Enhanced CITREP Trainees

Trainees who wish to seek funding support from the Enhanced CITREP must submit their online claim applications to IDA via ICMS upon course or certification completion. Upon successful submission of online applications, the applicants must submit the supporting documents to IDA. Please refer to the Claim Application Guide for detailed application procedures.

For Organisation-Sponsored Trainees, the claim application must be submitted by the sponsoring organisations.

For Self-Sponsored Trainees, the claim application has to be completed by the individuals.

All claims for CITREP disbursement must be submitted to IDA within three (3) months from completion date of the last examination or final post-training assessment. Late submissions will not be accepted. Applications with incomplete supporting documents will be rejected for processing.

Course Providers & Testing Centres

Course providers and testing centres who are interested to have their courses or certification endorsed under the Enhanced CITREP may submit their applications to IDA for endorsement via ICMS. Please refer to the Course/Certification Endorsement Guide for detailed application procedures.

Info from ida.gov.sg

CITREP Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for funding support under the Enhanced CITREP, a trainee must:
    * Be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident.

    * Meet the admission criteria set by the Course Provider or Certificate Awarding Body.

    * Commence all training courses or certification examinations between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2011 (or otherwise stipulated by IDA).

    * Be enrolled by the endorsed course providers or testing centres for their intended courses or certifications in the ICMS system before the commencement of the training courses or certifications.

    * For Organisation-Sponsored Trainees:
      The sponsoring organisation must be incorporated or registered in Singapore.

      Employees of Local Government Agencies are not eligible. However, employees of these organisations can qualify for CITREP under the self-sponsored category.

    * For Course and Certification Fees Support:
      The trainee must complete the course and pass all examinations required by the certification or post-training assessment within 12 months from the course commencement date:

      - with at least 75% attendance of the training course based on the endorsed roadmap; and

      - achieve the final certification status (applicable to certifiable programme only).

    * For Certification Fees Support:

      The trainee must pass all examinations required by the certification within 12 months from the commencement date of the first examination.

From ida.gov.sg

Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme (CITREP)

From ida.gov.sg

Objective

Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme (CITREP) is a training incentive programme to equip Singapore infocomm professionals with critical and emerging skills, thus enabling them to enhance their employability and to improve their organisations' competitive advantage.

With effect from 1 April 2009, CITREP has been enhanced to provide higher funding for course and examination fees. Organisations who sponsor their employees for training can also benefit from "Absentee Payroll" support under the Enhanced CITREP: Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme.

Benefits

The Enhanced CITREP allows both infocomm and non-infocomm professionals to update and upgrade themselves in the dynamic, competitive and fast changing infocomm industry. Sponsoring organisations and individuals are able to seek the Enhanced CITREP funding support when they attend the endorsed infocomm training courses and certifications.

Microsoft Awards Best IT Training Center 2010 To NetAssist 2 years in a row

NetAssist Services Pte Ltd (“NetAssist”) is once again voted the Best Microsoft IT Training Center for the second year running. Being conferred the Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS) of the Year Award at the recent 2010 Microsoft Partners’ Star Awards has elevated NetAssist and its professionalism in the IT training business.

NetAssist was given the award for its outstanding performance, high-quality training and full services learning solutions on Microsoft software.Customers and technology partners value their flexibility, quality of service and initiative in promoting Microsoft’s latest technologies.

Jessica Tan, Managing Director of Microsoft Singapore, congratulated the team, “The award is in recognition of the strong performance and impact that you and your team have achieved.  We look forward to your continued success.”
“We would like to thank all our customers for their continuous support over the past 11 years. This latest trophy joins a shelf of five Best IT training center awards from Microsoft in the past 11 years,” beams a very elated Ms. Mary Lee, General Manager of NetAssist.
In the fast-moving IT industry, many IT professionalsand business users rely on professional training services to help them optimize the use of the latest IT technologies. Providing them with an in-depth understanding of how the latest technologies can help them increase their personal productivity and provide them with a competitive advantage over their competitors.

Source: Microsoft Awards Best IT Training Center 2010 To NetAssist 2 years in a row

 

NetAssist Services Pte Ltd advanced IT training Singapore is a professional certification provider. Since establishing in 1999, NetAssist has provided the most comprehensive classroom education in the industry. It has garnered several industry awards including being Microsoft’s top training partner.

CITREP Application Procedure

• All course endorsement and claim applications must be submitted online via the online system known as Infocomm Competency Management System (ICMS). Upon successful submission of online applications, the applicants must submit the supporting documents to IDA.

• The sponsoring organisations and self-sponsored individuals must have a valid ICMS account to submit a CITREP claim. To apply for a new organisation or individual account, please click here.
  
  All applicants must have their SingPass ID and password to access ICMS. To find out more and/or apply for SingPass, please click here.
  
  To access ICMS, please click here.
  
  To download CITREP guides, please click here.

