Training | Trust Manpower

The Method

People learn differently.
So we train all three ways.

Some people learn by seeing, some by hearing, some by doing — the VAK principle. Our training runs every skill through all three, in the same order, every time.

01 — WATCH

See it done first.

She watches the exact skill on video — short-form on TikTok when the skill is quick, long-form on YouTube when it needs depth. Seeing and hearing it done sets the picture in her mind.

02 — WRITE

Put it in her own words.

She writes the steps into her training notebook — in her own words, her own language. Writing forces her to process it, and the notebook becomes her reference for life in your home.

03 — DO

Execute while it's fresh.

Then she does it — immediately, hands-on, in a real home. Not next week in your kitchen. Now, with someone beside her to correct and encourage.

An Unpopular Opinion

Social media isn't the enemy.
Aimless scrolling is.

Most employers think social media is bad for helpers. We agree — when it's aimless. But pointed in the right direction, it's the best free training library ever built. A few examples of what it could look like:

EXAMPLE 01

Singapore food recipes

TikTok for the quick version, YouTube when the dish deserves the full walkthrough. The exact food your family eats — demonstrated by people who cook it daily.

EXAMPLE 02

How to iron clothes properly

Temperature by fabric, the right order, why some clothes burn. Watched, noted, then practised on real laundry.

EXAMPLE 03

The right washing machine settings

Which cycle for which load — so clothes last and nothing shrinks. Look it up, not guess.

EXAMPLE 04

Your actual appliances

How to use a Ninja 11-in-1 multi-cooker, an air fryer, a robot vacuum. Whatever a home runs on, there's a video for it.

And the possibilities are yours too.

These are just examples — where it goes is up to you. See a dish your family loves, or a method you prefer? Simply send her the video. A 60-second clip often expresses exactly what you want, far more precisely than ten minutes of explaining.

Cooking Training

One dish at a time. Always.

A proper dinner means three dishes — one soup, one vegetable, one meat. So the watch-write-do cycle runs three times, one complete loop per dish.

How a dinner is trained

Soup Watch→ Write→ Cook ✓

Vegetable Watch→ Write→ Cook ✓

Meat Watch→ Write→ Cook ✓

What we never do

Watch all three videos, then write all three, then cook all three. Batching creates confusion — steps blur, dishes merge, nothing sticks. One complete loop per dish, every time.

And then she eats what she cooks.

Training happens at our place, and the food she makes is the food she eats. That's not a perk — it's the feedback loop. Taste, portioning, and standards are learned by eating your own work. When a dish isn't right, she knows it before anyone tells her.

Then the founder eats it too — and scores it.

Every dish is tasted and scored personally by our founder, with feedback on how it can be better. Because here's what most people miss: many helpers have never tasted the dishes they're asked to cook. How would she know her aglio olio is off, or the steak is overdone, if she's never eaten one first-hand?

The scoring works both ways. A good first take gets praised out loud — that's what gives her the courage to keep trying new dishes. And when something misses, "it's not nice" is banned in our kitchen. If it's not nice — why? Too salty? Overcooked? What would make it better? That's feedback she can actually use, and repeat.

Michael Tan giving a mindset talk to helpers during training

A mindset talk during training — shot on iPhone, no edits.

Mindset Training

Skills fill her hands.
Mindset fills the gaps.

Housework can be taught in a week. How to think about the work — that takes conversations. So between the hands-on modules, our founder sits every batch down and talks about the mentality the job deserves: taking ownership, speaking up early instead of hiding mistakes, and treating an employer's home as a responsibility, not a checklist.

It's the part of training no certificate can show. And it's why our helpers arrive with more than skills — they arrive knowing what kind of helper they want to be.

From the Training Kitchen

The food they actually make. All of it.

Every dish below was cooked by a helper during training, in a real home kitchen. Scroll through — this is what arrives at your dinner table.

📷 Real dishes, cooked in training. Shot on iPhone. No edits. No filters.

Cabbage rolls with minced meat — Cabbage rolls

Training, In Pictures

As it actually looks.

📷 Real helpers, real moments. Shot on iPhone. No edits. No filters.

Founder giving a mindset talk to helpers — The mindset talk

Hands-on cooking training at the stove — Hands-on at the stove

Helper caring for an infant — Infant care, hands-on

Helpers in a group study session — Study time — writing it down

Helpers caring for an infant and toddler at home — Child care, in a real home

Helper playing with children at the beach — Beach day with the kids

Helper enjoying an appreciation meal — Appreciation meal, well earned

Helper with child at Jewel Changi — Family day out at Jewel

Helper building sandcastles with children — Sandcastle duty

While She Trains

You don't wait and wonder.
You watch.

Every training day, updates land in your WhatsApp — photos of what she cooked, what she completed, and how she scored. By the time she reaches your door, you already know exactly what you're getting.

信

Trust ManpowerTraining updates

Day 3 — curry chicken, first attempt. Scored 7/10, feedback given on gravy thickness 👍

12:41

Ironing module completed this morning. Moving to kitchen hygiene after lunch.

14:05

Day 5 — steamed fish. 9/10. She's ready for your kitchen.

18:22

Wah, can cook for us already 😄

18:31

The Full Programme

Seven areas. Five to seven days.

Every helper goes through all of them — hands-on, in a real home, with photo updates sent to you as it happens.

General Housework Laundry & Ironing Kitchen Hygiene Chinese Cooking Western Cooking Child Care Home Organisation

Watch. Write. Do.
That's how she learns here.

People learn differently.
So we train all three ways.

See it done first.

Put it in her own words.

Execute while it's fresh.

Social media isn't the enemy.
Aimless scrolling is.

Singapore food recipes

How to iron clothes properly

The right washing machine settings

Your actual appliances

And the possibilities are yours too.

One dish at a time. Always.

And then she eats what she cooks.

Then the founder eats it too — and scores it.

Skills fill her hands.
Mindset fills the gaps.

The food they actually make. All of it.

As it actually looks.

You don't wait and wonder.
You watch.

Seven areas. Five to seven days.

Want a helper trained like this?

Watch. Write. Do.That's how she learns here.

People learn differently.So we train all three ways.

See it done first.

Put it in her own words.

Execute while it's fresh.

Social media isn't the enemy.Aimless scrolling is.

Singapore food recipes

How to iron clothes properly

The right washing machine settings

Your actual appliances

And the possibilities are yours too.

One dish at a time. Always.

And then she eats what she cooks.

Then the founder eats it too — and scores it.

Skills fill her hands.Mindset fills the gaps.

The food they actually make. All of it.

As it actually looks.

You don't wait and wonder.You watch.

Seven areas. Five to seven days.

Want a helper trained like this?

Watch. Write. Do.
That's how she learns here.

People learn differently.
So we train all three ways.

Social media isn't the enemy.
Aimless scrolling is.

Skills fill her hands.
Mindset fills the gaps.

You don't wait and wonder.
You watch.