Landscape companies and employers of in-house landscape maintenance employees must meet the Progressive Wage Model wage and training requirements for landscape maintenance employees who are Singapore citizens or permanent residents.
What is it
The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) for landscape maintenance employees was developed by the Tripartite Cluster for Landscape Industry (TCL).
The PWM is a registration condition for NParks’ Landscape Company Register (LCR).
From 1 September 2022, in-house employers are required to meet the PWM requirements for their in-house landscape maintenance employees.
Who it covers
The PWM requirements:
- Are mandatory.
- Cover all Singapore citizens and permanent residents employed in outsourced landscape maintenance jobs by landscape companies on the LCR or in-house landscape maintenance employees in firms that hire foreign workers.
Employers are encouraged to adopt the PWM’s principles for their foreign landscape maintenance employees by upgrading their skills and implementing productivity-based wage progression pathways.
Wage requirements
The landscape maintenance sub-sector PWM is a 4-level career progression model. It features:
- Specific training requirements that tap on the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications for Landscape (Landscape WSQ). This ensures that landscape maintenance employees are equipped with the skills needed to carry out their job functions.
- Progressive wages set at each level. This ensures that landscape maintenance employees are paid wages that are commensurate with their skills and productivity.
The TCL reviewed the PWM wages in August 2021. The wage requirements recommended in the TCL report will take effect from 1 July 2023.
From 1 September 2022, local in-house landscape maintenance employees are required to be paid at least the PWM wages. The wages for local in-house landscape maintenance employees are subject to changes as recommended by the TCL.
| Job level |
Monthly basic salary (2022) |
Responsibilities |
| Landscape supervisor |
≥ $2,450 |
- Deployment of workforce
- Supervision of workforce
- Ensure work schedules are completed on time
- Inspection of site
- Ensure safety regulations are implemented and complied with
|
|
Certifications required for Assistant Landscape Supervisor
+ 4 modules in WSQ Advanced Certificate in Landscape Supervision
|
| Assistant landscape supervisor |
≥ $2,050 |
- Maintenance duties
- Assist in deployment of workforce
- Assist in manpower supervision
- Reporting and updating completed work
- Assist in ensuring safety regulations are complied with
|
|
Certifications required for landscape technician
+ 1 module in WSQ Advanced Certificate in Landscape Supervision
|
| Landscape technician |
≥ $1,850 |
- 5 basic general duties
- Watering
- Weeding
- Basic pruning
- Soil aeration
- Clearing of horticultural waste
- Fertiliser and pesticide treatment
- Operate motorised equipment and machinery
- Observe safety regulations
|
|
Certifications required for landscape worker
+ 4 modules in WSQ Advanced Certificate in Landscape Operations
|
| Landscape worker |
≥ $1,650 |
- 5 basic general duties
- Watering
- Weeding
- Basic pruning
- Soil aeration
- Clearing of horticultural waste
- Observe safety regulations
|
|
3 modules from WSQ Certificate in Landscape Operations
To be completed within 3 months from entering the landscape industry.
|
| New applicant |
Basic wage level
| Job level |
July 2022 |
| Landscape worker |
≥ $1,650 |
| Landscape technician |
≥ $1,850 |
| Assistant landscape supervisor |
≥ $2,050 |
| Landscape supervisor |
≥ $2,450 |
| Job level |
July
2023 |
July
2024 |
July
2025 |
July
2026 |
July
2027 |
July
2028 |
Landscape
worker |
≥ $1,750 |
≥ $1,850 |
≥ $1,950 |
≥ $2,095 |
≥ $2,240 |
≥ $2,385 |
Landscape
technician |
≥ $2,010 |
≥ $2,170 |
≥ $2,330 |
≥ $2,490 |
≥ $2,650 |
≥ $2,810 |
Assistant
landscape
supervisor /
Landscape
Specialist |
≥ $2,215 |
≥ $2,380 |
≥ $2,545 |
≥ $2,685 |
≥ $2,825 |
≥ $2,965 |
Landscape
supervisor /
Senior
Landscape
Specialist |
≥ $2,600 |
≥ $2,750 |
≥ $2,900 |
≥ $3,060 |
≥ $3,220 |
≥ 3,380 |
A PWM Bonus of at least 2 weeks of basic monthly wages will be payable to eligible outsourced and in-house landscape maintenance employees in a given year.
Training requirements
For outsourced landscape maintenance employees, landscape companies must ensure that their Singapore citizens and PR landscape maintenance employees meet the training requirements recommended by the TCL by taking Workforce Skills Qualification modules from the approved list of modules.
For in-house landscape maintenance employees, employers must ensure that their employees meet the in-house PWM training requirement of any 1 Workforce Skills Qualification course or 1 in-house training programme.
As an employer, you will benefit from your landscape maintenance employees’ increased productivity and ability to provide higher quality landscape maintenance services.
Find out more about the landscape PWM’s training requirements or get assistance for training costs.
For more detail on the training requirements and the list of approved WSQ training modules, please see Annex D of the TCL August 2021 report
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