MICROSOFT Tracks - CITREP Endorsed

The good news is, NetAssist has endorsed the following tracks under Enhanced CITREP funding:

Check out full list of CITREP-Endorsed MICROSOFT Tracks @ CITREP Singapore

1. MCTS : Microsoft Exchange Server 2010: For IT Professionals who want to demonstrate their technical expertise configuring Exchange Server 2010
   
   Package includes: 1 course + 1 exam
2. MCTS : Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization
   
   Package includes: 1 course + 1 exam
3. CTS : Microsoft SQL Server 2008 : For IT Professionals who want to demonstrate their technical expertise in one of three areas:
   
   Implementation and Maintenance: 2 courses + 1 exam
   Database Development: 1 course + 1 exam
   Business Intelligence: 3 courses + 1 exam
4. MCITP : Windows Server 2008 : Builds on a combination of MCTS pre-requisites and is designed for IT Professionals who want to demonstrate their technical skills in one of two industry-defined job roles:
   
   Enterprise Administrator: 11 courses + 5 exams
   Server Administrator: 4 courses + 3 exams
   
   MCTS : Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration: 1 course + 1 exam
5. MCSE : For IT Professionals who want to demonstrate their technical expertise in designing and implementing business solutions based on the Windows platform and Windows Server system
   
   Exchange Elective package includes: 11 courses + 7 exams
   SQL Elective package includes: 9 courses + 7 exams
6. MCSA : For IT Professionals who want to demonstrate their technical expertise managing and troubleshooting system environments running on Windows operating systems
   
   Exchange Elective package includes: 8 courses + 4 exams
   SQL Elective package includes: 6 courses + 4 exams
7. MCTS :.NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Applications : For developers who want to demonstrate their technical expertise using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with this specialty:
   
   ASP.NET Applications : 2 courses + 2 exams
8. MCPD : ASP.NET Developer 3.5
   Package includes: 2 courses + 3 exams

Enhanced CITREP Endorsed Tracks

The Enhanced Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme (CITREP*) is a training incentive programme to equip Singapore infocomm professionals with critical and emerging skills, thus enabling them to enhance their employability and to improve their organisations' competitive advantage.

The programme by iDA supports the course and examination fees for endorsed courses and certifications.

The good news is, NetAssist has endorsed tracks under Enhanced CITREP funding.

CLICK here to view these CITREP-Endorsed MICROSOFT Tracks

Programme Support The Enhanced CITREP provides the following funding support:

• Course and Certification Fees: up to 80% of the nett payable course and examination fees capped at S$3,000 per trainee.

• Certification Fees Only: up to 80% of the nett payable examination fees capped at S$500 per trainee.

• Absentee Payroll: The Sponsoring Organisations are eligible for Absentee Payroll support at S$50 per trainee per day, when they sponsor their staff for Full-Time Training. Full-Time Training refers to training courses conducted on weekdays, ie. Mondays to Fridays, between 8:30am and 6pm, with a minimum duration of 6 training hours.

*Terms and conditions apply. Please visit www.ida.gov.sg/citrep for full details.

CITREP Singapore

The Enhanced CITREP supports the course and examination fees for infocomm training courses and certifications in the following National Infocomm Competency Framework (NICF) skill areas:

• Infocomm Security
• Interactive Digital Media
• IT Services
• Network and Communications
• Project Management
• Software and Applications
• Telecommunications

NetAssist Services Pte Ltd advanced IT training Singapore is a professional certification provider. Since establishing in 1999, NetAssist has provided the most comprehensive classroom education in the industry. It has garnered several industry awards including being Microsoft’s top training partner.

Training with NetAssist Services

• Microsoft Awards Best IT Training Center 2010 To NetAssist 2 years in a row. NetAssist was given the award for its outstanding performance, high-quality training and full services learning solutions on Microsoft software. Customers and technology partners value their flexibility, quality of service and initiative in promoting Microsoft's latest technologies.

• An advanced IT training and professional certification provider and has, for the past ten years, provided the most comprehensive classroom education in the industry.
  Being the first to bring in curriculum for emerging technologies, we are uniquely positioned as a provider that enables rapid skills development and deployment in the industry. The first to be introduced to new products launched by Microsoft and chosen as instructors to trainers and consultants around the region, instructors are clearly top-notch.

CITREP Funding

The Enhanced Critical Infocomm Technology Resource Programme (CITREP*) is a training incentive programme to equip Singapore infocomm professionals with critical and emerging skills, thus enabling them to enhance their employability and to improve their organisations' competitive advantage.

The programme by iDA supports the course and examination fees for endorsed courses and certifications.

PROGRAMME SUPPORT

The Enhanced CITREP supports up to 80% of the course and/or exam fees, capped at $3000 (course and exam) / $500 (exam only) per trainee.
Organisations sponsoring their staff for full time training are eligible for Absentee Payroll at $50 per day per trainee.

More Info: CITREP Singapore