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The SkillsFuture Career Transition Programme is a joint effort by TP, the Environmental Management Association of Singapore and the National Environment Agency (NEA). The full-time, three-month course is the first such initiative for the industry, and will cover topics including robotics, automation, and outcome-based contracting for cleaning services.
Technology Playbook for the Cleaning Industry
Course objectives:

With reference to Singapore Standard 694:2023 and a successful implementation of outcome-based cleaning contract in an eco-campus, this course aims to equip the participants with knowledge and skills on:
• Key components of an outcome-based cleaning contract
• Typical clauses for an outcome-based cleaning contract
• Desired cleaning outcomes/benchmarks for residential estates, commercial premises and retail Food and Beverage premises
• Performance inspection checklist and scorecard for an outcome-based cleaning contract
• Application of digitalization, robotics, automation and Internet of Things (IoT) for effective implementation of Outcome Based Contracting
Temasek Polytechnic ("TP"), together with the Environmental Management Association of Singapore ("EMAS"), and industry players LS 2 Holdings Limited ("LS2"), Republic Power Pte Ltd ("Republic Power"), Cleantools Pte Ltd ("Cleantools"), Karcher Singapore Pte Ltd ("Karcher"), and Nilfisk Pte Ltd ("Nilfisk") joined hands today to launch Singapore’s first Enviro Tech Innovation Hub (“ETIH@TP”).
This is to provide an update that the ENHANCED CLEANING BUSINESS LICENSING FRAMEWORK will take effect on 1 January 2024. Please see attached PDF for more details.
The unmistakable whirring of a vacuum and sounds of incessant scrubbing on a bathroom floor tile fills up the atmosphere. Stained glass surfaces are spritzed with chemicals from spray bottles and wiped spotless with a rag.
To establish an ideation & learning space for development, test-bedding and sharing of industrial best practices and benchmarking for industrial adoption in collaboration with industry players, trade associations, institutes of higher learning (IHLs) and government agencies.