Turnaround Manpower Requirements - short-term & long term approach by MOM
Dear Valued Members
In view of the Manpower Requirements faced during Turnarounds, ASPRI had been approaching EDB and MOM to discuss on these issues.
MOM have shared two key approaches they adopted in addressing them
(i) Short Term Manpower
Requirements– (E.g Shell’s coming Nov 04 TA)
MOM has agreed to temporary raised the 1:3 quota ratio for contractors
involved in the Nov 04 Shell TA to bring in the required foreign
workers to meet the manpower requirements. Shell is to provide the
following for MOM for approval:
a. List of contractors involved in the TA.
b. Type of skills & No. of additional foreign workers required.
(ii) Long Term Manpower Requirements – short-term work permit approach, ie:
a. A special scheme of 3 month work permit to allow
contractors
involved in TA to employ foreign workers.
b. Foreign workers
employed under this scheme will not be
considered as PCM workers, ie, they will not be counted in the
1:3 ratio quota limit.
c. The source
country of these foreign workers have to be
predetermined, ASPRI members will be supplying the list of
source country for MOM to approve.
We hope the above
information will be useful and provide an understanding of the approaches in
addressing the TA Manpower requirements.
We encourage Service Providers facing manpower requirements shortfall for the coming shutdown to submit their details asap via the attached form for SHELL’s consolidation to benefit from the temporary waiver from MOM.
ASPRI is also currently consolidating the information required to MOM for their approval of the “short term work permit scheme”, we’re targeting to get the scheme approval before next year’s SCP TA.
Note :For those who faced manpower requirement shortage at Shell's TA this Nov, Please filled up the prescribed form and send to kenneth@aspri.com.sg by 26/10/04