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WSQ - Application Integration with Docker and Kubernetes

Sessions 2 days
Duration 16 hrs
Level Beginner
Assessment 2 hrs

Venue

12 Woodlands Square #07-85/86/87 Woods Square Tower 1, Singapore 737715. 5 mins walk from Woodlands (NS9) MRT station.

The venue is disabled-friendly.

TSC Title: Applications Integration
TSC Code: ICT-DIT-3003-1.1

Funding for this course is valid from 22 Dec 2021 to 21 Dec 2027. Register and complete the course within this period to qualify for funding support.

By the end of the course, learners will be able to

LO1: Perform application assessment and connection using Docker containers
LO2: Integrate functions and support API integration using Docker containers.
LO3: Perform test and verifications across multiple platforms using Kubernetes
LO4: Perform troubleshooting and upgrade on Kubernetes

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Certificate of Achievement from Tertiary Infotech Academy Pte Ltd - Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Achievement from Tertiary Infotech Academy Pte Ltd.
OpenCerts from SkillsFuture Singapore - After passing the assessment(s) and achieving at least 75% attendance, participants will receive a OpenCert (aka Statement of Achievement) from SkillsFuture Singapore, certifying that they have achieved the Competency Standard(s) in the above Skills Framework.

WSQ - Application Integration with Docker and Kubernetes

Course Code: TGS-2021010366

WSQ
SFC
PSEA
UTAP
SFEC
Absentee Payroll
MCES

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Application Integration with Docker and Kubernetes is a hands-on course designed to equip learners with the skills to assess, containerize, and integrate applications using modern DevOps tools. Participants will gain a strong foundation in Docker, understanding the differences between virtual machines and containers, mastering essential Docker commands, building images using Dockerfiles, and managing storage and networking. The course also covers Docker Compose, enabling learners to define and manage multi-service applications through YAML configuration files. By the end of the Docker modules, learners will be able to perform application assessments, establish container-based connections, and integrate APIs and functional components efficiently using Docker containers.

Building on containerization knowledge, the course introduces Kubernetes for orchestrating and managing applications across multiple platforms. Learners will explore Kubernetes architecture and core concepts, including pods, namespaces, and deployments, before progressing to advanced topics such as services, persistent volumes, and jobs. Through practical exercises, participants will perform testing and verification of applications in clustered environments, as well as troubleshoot and upgrade Kubernetes deployments. Upon completion, learners will be capable of deploying scalable, resilient applications and maintaining production-ready container orchestration environments..

Full Fee $750.00 Before GST

GST $67.50 9% of fee

Baseline Nett $442.50 SG/PR age 21+ · 50% funded

MCES / SME Nett $292.50 SG age 40+ · 70% funded

SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC)

Eligible companies can use their $10,000 SFEC to cover up to 90% of out-of-pocket course fees for classes ending on or before 30 Nov 2026. A redesigned SFEC starts on 1 Dec 2026.

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SkillsFuture Credit (SFC)

Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SFC to offset course fee payable after funding but the $4,000 Additional SFC (Mid-Career Support) cannot be used.

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UTAP

Eligible NTUC members can apply for 50% of the unfunded fee from UTAP, capped up to $250/year and for members aged 40 and above, capped up to $500/year.

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PSEA

Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their PSEA funds to offset course fee payable after funding.

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Please bring your own laptop for hands-on training. If you don't have laptop, we can provide spare laptop for training use.

We provide free consultation related to the subject matter after the course.
Please email your queries to enquiry@tertiaryinfotech.com and we will forward your queries to the subject matter experts.

You can register your interest without upfront payment. There is no penalty for withdrawal of the course before the class commences.
We reserve the right to cancel or re-schedule the course due to unforeseen circumstances. If the course is cancelled, we will refund 100% for any paid amount.
Note the venue of the training is subject to changes due to availability of the classroom.

Course Details

Topic 1 Docker Fundamentals

VM vs container

Docker commands

Create image with Dockerfile

Docker storage and networking

Topic 2 Docker Compose

Create Docker compose yml file

Create multi services using docker compose

Topic 3 Kubernetes Fundamentals

Kubernetes architecture

Core concepts of Kubernetes

Create pod, namespace and deployment

Topic 4: Advanced Kubernetes Concepts

Advanced concepts of Kubernetes

Create services, volumes and jobs

Written Exam
Practical Exam

Course Info

Minimum Entry Requirement

Knowledge and Skills

Able to operate using computer functions
Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)

Attitude

Positive Learning Attitude
Enthusiastic Learner

Experience

Minimum of 1 year of working experience.

Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement

Software:

You will need the following for this course:

Docker Desktop – free for personal use
Minikube – free
kubectl – free
Visual Studio Code – free

Hardware: Windows PC or Mac laptop

Funding Eligibility Criteria

Self-sponsored learners (individuals)

Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents aged 21 and above.
Up to 50% course fee funding. Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above receive up to 70% under the Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES).
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above can pay the remaining fee with SkillsFuture Credit.

Company-sponsored learners

Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents who are direct employees of the sponsoring company.
Up to 50% course fee funding, or up to 70% for employees of SMEs (Enhanced Training Support for SMEs) and for Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above. An SME has no more than 200 employees or an annual turnover of no more than $100 million.
Employers can also claim Absentee Payroll funding for employees who attend during working hours.
Eligible companies can offset their out-of-pocket fees with SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC).

Conditions for all funded learners

Attendance is taken digitally with Singpass for every session, including the assessment.
You must complete the course and pass all assessments (assessed as Competent).
If these conditions are not met, the funding is clawed back and the learner or employer pays the full course fee.
9% GST is charged on the full course fee before funding.
Promo and discount codes cannot be used on funded courses.
Any balance after funding can be paid in cash, with SkillsFuture Credit, with PSEA (Singapore Citizens with a PSEA), or partly reimbursed by UTAP for NTUC members.

How to Apply SkillsFuture Credit Claim for Individuals

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit (base tier) to pay the course fee after funding. The $4,000 mid-career top-up cannot be used for this course.

Register for this course as self-sponsored and tell us you will use SkillsFuture Credit. Do not pay the amount you plan to claim.
We email you an invoice showing the course fee after funding.
From 60 days before the course starts, and no later than the course start date, log in to MySkillsFuture with Singpass and click Claim credits.
Click Submit a Claim and search for this course by its course code, TGS-2021010366.
Select your class start date, enter the course fee payable after funding and the amount of credit to claim, then upload the invoice (PDF, JPG or PNG, under 4MB).
Review, accept the terms and click Agree and Submit. The credit is paid directly to us; processing can take up to 14 working days.

Changing or withdrawing: cancel the claim on MySkillsFuture at least one day before the course starts. If your class date changes, cancel the claim and submit a new one with the new date.

How to Apply SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC)

SFEC helps companies pay for employee training. The current SFEC ends on 30 November 2026, and a redesigned SFEC starts on 1 December 2026.

Current SFEC: classes ending on or before 30 November 2026

Eligible companies received a one-off $10,000 credit, notified by letter to their Corppass administrator. Eligibility generally required at least 3 Singapore Citizen or PR employees and Skills Development Levy contributions.
SFEC covers up to 90% of the company's out-of-pocket course fee after other subsidies.

Check your company's SFEC eligibility and balance on EnterpriseSG.
Register your Singapore Citizen or PR employee for a class that ends by 30 November 2026, as company-sponsored, and pay the course fee after funding.
Your employee attends and completes the course. We submit the attendance and assessment results to SWDA.
No separate claim is needed. SFEC is calculated automatically once the course fee grant is approved and is paid quarterly to your company's IRAS GIRO or PayNow Corporate account.

Any unused balance of the current SFEC expires on 30 November 2026.

Redesigned SFEC from 1 December 2026

Companies with at least 3 resident employees receive a fresh $10,000 in an online SFEC wallet that offsets out-of-pocket fees upfront at enrolment, instead of reimbursing them afterwards. SWDA has not yet published the support rates and claim steps; see OurWorkforce or our SFEC guide.

How to Apply UTAP (NTUC Members)

NTUC members can claim 50% of the unfunded course fee under the Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP), capped at $250 a year (aged below 40) or $500 a year (aged 40 and above). The cap is shared with UTAP claims for AI tool subscriptions.

Eligibility: you must be an NTUC member paying full membership fees, with your membership paid up before and during the course and when you claim. The course must not be fully paid for by your employer or another source.

Make sure your NTUC membership is paid up before the course starts.
Register for this course with us and pay the course fee after funding and SkillsFuture Credit.
Attend at least 75% of the course and sit all assessments.
Within 6 months after the course ends, go to the NTUC U Portal, open UTAP under E-services, log in with Singpass and choose Course Fee Claim.
Enter the nett course fee you paid (after all subsidies and SkillsFuture Credit, including GST), and upload your invoice or receipt and your certificate or result slip (PDF, JPG or PNG, up to 5MB each).
NTUC usually pays the claim within 4 weeks of submission.

How to Apply PSEA

Singapore Citizens with a Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA), which stays open until around the year you turn 31, can use it to pay the course fee after funding for PSEA-approved courses. You can also use a sibling's PSEA after your own has been used up.

