The Professional Placement Programme (PPP) is designed to:
- Provide students with practical working experience to complement course activity
- Enable students to develop interpersonal skills, individual maturity and confidence in addition to their technical competence
- Enable employers to identify students for formal employment in future
- Bridge the gap between the academic and industrial sectors, and to better equip students with the necessary skills for future workplace employment
The participating company should:
- Provide structured supervision for the students during the attachment
- Plan a training program that gives the student a realistic view of the working life in the chemical and/or processing industries
- Develop skills through on-the-job training, and keep a proper training record
- Pay the students a nominal salary
- Develop presentation and communication skills
- Introduce the students to teamwork and interdependent learning
- Create awareness of the importance of workplace safety, good manufacturing practices and responsible care in the organisation
The Professional Placement Programme (PPP) lasts for 4-6 months, normally from December to April of the following year.
- The Programme recommends that the company pays an allowance to each student
- Liaison Officer(s) appointed from the academic staff will assist the company to develop or formulate a training programme as well as look after and monitor the progress of the student throughout the attachment
- The student(s) will be insured against industrial hazards either through a group insurance scheme arranged by the University or the student’s own policies
- Non-Singapore citizens are exempted from obtaining work permits for the purpose of industrial training
- The students should be released to perform their National Service Reservist In-Camp Training if required by MINDEF
- Companies intending to send the students overseas during the attachement, i.e. if part of the training is to be conducted overseas, should inform the Liaison Officer(s)
- Our students are not allowed to take leave without compelling reasons and must have prior approval from FST before applying leave
- Companies are to review the student’s final reports for any confidential information before release
Supervisors in the company should:
- Guide, advice, discuss and review with the students their accomplishments and progress
- Document and sign the student’s log sheet
- Review the student’s report for any confidential information
- Meet with the Liaison Officer(s) from the Faculty to formulate a suitable training programme before the Professional Placement Programme commences
- Perform an evaluation of the students’ work
- Provide a meaningful analytical and/or research work experience
- A*STAR
- Abbott
- ARYZTA Singapore Pte Ltd
- CHR. Hansen Singapore Pte Ltd
- Compass Foods Pte Ltd
- Denis Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
- DSM Nutritional Products Asia Pacific
- Firmenich Asia Pte Ltd
- Food Industry Asia (FIA)
- Fraser and Neave, Limited
- FrieslandCampina Development Centre AMEA Pte Ltd
- Fuji Oil Asia
- Givaudan Singapore Pte Ltd
- Health Science Authority
- Ingredion Singapore Pte Ltd
- International Flavors & Fragrances (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd
- Kellogg’s
- Kerry APAC
- KH Roberts Pte Ltd
- Lepreino Foods Singapore Pte Ltd
- Mondelez International
- Nestle Singapore Pte Ltd
- NMT Pharmaceuticals
- Olam Cocoa Pte Ltd
- Pacific Food Industries Pty Ltd
- Prima Limited
- Pringles International Operations SARL Singapore Branch
- Roquette Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
- Shiro Corporation Pte Ltd
- Singapore Food Agency
- SMC Food 21 Pte Ltd
- Symrise Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
- Tate & Lyle
- Wildlife Reserve Singapore
For companies who would like to offer Industrial Attachment to our students, please contact Miss Lee Si Min.