Ex-sailor changes course to semiconductor sector
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
Mr Loo Fang Jing, who took up a company attachment under the SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme, is hopeful that the skills he picks up will make him attractive to future employers.
ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
After being in the maritime line for about 15 years, Mr Loo Fang Jing, 40, changed course to the semiconductor manufacturing industry.
Now a learning and development trainee at semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries, he is worlds away from his previous work as a sailor and then a technical trainer in a marine engineering firm.