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The Second Shift: How a SkillsFuture Course Turned a Retrenched Executive into His Own Boss

The PDVL is a mandatory certification for anyone wanting to drive a private hire car (like Grab or Gojek) in Singapore. But for Kenny, the three-day, 10-hour course wasn't just about passing a test on the Highway Code or learning how to calculate surcharges. It was a crash course in modern entrepreneurship. skillsfuture pdvl course

“I don’t answer to a boss. I don’t sit in pointless meetings. I meet people—tourists, night shift nurses, late-night office workers. Every passenger is a different story.” The Second Shift: How a SkillsFuture Course Turned

SINGAPORE – Six months ago, Kenny Lim, 52, was staring at a blank calendar for the first time in three decades. After 31 years in logistics management, a company-wide restructuring had left him with a retrenchment letter and a lingering question: What now? “I don’t answer to a boss

“The instructor, Mr. Raj, didn’t treat us like kids. Half the class were former managers, technicians, even a chef who lost his restaurant during COVID. Raj told us: ‘You aren’t just drivers. You are mobile business owners.’ That changed my mindset.”

For Kenny, the PDVL course was more than a vocational licence. It was a psychological rescue.

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