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Joint ITE-NEA Certificate in Pest Control
Campus
ITE College East
Industry
Environmental Services
Course type
Part-time
Certifications
Joint-Industry Certification
Our course prepares you for the NEA Vector Control Worker licence by teaching you how to find and manage pests and their breeding areas.
Course duration: 49 hours
Kickstart your career in vector control!
Join us to start a rewarding career where you can protect communities and the environment.
Become a Pest Control expert with us!
Join us to gain the skills needed to protect communities from pests. This training will teach you to inspect areas for pests, making you an essential part of keeping environments safe.
What you'll learn
Practise work safety and good housekeeping
Learn about pests and vectors
Understand the morphology, medical importance, biology, surveillance and control of mosquitoes, flies, rodents, cockroaches, fleas and other pests
Identify important vectors
Handle use of pesticides (insecticides and rodenticides)
Operate and maintain Pest Control Equipment
Download Core module details [PDF, 156 KB]
Certification
Course participants are required to attend the course and pass both theory & practical components to receive the Joint ITE-NEA Certificate in Pest Control.
Entry requirements
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
Singapore Citizens / Singapore Permanent Residents or Foreigners with a valid and relevant work permit issued by Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to work in Singapore; AND
Have Provisional Vector Control Worker (VCW) licence; OR
Completed Primary School Education; OR
Attained Workplace Literacy & Numeracy (WPLN) Level 3 in Reading, Listening and Numeracy
If you are paying using your SkillsFuture Credit (SFC), do note that the “One-Off SkillsFuture Credit Top-Up” will expire on 31 December 2025. This credit can be used only for courses starting on or before 31 December 2025.
The “One-Off SkillsFuture Credit Top-Up” is a one-off SFC top-up of $500 given by the government in 2020, for all eligible Singaporeans aged 25 or above.
For more information, please refer to SSG’s website and log in to check your SFC balance.
Course fee
Respective course fees of Joint ITE-NEA Certificate in Pest Control
Nett fee | Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) fee | Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) fee | Full fee# |
Singapore Citizens & Singapore PRs | Singapore Citizens & Singapore PRs (Sponsored by SMEs) | Singapore Citizens Age >= 40 | Foreigners with a valid work pass |
$150.42 | $58.42 | $58.42 | $501.40 |
The course fee is inclusive of GST and is subject to change. #Singapore Citizens / Singapore PRs who are re-taking the course are required to pay full fee | |||
Training schedule
General information
This is a blended learning course which includes 49 hours of classroom training and 8 hours of Self-Directed Learning (SDL). You need to complete and pass 2 Practical Assignments and 1 Theory Exam to receive the certificate.
On completion, course applicant will be able to practice work safety and good housekeeping, learn about pests and vectors, understand the morphology, medical importance, biology, surveillance and control of mosquitoes, flies, rodents, cockroaches, fleas and other pests, handle use of pesticides (Insecticides and Rodenticides) & operate and maintain pest control equipment.
Duration:
Lessons are mostly conducted on Mondays and Tuesdays
6.45 pm - 9.45 pm (subject to adjustment)
The detailed training and assessment schedule will be shared with course participants on the first lesson
Venue: ITE College East (CE)
Progression opportunities
After 1 year of working as a certified Full Vector Control Worker, you can upgrade by signing up for Joint ITE-NEA Certificate in Pest Management Course.