With the SAFWOS Leadership School, Specialist and Warrant Officer Advanced School and Specialist Cadet School, Pasir Laba Camp, site of the former Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute (SAFTI) is the new home of the warrant officer and specialist corps of the SAF.
Despite being a uniformed service under the Home Team umbrella organisation under the Ministry of Home Affairs as opposed to the Ministry of Defence as in the case of the SAF, the Singapore Civil Defence Force also trains specialist cadets.
Essentially, specialists from both the Fire & Rescue as well as Emergency Medical career tracks form the backbone of the command operations of the Singapore Civil Defence Force particularly at the station level, filling the position of junior officers.
Non-frontline vocationalists undergo a Vocational Section Commander Course and may be promoted to Sergeant 1.
On the other hand, the Hazmat specialist specialises in detection and containment of hazardous chemicals and toxins while the paramedic specialist is part of the emergency ambulance service team providing efficient and accurate pre-hospital care to accident victims and patients in critical condition.