WSQ - Mastering Raspberry Pi: Hands-On Practical Applications for Beginners

Topic 1: Overview of Internet of Things (IoT)

• What is IoT?
• Sensors and Actuators for IoT
• Wireless Communication Technologies for IoT
• IoT Applications and Use Cases

Topic 2: Collect and Post Environmental Data to Cloud

• What is Cloud Computing
• Setup Cloud Computing Account
• Collect Environmental Data with Sensors
• Transmit Environmental Data using Raspberry Pi
• Introduction of Node-Red on Raspberry Pi
• Post Data to Cloud using Node-Red MQTT or REST API

Topic 3: IoT Data Analytics and Visualization

• Analyze IoT Data on Cloud
• Visualize IoT Data on Cloud

Topic 4: Monitor Data to Trigger Control from Cloud

• Read Data using Node-Red MQTT or REST API
• Trigger Control on Devices
• IoT Security

Final Assessment

• Written Assessment - Short Answer Questions (WA-SAQ)
• Practical Performance (PP)

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:

You can download and install the following software:

• Node-Red

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

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

• Log in to your U Portal account to submit your UTAP application upon completion of the course.

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.

• IoT Product Manager
• Innovation Manager
• IoT Solutions Architect
• Smart City Planner
• R&D Specialist
• Business Strategist
• Digital Transformation Lead
• Manufacturing Process Manager
• IoT Data Analyst
• Connected Devices Engineer
• Operations Manager (IoT-focused)
• Smart Grid Specialist
• Home Automation Developer
• Supply Chain Innovation Manager
• Industrial Automation Strategist

Richard Wan: Richard Wan is a ACTA certified trainer. Richard Wan has more than 30 years of experience in software development in various computer disciplines, including computer vision, communication and digital publishing.

Technical expertise includes: Windows, Linux developments with C, C++, Delphi (Object Pascal), Visual Studio, OpenCV. Embedded system programming including microcontrollers, Arduino, Pi, BeagleBone etc.

Ferris Kwok: Ferris Kwok is a ACTA certified trainer. He specializes in designing and building Electronic prototypes. He also conducts experiential workshops for the public and in schools on Electronics, Coding, Arduino / Microcontroller prototyping, Robotics and Multi-rotor aircrafts (Drones). He is a practitioner who preaches what he teach; linking concepts taught to systems that he designed and built for commercial clients and installed in places such as Singapore Airport and Science Centre Singapore. He is also a loyal advocate of Maker Faire and had supported the local edition organized by Science Centre Singapore (from 2012) via a Maker booth throughout all 8 editions. Together with a collaborator providing event and training services, he have exhibited at Maker Faire Bay Area (USA) and Maker Faire Shenzhen (China).

Tan Woei Ming: Tan Woei Ming is ACLP certified trainer. He  graduated from Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, He has a MASTER OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEM from NUS. He has worked as DATA SCIENCE LEAD and DATA SCIENTIST in Micron Technologies. 

Shawn Koh Boon Hiap: Shawn Koh Boon Hiap is a ACTA certified trainer and used to be a specialist trainer in RSAF training specialists and officers. He was also invited by Prime Minister Office on Dec 2019 as guest speaker for Smart Nation event held in Downtown East. Throughout his career in the corporate world, he was also coach and mentor to many others, often relinquishing his leadership to take on more challenging tasks after imparting his knowledge and skillsets to his successors. Shawn is skilled in IoT integrations and development, network administration, system administration, website development, software development, multimedia production, information security, entrepreneurship, corporate leadership and project management.

He is a corporate leader and turned as entrepreneur, is the founder of I.O.T. Workz, a Smart Nation ambassador, offering integrated IoT solutions for residential, commercial and industrial. He was a self-learned programmer and won the National Software Competition North Zone Champion in 1990. He developed the first predictive online-data reduction system in 1996 for the Command and Control (C2) Center in RSAF to provide real-time system health monitoring in the data center. He also formed the Ground-Based Radar System team in ST Electronics (InfoSoft) to provide software maintenance for all radar systems in Singapore between 2003 and 2006. He was also the solution architect for multiple generations of Derivatives Clearing Systems, Head of Enterprise Solutions and held a couple of other leadership roles in SGX between 2007 and 2018. Throughout his years of exposure with Technology, he had mastered many different programming languages, acquired electronics troubleshooting skills and earn professional certifications in PMP, Information Security, Linux Administration and many others.

Ken Yuen: Ken Yuen is a ACTA certified trainer. He has more than 10 years of experience working as an instructor, Application Development Engineer, Technical Consultant and Project Manager. He is an MOE-Registered Instructor teaching STEM programs for past 3 years such as Arduino, Micro:bits and robotics to schools and libraries based on the smart nation initiative roadmap.

He completed his Diploma in Electronic Engineering at Singapore Polytechnic and graduated with Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological University and certified PMP (Project Management Professional).