Programme & New APS OJT Platforms

APA, as the Academy is affectionately called, continues to draw students in. This year, APA has enrolled the highest number of Year 1 students since it first started in 2015. Almost all students who have graduated from APA have been placed in a job or continue their education upon graduation.

The Academy continues to train students in skills and attitudes that will enable them to contribute effectively to the workforce. The Academy’s signature Learn-and-Earn Programme is further enhanced with three newly opened OJT platforms last year. Two new Assumption Cafés for Training (ACT) were opened, one in ST Engineering Office building in Jurong, and another in a Food Truck outside Kallang Polyclinic. APS also converted one workshop into Assumption Realworks Kitchen (ARK) to prepare hot food. APA students were able to experience working in these new and novel workplaces under the supervision and guidance from our dedicated team of Job Coaches, bakers and chefs.

The ACT in ST Engineering has expanded their services to cater to staff events while the menu for the Food Truck is specially designed by the dietician from the Polyclinic. The newly minted ARK (Hot) and the established ARK (Baking) were called upon to provide emergency food support for canteen operations in APS as well as schools in our cluster. These new experiences in F&B production and services provided APA students with real world demands and operations. APA is now able to operate the OJT platforms fully with the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. Students and staff welcomed this change and are grateful to be able to resume training at our workplaces. Our industry partners are also opening up their businesses and are looking forward to engaging our students as interns. APA looks forward to a vibrant future, equipping our students for the workforce.