IMDA rolls out 800 AI practitioner jobs and training opportunities for locals

SINGAPORE: The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced 800 practitioner jobs and training opportunities for locals to meet the demand for AI talent amid companies setting up AI Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and building up their AI teams and activities in Singapore.

IMDA said in its released statement on Tuesday (May 27) that it has secured 400 AI practitioner roles under the TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) Company-Led Training programme. These opportunities were made possible through collaborations with leading companies like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Oracle, and Singtel, it added.

Another 400 AI practitioner jobs and training opportunities will be provided to locals through IMDA’s partnership with AI Singapore (AISG) and industry partners, with the launch of two new training programmes—the AI Apprenticeship Programme (Industry) (AIAP(I)) and the Pinnacle AI Industry Programme (PAIP).

AIAP(I), which is set to launch in June, is a six-month programme aimed at training 300 AI practitioners in batches over two years to equip locals with critical AI, Data, and Machine Learning skills, as well as hone their skills in real-world projects.

Meanwhile, the PAIP targets frontier companies working to develop or fine-tune large-scale AI models. It will be an intensive six-month programme, training 100 AI practitioners over three years to deepen their expertise in AI model building. IMDA has partnered AISG’s SEA-LION team to develop the PAIP. /TISG

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