Check that this course shows the PSEA tag on its MySkillsFuture page.
Check your PSEA balance on MOE's Student Finance System with Singpass.
Download and complete the PSEA withdrawal form, then submit it to us.
We submit the withdrawal request to MOE. You (and your sibling, if you are using their account) authorise it in the Student Finance System. Nothing is withdrawn without this authorisation.
MOE pays us directly. If you have already paid, we refund the amount covered by PSEA.

More details: MOE PSEA overview.

Appeal Process

If you disagree with an assessment decision, you have the right to appeal.

When the assessor gives you feedback, say whether you agree with the outcome. If you agree, you and the assessor sign the Assessment Summary Record; if you disagree, do not sign it.
Discuss the decision with the assessor or the assessment manager first.
If you are still not satisfied, tell the assessor you intend to appeal. The assessor records this in the feedback section of the Assessment Summary Record and informs the assessment manager.
Lodge your appeal within 7 days, giving your reasons, using the Candidate Appeal Form. The assessor can help you write and lodge it.
An Assessment Appeal Panel reviews the information from you and the assessor and makes a decision. A record of the appeal and its outcome is kept.
You will be told the outcome within 2 weeks of lodging the appeal. The panel's decision is final.

Job Roles

DevOps Engineer
Cloud Solutions Architect
Software Developer
Infrastructure Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Systems Administrator
IT Operations Specialist
Platform Engineer
Microservices Developer
Release Manager
Network Administrator (focusing on cloud-native applications)
Continuous Deployment Specialist
Backend Developer
Cloud Security Specialist
Container Orchestration Manager

Trainers

Mohan Pothula is a DevOps specialist and enterprise architect with more than 20 years of experience, and he holds the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification. He has held senior architecture roles at DBS Bank, SPH Media and Mediacorp, where he led cloud migration and modernisation projects built on AWS, Azure and Kubernetes. His expertise includes containerisation with Docker, container orchestration with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, infrastructure as code, Linux administration and microservices design. He holds further certifications in AWS Solutions Architecture and Cloudera Administration, and he is known for integrating applications into secure, automated platforms that meet banking and regulatory standards. He has implemented end-to-end DevOps solutions for enterprises, optimising application performance and automating deployment workflows across hybrid environments. As a mentor and technical lead, he has guided engineering teams in adopting scalable cloud architectures and CI/CD pipelines, and as an educator he emphasises real-world practices that unify software delivery, infrastructure management and automation.

In WSQ - Application Integration with Docker and Kubernetes, Mohan teaches learners to assess, containerise and integrate applications using the tools he relies on in enterprise DevOps work. Participants compare virtual machines with containers, master essential Docker commands, build images with Dockerfiles and configure Docker storage and networking. They write Docker Compose YAML files to run multi-service applications, then move on to Kubernetes architecture and core concepts, creating pods, namespaces and deployments, and finally services, volumes and jobs. Mohan draws on his microservices and cloud migration projects to show how container-based connections between services are planned, tested and secured, and how the same images flow through a CI/CD pipeline into a cluster. He also discusses how to decide which parts of an existing application are ready to containerise, and how to plan the move from a single host running Docker Compose to a Kubernetes cluster. Holding the CKA himself, he also prepares learners for the cluster-side work that follows integration, including how services, volumes and jobs behave once applications are running on Kubernetes. His hands-on, scenario-based sessions give participants the practical skills to integrate and manage scalable, resilient containerised applications in their own organisations.

Dr. Alfred Ang integrates applications with containers as part of his everyday work as a full-stack AI developer, Agentic AI solution architect and technology leader, and he holds both the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certifications. He is Managing Director, CIO, CTO and Chief Instructional Designer of Tertiary Infotech Academy Pte Ltd and founder of Tertiary Courses, leading teams that deliver software as well as Skills Framework-aligned WSQ and IBF training. His ai-mms platform, an OpenMage LTS application on PHP 8.2 and MySQL, is packaged with Docker and deployed through Coolify for the Singapore, Malaysia and Ghana sites, and his self-hosted AI-LMS-TMS integrates with Singapore's SkillsFuture APIs and uses AI agents to automate work. He also built tertiarytraining, which manages on-demand Docker lab containers with role-based access, and he automates releases with GitHub Actions pipelines. His experience spans system architecture, API-driven systems, security and observability across AWS and Kubernetes, supported by AWS Certified Solutions Architect and Cloud Practitioner credentials and CompTIA Security+. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from NUS and an MSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from NTU. He is also an ACTA-certified trainer and DACE-certified curriculum developer, and he has published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers after a career in the defence, electronics and semiconductor industries. He also holds PMP, CSM and ITIL certifications, reflecting a structured approach to planning and delivering technology change.

