Khaw Boon Wan urges Singaporeans to work as crane operators, says can earn $6k - $7k a month. Do you believe him?


Yahoo! Finance Singapore, 3 May 2013
"Based on a 2012 BCA survey, the monthly gross salary (including overtime pay and allowances) of relatively new crane operators can reach $4,000. Those with more years of experience can take home a monthly gross pay of $6,000 to $7,000.
Today, there are about 3,600 active crane operators in the built environment sector, operating various kinds of cranes: Crawler, Mobile and Tower cranes. Half of the operators are Singaporeans. But we need more, a few hundreds more, as we ramp up our BTO programme." Full story

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