“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.”
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
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He has also used the digital literacy skills from the course to track his earnings via an Excel dashboard he built himself. “My wife joked that I over-prepared. But last month, when the surge pricing algorithm glitched, I knew exactly which zones to move to. The course paid for itself in two days.” Raj told us: ‘You aren’t just drivers
Kenny used his (the $500 top-up provided by the government) to cover the entire cost of the $350 course fee. He didn’t pay a cent out of pocket.