Building Custodian Job Re-design Programme

Graduation Ceremony – 15 November 2009

27 Building Custodians and Custodian Cadets received their Certificates from DPM and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean, who was Guest-of-Honour at the Pasir Ris-Punggol Tree Planting Day.

DPM Teo with Building Custodian HS Tan and Dr Ahmad Magad, Chairman of Pasir Ris-
Punggol Town Council & Members of Parliament, Messrs Charles Chong & Michael Palmer.

Student Testimonial – 12 November 2009

Mr Heng Song Tiew, a trainee on the 20th intake of the Building Custodian Skills Certificate, wrote a letter to the Forum page of Lian He Zao Bao which was published on 12 November 2009.

Inroads Made

The Building Custodian Job Re-design Programme has made significant inroads since the graduation of its pioneer batch in August 2007.

Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee, Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs & Law, in his Guest-of-Honour address, expressed earnest hope that the positive process started 5 years ago when he launched the upgrading of the private security guard industry will be repeated for the Cleaning industry with the launch of the Building Custodian programme, which marks initial steps towards this direction.

Associate Professor Ho with the Building Custodians, Mdm Cynthia Phua,
Chairperson Aljunied Town Council, and WDA, NTUC and RECC officers.

Over 220 have since been trained in this Job Re-design Programme and are working in institutional buildings such as Parliament House, NUS and NTU, Country Clubs, Town Councils and commercial buildings such as One Marina Boulevard.