World Skills Singapore 2016 was held from 7th to 9th July 2016. Singaporean students and trainees from polytechnics, ITE, other institutions of higher learning and companies, who were not older than 22 years old in the year of the competition were invited to participate in this competition. World Skills Singapore 2016 winners stood a chance to represent Singapore at the prestigious 44th World Skills Competition to held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in October 2017.