NCDA Facilitation Career Development PLUS Programme
Wed, 16 Jul
|Self Learn + Virtual + In Person Sessions
Strengthen your Career Development practice by working towards the NCDA Certified Career Services Provider (CCSP)


Time & Location
16 Jul 2025, 9:00 am SGT – 24 Sept 2025, 1:00 pm SGT
Self Learn + Virtual + In Person Sessions
About The Event
Become a certified Career Coach or Career Counsellor through NCDA as a Certified Career Service Provider (CCSP).
Whether you are working with students, adults, seniors or anyone to provide career guidance, coaching, counselling support, it is important to be equipped with the right knowledge and skills from the field of career development. The US National Career Development Association (NCDA) has defined 12 competencies for career development practitioners to develop as part of one's career practice. These competencies are part of the Facilitating Career Development (FCD) programme based on the latest 5th Edition Syllabus from NCDA (Nov 2023):
1. Helping Skills
2. Labor Market Information & Resources
3. Assessment
4. Diverse Populations
5. Ethical and Legal Issues
6. Career Development Models
7. Employability Skills
8. Training Clients & Peers
9. Program Management/Implementation
10. Promotion and Public Relations
11. Technology
12. Consultation
We are pleased to offer you an opportunity to build and strengthen your career practice through our enhanced version of FCD, built specially for career development practitioners and career service organisations to gain deeper understanding of career development theories, translate theory to practice by blending coaching approaches with career development theories, so as to eventually build up confidence and effectiveness in applying the skills to practice. We call this our FCD PLUS programme.
Here are 4 unique features of our FCD PLUS programme:
More learning hours to deep dive into Career Development Theories to Practice with Use Cases
Integrate Donald Schutts' Strengths-Based & Appreciative Inquiry approach into your career practice
Receive post training support in the form of Group Career Practice Supervision
Gain a micro credential from Kuder's Institute for Career Advising and Development (ICAD) for Kuder's Career Assessment Platform to further validate your career practice
What is the Training Schedule?
Participants in FCD PLUS can look forward to close to 50 hours of quality live (synchronous) career development training:
4x 8 hours In-Person Training
1x 8 hours Virtual Training
3x 2 hours Theory to Practice Virtual Training*
2x 1.5 hours Group Supervision Support*
Weekly Readings, Self Reflections
Video Recording Assignment and Capstone Project
*Additional coverage only in our FCD PLUS
FCD Training Modules, 9am – 5pm, 6-hour per session
1. Session 01: 16th Jul 2025, Wednesday - In Person
2. Session 02: 17th Jul 2025, Thursday - In Person
3. Session 03: 18th Jul 2025, Friday - Online
4. Session 04: 21st Jul 2025, Monday - In Person
5. Session 05: 23rd Jul 2025, Wednesday - In Person
PLUS Training Modules (7pm – 9pm), 2-hour per session
1. Session 01: 13th Aug 2025, Wednesday - Online
2. Session 02: 20th Aug 2025, Wednesday - Online
3. Session 03: 27th Aug 025, Wednesday - Online
PLUS Group Career Practice Supervision (7pm to 8.30pm), 1.5 hour per session
1. Session 01: 17th Sep 2025, Wednesday - Online
2. Session 02: 24th Sep 2025, Wednesday - Online
All in-person training will be done in Singapore and in Singapore time zone GMT+8.
Who can attend?
Our FCD PLUS is suitable for the following audiences:
1. Individuals who are interested enter the career development profession
2. Currently working as a Career Development Practitioner in a Career Service role or organisation
3. Psychologists / Counsellors who are exploring Career Development practice
4. Human Resource Practitioners (eg. HR Business Partners, Talent Managers, Learning & Development) who are exploring integrating Career Development into organisations
Priority will be given current Career Development Practitioners. We welcome international participants for this programme. However, do note that in-person training sessions must be attended in person, in Singapore. The cost of attending in-person (eg. flight, hotels) is not covered as part of the course fees.
How much will FCD PLUS cost?
SGD$2,200 per participant. This excludes the fees for NCDA's materials which is USD$275 or approx S$380.
Due to limited class size, enrolments will only be confirmed with full payment, on a first come first serve basis. The intake will only be confirmed upon reaching 10 participants per intake.