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Employment

For persons with disability, looking for a job is often a very difficult task. Fortunately, there are different places other than the open job market where a person with disability, depending on the level of severity, can find employment. He can go to:

A Sheltered Workshop

A Production Workshop

Job Placement in the open market

1.	What is a Sheltered Workshop?

	A Sheltered Workshop is a form of employment for persons with moderate to severe disability where they acquire basic job skills, such as packaging and assembly, through sub-contract work.

	For more information, please contact:

	Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) SAVH Vocational Training Department 47 Toa Payoh Rise Singapore 298104 Tel: 6251 4331 ext 164 Fax: 6253 7191

	Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) The SPD Work Activity Centre No. 2 Peng Nguan Street SPD Ability Centre Singapore 168955 Tel: 6323 2303 Fax: 6323 7008


	Society of Moral Charities (Visually Handicapped) 830 Thomson Road Singapore 574624 Tel: 6253 3303 Fax: 6258 0123

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2.	What is a Production Workshop?

	A Production Workshop is a form of employment for persons with moderate disability (depending on their disability type), such as printing and manufacturing, in a production line.

	For more information, please contact:

	Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD)

	SPD Production Workshop No. 2 Peng Nguan Street SPD Ability Centre Singapore 168955 Tel: 6323 2303 Fax: 6323 7008

	Bizlink Centre Singapore Limited

	Bizlink Business Development Division Blk 512 Chai Chee Lane #01-07/08/09 Bedok Industrial Park Singapore 469028 Tel: 6449 5652 Fax: 6449 5625

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3.	Job Placement for employment in the Open Market

	For persons with slight to moderate disability, with the necessary skills, he/she can look for jobs in the open market. If help is needed in this area, they can always turn to job placement organisations to locate the most suitable job according to their interest and needs.

	For more information, please contact:

	Bizlink Centre Singapore Limited

	Blk 512 Chai Chee Lane #01-07/08/09 Bedok Industrial Park Singapore 469028 Tel: 6449 5652 Fax: 6449 5625

	For job matching:

	Bizlink Centre Employment Placement Division

	For vocational assessment:

	Bizlink Centre Vocational Assessment Division

	For any other assistance:

	Bizlink Centre Information and Referral Services

	Ministry of Manpower(MOM)

	18 Havelock Road Singapore 059794 Tel: 6438 5122 for MOM One-Call Centre


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