In WSQ - Application Integration with Docker and Kubernetes, Dr. Ang teaches learners to assess, containerise and integrate applications with modern DevOps tools. Participants compare virtual machines and containers, master essential Docker commands, create images with Dockerfiles and configure Docker storage and networking. They write Docker Compose YAML files to run multi-service applications, then move to Kubernetes architecture and core concepts, creating pods, namespaces and deployments, and finally services, volumes and jobs. He uses his own multi-service platforms to show how an application is assessed before containerisation, how services find and talk to each other, and how persistent data is kept safe when containers are replaced. His CKA and CKAD experience helps learners see how a Compose-based setup maps onto Kubernetes objects when an application needs to scale. As an ACTA-certified trainer and DACE-certified curriculum developer, he builds each lab on the previous one, so learners finish with a working, integrated application running on Kubernetes. He also discusses practical integration concerns such as configuration through environment variables, health checks and service dependencies, and how the same images can move unchanged from a developer's laptop to a test environment and into production. Learners practise troubleshooting connection and storage problems so they can resolve integration issues independently. He also highlights security basics such as running containers with minimal privileges and keeping credentials out of images and source code. Participants leave able to containerise and integrate applications confidently in their own organisations. Browse his integration projects on GitHub at https://github.com/alfredang and connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/angchewhoe/

Tan Chong Yong is a cloud solutions architect and DevOps specialist with over 15 years of experience in IT infrastructure automation, microservices deployment and container orchestration. He has implemented enterprise-level CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes clusters for clients in sectors such as telecommunications, banking and logistics, and has designed and maintained cloud-native platforms using Docker, Kubernetes and microservices architecture for enterprise clients. Holding certifications in AWS, Kubernetes and Docker, he is recognised for designing scalable, resilient and secure containerised systems, with a strong background in systems engineering, virtualisation, system reliability and automation.

In WSQ Application Integration with Docker and Kubernetes, Chong Yong teaches participants how to assess, containerise and orchestrate applications across distributed systems. Learners start with Docker fundamentals, comparing virtual machines with containers, using essential Docker commands, building images with Dockerfiles, and managing storage and networking. They then define multi-service applications with Docker Compose before moving on to Kubernetes architecture and core concepts, creating pods, namespaces and deployments, and finally services, volumes and jobs. His sessions bring in container networking, persistent storage and CI/CD integration within Kubernetes clusters, reflecting his focus on simplifying complex infrastructure. With his practical and methodical approach, learners leave able to build and manage containerised solutions that improve agility and resource utilisation.

Truman Ng is a cloud infrastructure and automation engineer whose experience spans enterprise networking, DevOps and AI systems deployment. A PMP, ACTA and Huawei HCIE-certified professional, he has trained global teams in cloud operations, container orchestration and CI/CD best practices. His particular strength lies in integrating DevOps tools with AI and automation workflows to support enterprise-scale deployments, giving him a practical view of how containerised applications are built, shipped and run in production.

In WSQ Application Integration with Docker and Kubernetes, Truman provides a deep dive into container orchestration, service scaling and monitoring for production-grade environments. Learners begin with Docker fundamentals, comparing virtual machines and containers, using essential Docker commands, building images with Dockerfiles, and handling storage and networking. They go on to define multi-service applications with Docker Compose, then learn Kubernetes architecture and core concepts, creating pods, namespaces and deployments, before advancing to services, volumes and jobs. His sessions focus on deploying multi-container applications, managing clusters securely and optimising resource utilisation, drawing on his experience training teams in cloud operations and CI/CD. Learners come away with a clear grasp of the end-to-end workflow of building, deploying and maintaining containerised applications in cloud-native environments.

Dr. Alvin Ang is a data science and AI technology expert with more than two decades of experience in automation, software integration and scalable application design. His technical expertise extends to containerisation, MLOps and distributed computing frameworks, and he is a strong advocate of modern, efficient application deployment strategies. As CTO and Chief Instructional Designer at Tertiary Infotech, he has developed more than 500 accredited programmes in AI, data analytics and cloud technologies.

In WSQ Application Integration with Docker and Kubernetes, Dr. Ang helps participants assess, containerise and integrate applications using modern DevOps tools, with particular attention to applications that connect to analytics and automation systems. Learners start with Docker fundamentals, comparing virtual machines and containers, working with Docker commands, building images with Dockerfiles, and managing storage and networking. They then use Docker Compose to define multi-service applications, before moving on to Kubernetes architecture and core concepts, creating pods, namespaces and deployments, and finally services, volumes and jobs. His sessions show how AI-powered and data-driven services can be orchestrated with Docker and Kubernetes, emphasising modularity, scalability and fault tolerance. Through practical demonstrations, learners gain the skills to deploy and manage complex applications in dynamic environments.