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“I sent out 40 resumes. I got three replies. All of them said I was ‘over-experienced’ or asked for a salary I couldn’t live on,” Kenny recalls, sitting in the driver’s seat of his silver Hyundai Ioniq. “At 52, you aren’t ‘retraining.’ You’re just ‘expensive.’”

For Kenny, the PDVL course was more than a vocational licence. It was a psychological rescue.

“I thought I knew Singapore roads. I was wrong,” he laughs. The course covered everything from Dynamic Pricing Algorithms to Service Etiquette for Disabled Passengers . There was a module on Financial Literacy for Self-Employed Drivers —learning how to manage CPF contributions without a corporate employer—and another on Conflict Resolution . skillsfuture pdvl course

“Honestly, if I had to pay cash, I might have hesitated. $350 feels small, but when you just lost your job, every dollar feels like a boulder. SkillsFuture removed that friction.”

He has also used the digital literacy skills from the course to track his earnings via an Excel dashboard he built himself. “My wife joked that I over-prepared. But last month, when the surge pricing algorithm glitched, I knew exactly which zones to move to. The course paid for itself in two days.” “I sent out 40 resumes

For more information on the SkillsFuture PDVL course, visit the SkillsFuture SG website or contact any NTUC LearningHub or accredited driving centre.

According to a 2023 SkillsFuture Singapore report, over 600,000 Singaporeans have used their credits for training, with the Transport & Logistics sector seeing a 40% increase in enrollees over 45. “At 52, you aren’t ‘retraining

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