Grooming our Talent
to Meet New Challenges

ArchSD understands building a professional and skilled workforce is critical in this ever-changing environment in the architecture and construction industry. Catching up with the pace of technology advancement, we spearhead to develop innovative learning platforms to keep our staff abreast of the latest trends and technical knowledge of the field, while facilitating the exchange of working experiences.

We design and offer our staff a wide range of training and development programmes by considering the departmental goals and staff development needs. Our programmes are tailored to the needs of professional officers, technical officers and site supervisory staff. This year, we placed special emphasis on innovation and technology such as MiC, BIM, MiMEP and DfMA, to ensure the agility of our talents when adapting to industry trends.

To maximise the effectiveness of the programmes, we deliver training through diverse channels. Staff can access resources in the form of academic talks, structured classroom training, workshops and seminars, large-scale symposiums, on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring, e-learning and competitions.

This year, we developed a brand new training and development programme called TechnoLand which put focus on strengthening the knowledge and skills of our technical officers, improving their versatilities to cope with new challenges. TechnoLand promotes intergenerational collaboration, whereby younger colleagues share their knowledge and tips on application of new technologies, drafting and computer-aided design software while learning from the precious experience of their senior counterparts. It has an e-learning portal which gathers essential knowledge for newcomers to help them adapt quickly to the work environment. It also provides a platform for colleagues from different disciplines to share their experiences, tips and videos.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic challenge, we responded quickly and adopted a hybrid method of physical attendance and on-line participation for our training courses. To ensure training continuity, we organised 422 training courses, totaling 30,238 hours. Each staff member received an average 15 hours of training.