Most of our work begins here. We draft the courseware, the assessment instruments and the trainer guides that hold up to TPQA scrutiny, and we shape the brief to the form of SSG funding that fits the course.
Each form has its own evidence threshold and its own route through TPGateway. We pick the form to the engagement, not the other way round.
Programmes accredited under the Workforce Skills Qualifications framework, examinable, competency-mapped to the Skills Framework, and supported at the higher SSG funding tier where eligible.
Examinable courses leading either to a post-secondary qualification (below degree) or recognised under a Singapore Government agency's regulatory or professional development framework for the sector.
Short, employment-relevant programmes that sit outside the WSQ framework but address an identified industry skills need, for company-sponsored or self-sponsored learners.
Since 1 January 2021, training providers offering SSG-funded Non-WSQ certifiable courses have been required to ensure that every adult educator deployed to train or assess on the course meets the same qualifications threshold that has long applied to WSQ courses.
The threshold has two parts: registration on the National AE Registry, and a recognised credential, typically the WSQ ACTA or the revised ACLP 2.0. SSG retains discretion to recognise equivalent qualifications on a case-by-case basis.
Twobirds keeps a working community of credentialled AEs. Where your brief cannot be matched from our community, we will source candidates through the usual recruitment channels at no markup, and prepare the supporting evidence for SSG.
Most non-WSQ certifiable submissions move from brief to approved courseware in eight to twelve weeks. SSG typically approves a complete and accurate submission within two weeks.
We sit with you to understand the learner, the sector and the standard. From this we draw a single competency map that holds the rest of the programme together.
We draft the Course Proposal (CP) Form, lesson and assessment plans, trainer guide and learner materials, all version-controlled and submission-ready.
Where required, we pair the course with adult educators who meet the SSG AE Qualifications and are registered on the National AE Registry, and prepare the supporting evidence.
We submit the brief through TPGateway with a written submission guide, and remain on hand for SSG audit clarifications throughout the approval window.
A complete curriculum-development engagement leaves behind a set of printed instruments, not a slide deck. At its narrowest, that is the Course Proposal Form, the lesson and assessment plans, and the trainer guide. At its broadest, for a full WSQ pathway, it extends to the competency map, the assessment rubrics, the trainer briefing pack and the moderation procedures that hold the programme together over time.
Every artefact carries a version line and a change log. Every assessment instrument is traceable back to the competency map, and from the competency map back to the brief. This is what the auditor looks for during the Course Quality Check, and what holds the programme together long after the first cohort.
Where your brief calls for it, marketing collateral is included at no additional charge, provided as-is, in the same restrained register as the rest of the practice, and without further revision rounds.
