{
  "id": 9727144,
  "title": "SIA Engineering, Rolls-Royce JV SAESL to offer 30 work-study places from 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/sia-engineering-rolls-royce-jv-saesl-to-offer-30-work-study-places",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-25T07:52:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/transport-logistics/sia-engineering-rolls-royce-jv-saesl-offer-30-work-study-places-2027"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Singapore Aero Engine Services (SAESL), a joint venture between SIA Engineering and Rolls-Royce, will provide 30 work-study diplomas for ITE students beginning in 2027. This move is part of the company's strategy to bolster its talent pipeline and equip its existing staff with digital skills in response to the rapidly evolving tech landscape. SAESL has pledged to hire over 1,000 new technicians within the next five years, supporting a S$242 million expansion that will increase its MRO capacity by 40 percent by 2029. The company signed strategic agreements with ITE, Republic Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic, and A*Star's Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC). SAESL is concurrently retraining its 2,000-strong workforce to adapt to AI-driven changes, with each employee undergoing a transformation to coexist with emerging technologies. The AI-led transformation includes AI-native technologies, custom-built applications designed for an aerospace assembly line's unique needs, and additive manufacturing, a method that creates objects layer by layer, helping to alleviate supply chain bottlenecks.",
  "summary": "It will also retrain its existing staff to keep up with changes in AI and other digital technologies",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}