1, all first-time foreign domestic workers will attend the one-day Settling-In Programme (SIP), conducted in English or in their native languages. The SIP will replace the English Entry Test as announced by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in December 2011.
The one-day programme will cover five components: Introduction to Singapore, Conditions of employment, Safety at home and other areas as well as Relationship and stress management. The SIP will be delivered through a combination of lectures, videos and practical sessions, said the MOM in a statement on Friday.
In addition, the current four-hour Safety Awareness Course (SAC) will be subsumed under the SIP. Compared to the Safety Awareness Course, foreign domestic workers will have more time for practical hands-on sessions to learn how to perform chores under the SIP, such as cleaning windows safely. Each worker will be given an extendable wiper to easily clean hard-to-reach areas.
SIP trainers will teach the workers to recognise dangerous situations when at work. The trainers will also observe each worker's ability to practise what has been taught and these observations will be shared with the worker's employment agent, who will help to convey the observations to the worker's employers.
