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WSQ - Business Innovation with Blockchain Technology

WSQ - Business Innovation with Blockchain Technology

Unlock the potential of blockchain to drive business innovation in our WSQ-endorsed course. You'll grasp the basics of blockchain technology, including smart contracts and digital ledgers, as well as its application in various sectors such as finance, healthcare, and supply chain. This course is designed to enable you to make informed decisions about integrating blockchain into your business processes for increased security and efficiency.

Enhance your understanding of how blockchain can disrupt traditional business models. Through real-world case studies and hands-on projects, you'll dive deep into decentralization strategies and consensus algorithms. Whether you're a business leader, aspiring entrepreneur, or tech enthusiast, this course will equip you with the skills to leverage blockchain technology for business innovation.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the class, learners will be able to

Understand blockchain technology and compare current business model for the organisation with emerging blockchain business model in the industry
Explore potential opportunities for business innovation using blockchain technology within the organisation
Identify ways in which blockchain digitalization can be applied to the business
Conduct feasibility analysis and weigh the costs-benefits of potential business innovation opportunities using blockchain technology.
Implement business innovation processes with blockchain technology

Course Brochure

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Skills Framework

This course follows the guideline of Business Innovation ICT-SNA-4003-1 TSC under ICT Skills Framework

Certification

Certificate of Completion from Tertiary Infotech - Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from Tertiary Infotech.
OpenCerts from SkillsFuture Singapore - After passing the assessment(s) and achieving at least 75% attendance, participants will receive a OpenCert (aka Statement of Achievement) from SkillsFuture Singapore, certifying that they have achieved the Competency Standard(s) in the above Skills Framework.

WSQ Funding

WSQ funding is only applicable to Singaporeans and PR. Subject to eligibility, the funding support is subjected to funding caps.

Effective for courses starting from 1 Jan 2024
Full Fee	GST	Nett Fee after Funding (Incl. GST)
		Baseline	MCES / SME
$350	$31.50	$206.50	$136.50

Baseline: Singaporean/PR age 21 and above
MCES(Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy): S'porean age 40 & above

Upon registration, we will advise further on how to tap on the WSQ Training Subsidy.

You can pay the nett fee (after the WSQ training subsidy) by the following :

SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC)

Eligible Singapore-registered companies can tap on $10000 SFEC to cover out-of-pocket expenses.Click here to submit SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit

SkillsFuture Credit (SFC)

Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SFC to offset course fee payable after funding but the $4,000 Additional SFC (Mid-Career Support) cannot be used. Click here for SkillsFuture Credit submission

UTAP

Eligible NTUC members can apply for 50% of the unfunded fee from UTAP, capped up to $250/year and for members aged 40 and above, capped up to $500/year. Click here to submit UTAP

Course Code: TGS-2020503395

Post-Course Support

We provide free consultation related to the subject matter after the course. Please email your queries to enquiry@tertiaryinfotech.com and we will forward your queries to the subject matter experts and get back to you asap.

Course Cancellation/Reschedule Policy

We reserve the right to cancel or re-schedule the course due to unforeseen circumstances. If the course is cancelled, we will refund 100% to participants.
Note the venue of the training is subject to changes due to class size and availability of the classroom.
Note the minimal class size to start a class is 3 Pax.

Course Details

Topic 1: Overview of Blockchain Technology

Risk and security challenges with traditional business model
Rethinking the traditional database
What problem does the blockchain solve?
The birth of the blockchain in bitcoin
What new opportunities does the blockchain enable?
What are public and private keys?
Introducing nonces, hash functions, and mining
The immutable distributed ledger
Blockchain consensus algorithms – PoW & PoS

Topic 2: Blockchain Applications In Practice

How cryptocurrencies (bitcoin) is created and managed
Altcoins, Altchains, and ICOs
Blockchain Business Use cases in Various industries
Using Ethereum to write smart contracts
Ether and Gas Fee
Token Standards - ERC-20 vs ERC-711 NFT Tokens
What is NFT?

