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WSQ Diploma Graduates Moving On To Producing Content For The Big Screen

May 20, 2010 – During this year's Creative Industry (CI) Fair 2010, held at the Marina Square Central Atrium, exciting locally-produced CG animated film and television projects will be on display at local training institution CG Protege's booth. These are projects that the first graduating class of WSQ Diploma in Animation trainees from local training institution CG Protege are looking forward to being placed on upon graduation.

Managing Director of CG Protege, Mr David Kwok: “We are pleased to announce that more than 90%of the first graduating glass of WSQ Diploma in Animation students trained by CG Protege will be placed to work on exciting international television and film projects.” These include a one year stint at Korean studio SAMG under the Economic Development Board's Strategic Attachment and Training (STRAT) Programme. Local hiring by Singapore-based studio Tiny Island Productions will also see the graduates join as part of the production crew on a CG animated television series “Dreamforce” and a 3D stereoscopic CG animated film being coproduced between Tiny Island Productions and Thai-based producing studio Shellhut Entertainment.

CG Protege's WSQ Diploma in Animation program was launched last July, with the aim of producing graduates with both specialized skillsets and actual production experience during their one-year fulltime WSQ training and attachment program. With ongoing batches of CG Protege's WSQ Diploma students also attached to work on cutting-edge visual effects for film projects at international visual effects studio Double Negative Singapore, the career prospects for subsequent graduating classes are very promising.

For more information about CG Protege's WSQ Diploma in Animation and other CI WSQ courses, visit the CI Fair 2010, organised by Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), supported by the Ministry of Information, Communications and Arts, Design Singapore council, Media Development Authority, National Arts Council, National Heritage Board, Employment and Employability Institute, and Spring Singapore. It will be held between 21 – 23 May 2010 at the Marina Square Central Atrium, Level One. WDA has developed the CI WSQ that encapsulates workplace competencies for the Creative Industries.

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About CG Protege Pte. Ltd. CG Protege is a quality provider of accredited training programmes recognised by the Workforce Development Agency of Singapore. With a team of industry veterans and trainers who have a successful track record in grooming and preparing artists to join the pool of production-ready talents, past trainees have found positions working on television and film projects for both local and international animation and visual effects studios. These include Double Negative Visual Effects (UK & Singapore), Weta Productions (New Zealand), SAMG Studios (Korea), Polygon Studios (Japan), Lucasfilm Animation (Singapore), Big Communications, Scrawl Studios, Lights & Shadows,, Mikoishi Studios, Real U Singapore, Sparky Animation and ST Electronics (Digital Media).

About CI WSQ Working hand in hand with economic agencies, employers and many creative practitioners in the industries, WDA has developed the CI WSQ that encapsulates workplace competencies for the Creative Industries. To ensure the effective implementation of the CI WSQ framework, WDA has appointed the CI Manpower Skills Training Councils (MSTCs) for each of the three sub-sectors, which comprises of creative industry veterans and representatives from partner agencies. There is no academic pre-requisite required for admission into the CI WSQ training programme and progressive qualification pathways can be created to facilitate career advancement prospects.

For more information, visit http://www.discoverciwsq.sg/

July 14, 2008

Minister Lim Swee Say Visits CG Protege

Mr Lim Swee Say, Minister (Prime Minister's office) and NTUC Secretary- General, paid CG Protege a visit, where he was given a detailed presentation of our training process and a description of how a production studio operates. Mr Lim was accompanied by board members of the Employment & Employability Institute (E2I) and the Chief Executive of the Workforce Development Agency, Mr Ong Ye Kung.

June 28, 2008

Official Launch of WSQ Certification in Animation

Acting Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong visited CG Protege on 28 June 2008, to mark the launch of the first professional certification programme for animation and visual effects that is a collaborative effort between the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), Media Development Authority (MDA) and CG Protege. Accompanied by an entourage of officials from the Manpower Ministry, WDA and MDA, the Minister was given a tour of the school premises and a brief demonstration of the training and production process. In an interview with Channel NewsAsia following the visit, Acting Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong said: "The skills and the certification that they acquire will be portable. They will then be employed and recognised by employers. "And by producing this pool of qualified and highly trained professionals, it will give us the advantage to attract more investments in the creative industry."

May 02, 2007

Straits Times - Prime Minister's Speech at May Day Rally: Highlights
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He pointed out that the Singapore Government had made lifelong learning a priority. It set up a Lifelong Learning Fund and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA).

The latter partnered the labour movement, tertiary institutes and industry groups to set up specialised institutions to prepare workers for jobs in the new growth sectors.

He gave workers this assurance: 'We will equip Singaporeans with the relevant skills, we will deliver courses, give the workers national certification, qualifications, make them more employable.'

He also highlighted the efforts of Mr Max Chan, 36, who worked as a glass artist for 10 years but decided to upgrade his skills when the industry went into decline.

Despite being weak in English, he got a Diploma in Multimedia Production and attended a 3D animation course run by the WDA and the Media Development Authority.

He now works at a 3D animation production house.

Said Mr Chan, in Mandarin: 'I have always been interested in animation and when I saw WDA offering it, I went for it immediately. Now I am more confident about my abilities, despite just having N-levels.'