Topic 3: Business Opportunities with Blockchain

Business Owner Opportunities
Different Types of fundraising with blockchain
Blockchain Tokenomics & NFT Projects

Topic 4:. Challenges of Using Blockchain Technology

The potential obstacles to blockchain adoption
Risks to existing solutions and enterprises

Topic 5: Business Innovation and Implementation

Blockchain Innovation Overview
Business Breakthroughs with Blockchain Technology
Singapore Businesses’ Implementation on Blockchain
Proof of Concept Development
Tools & Technology Infrastructure
Deployment Strategy

Final Assessment

Written Assessment - Short Answer Questions (WA-SAQ)
Oral Questioning (OQ)

Course Info

Promotion Code

Promo or discount cannot be applied to WSQ courses

Minimum Entry Requirement

Knowledge and Skills

Able to operate using computer functions with minimum Computer Literacy Level 2 based on ICAS Computer Skills Assessment Framework
Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)

Attitude

Positive Learning Attitude
Enthusiastic Learner

Experience

Minimum of 1 year of working experience.
Minimum 18 years old

Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement

Software: NIL

Hardware: Windows and Mac Laptops

About Progressive Wage Model (PWM)

The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) helps to increase wages of workers through upgrading skills and improving productivity.

Employers must ensure that their Singapore citizen and PR workers meet the PWM training requirements of attaining at least 1 Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) Statement of Attainment, out of the list of approved WSQ training modules.

For more information on PWM, please visit MOM site.

Funding Eligility Criteria

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Employer Sponsored Trainee

Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents of age 21 and above
From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses.
Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments and attain 100% competency.
We reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from trainee if he/she did not meet the eligibility criteria.

Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents who are DIRECT EMPLOYEE of the sponsoring company.
From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses.
Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments and attain 100% competency.
We reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from the employer if trainee did not meet the eligibility criteria.

SkillsFuture Credit:

Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding.

PSEA:

To check for Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) eligibility, goto mySkillsFuture portal and search for this course code.
Scroll down to "Keyword Tags" to verify for PSEA eligibility.
If there is “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is eligible for PSEA.
And if there is no “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is ineligible for PSEA.
Not all courses are eligible for PSEA funding.

Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding:

$4.50 per hour, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year.
AP funding will be computed based on the actual number of training hours attended by the trainee.

SFEC:

If the Training Provider has submitted an enrolment for course fee grant claim in Training Partners Gateway (TPGateway), SSG would be able to derive SFEC funding based on this record. There is no need for enterprise to submit any claim request and the SFEC claim will be automatically generated and disbursed.
Where there is no such record, eligible employers are required to submit an SFEC claim after course completion via the SFEC microsite.
SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) Microsite

Steps to Apply Skills Future Claim

The staff will send you an invoice with the fee breakdown.
Login to the MySkillsFuture portal, select the course you’re enrolling on and enter the course date and schedule.
Enter the course fee payable by you (including GST) and enter the amount of credit to claim.
Upload your invoice and click ‘Submit’

SkillsFuture Level-Up Program

The SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme provides greater structural support for mid-career Singaporeans aged 40 years and above to pursue a substantive skills reboot and stay relevant in a changing economy. For more information, visit SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme

Get Additional Course Fee Support Up to $500 under UTAP

The Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP) is a training benefit provided to NTUC Union Members with an objective of encouraging them to upgrade with skills training. It is provided to minimize the training cost. If you are a NTUC Union Member then you can get 50% funding (capped at $500 per year) under Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).

For more information visit NTUC U Portal – Union Training Assistance Program (UTAP)

Steps to Apply UTAP

Note

SSG subsidy is available for Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, and Corporates.
All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit to pay. For more details, visit www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/credit
An unfunded course fee can be claimed via SkillsFuture Credit or paid in cash.
UTAP funding for NTUC Union Members is capped at $250 for 39 years and below and at $500 for 40 years and above.
UTAP support amount will be paid to training provider first and claimed after end of class by learner.

Job Roles

Blockchain Developer
Business Strategist
Innovation Manager
FinTech Product Manager
Digital Transformation Specialist
Supply Chain Manager
R&D Specialist
Cryptocurrency Analyst
Financial Services Innovation Specialist
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Data Security Specialist
Startup Founder (Blockchain ventures)
Regulatory Compliance Officer (Crypto/Blockchain)
Digital Assets Manager
Smart Contract Developer

Trainers

Terence Ee: Terence Ee is a ACTA certified trainer that has delivered IT training in Singapore and Myanmar. He has also facilitated faith formation courses for Christians in Singapore and Myanmar. As a trainer, his mission is to co-create insightful and actionable learning experiences with his learners.His current areas of focus include project management, information security management, quality management and office productivity applications.

Terence has more than 25 years of corporate IT experience. He has held senior management roles in the public and private sectors. He holds a Master of Science in Technology Management, a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Sciences, a Diploma in Family Education, and the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA). Part of his spare time goes towards tutoring his children in their studies (while learning a thing or two along the way). He is also imparting to them the essential skills for thriving in a digital world.

Alfred Yap Swee Leong: Alfred Yap is an ACLP certified trainer with strong financial and shopper marketing domain background and extensive experience in information technology. In addition, he is both an IBM certified Cloud Computing Practitioner and an IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner.

Alfred Yap has spent decades teaching adult learners since the 90s. Kickstarting his teaching career as a trainer for Oracle University. Thereafter, he has had vast experience conducting ICT related training to various companies in the Consulting, Media, and Training industry.
Alfred Yap earned his undergraduate degree from USF, America and master degree from NTU, Singapore majoring in Knowledge Management. His current interests include Cyber Security, Cloud computing and Blockchain.

Truman Ng: Truman Ng is a ACTA certified trainer that graduated with Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from NUS in year 2002. He designed Artificial Intelligence (AI) controller for DC-DC Power Convertor by using Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network (NN) as his university Final Year Project.

Truman has over 15 years project experiences across Database & Web Design, PLC machinery, Data Center Design , Structure Cabling System(SCS) and Enterprise Network Design and Implementation. He used to be a network architect for Hewlett Packard, working with a group of virtual team from the US in handling network design and projects in the States.

Truman is the founder of Nexplore (S) Pte Ltd. He provides solutions of Cloud SaaS, IaaS & PaaS and Software Defined Network (SDN), VoIP and Internet Security. He was engaged by Huawei Global Training Center to provide 60+ consultations and trainings for Internet Service Providers(ISP) from Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Australia, Poland, Iran, South Africa, Swaziland, Cote Dlvoire, Syria, Uzbekistan, New Zealand and countries over the world.
As achievement, Truman has successfully completed 100+ IT network projects for Bank, Hotel and Factory within 5 years.
Truman is certified in PMP, Cisco CCNP, CCIP, CCDP, HP Ase and Huawei HCNP, HCIE R&S, HCNA Cloud, HCNA Security, etc.

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material provided has a lot of good information (Posted on 1/4/2021)

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Increase the coverage with case study discussion (Posted on 12/11/2020)

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Teaching materials need to be updated. Environment can be better.

Good if the instructor can discuss an actual case. (Posted on 12/11/2020)

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Attending the physical class is more effective for me to understand the subject and through discussion and exchanges with trainer and course mates.
I have a much clearer understanding of blockchain and able to relate it to my work/
We have a good trainer in Mr Terence Ee. (Posted on 12/11/2020)

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Might be better to make it a 2-day course to allow more detailed learning.

Terence Ee is a friendly and knowledgeable instructor. (Posted on 10/13/2020)

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Even the support team was very efficient and helpful. Ms.Tan was very helpful even when I called her after office hours to check on certain details of the course. The instructor, Mr. Ee is friendly, very knowledgeable and hands-on going thru in details the lesson. The course notes are well prepared and read-able. Thank you (Posted on 9/26/2020)

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For more technical members, it would be interesting to talk a bit more deeply on the coding for open-source blockchain platforms like Ethereum, but I understand that it depends on the technical skill of the participants. (Posted on 8/19/2020)

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