The Training Guide Malaysia is complemented by the web-portal www.trainingmalaysia.com and is an annual guidebook containing information on the training industry in Malaysia. The guidebook focuses on workplace training, corporate training and skills training (technical & vocational), in support of the Government’s efforts to develop human capital under the 9th Malaysian Plan.

The successful release of this publication is made possible due to the support and encouragement from the many government departments, individuals and organisations, as well as the sponsorship of Malaysian educational institutions. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to thank and express my sincere gratitude to the following persons, advertisers, establishments and institutions:

• Minister of Human Resources Malaysia, Y.B. Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam
• The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Human Resources, Y. Bhg. Datuk Thomas George
• The Chief Executive of Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad, Y. Bhg. Mr. Tiew Hai San
• The Director-General of the Department of Skills Development, Y.Bhg. Dato’ Ir. Wan Seman bin Wan Ahmad
• The Deputy Director General of the Department of Skills Development, Y.Bhg. Mr. Pang Chau Leong
• The President of Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management (MIHRM), Y.Bhg. Professor Dato’ Dr. Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid
• The Chief Executive Offi cer of Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM), Y.Bhg. Dr. Wilson Tay
• The President of Malaysian Association of Professional Speakers (MAPS), Y.Bhg. Professor Dato’ Dr. Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman @ The Federation of JPK Accredited Centers, Malaysia (FeMAC)
• The Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities (MAPCU)
• The National Association of Private Educational Institutions (NAPEI)
• Persatuan Kebangsaan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Swasta Bumiputera Malaysia (PKIBM)
• Manpower Department, Department of Skills Development, Skills Development Fund Corporation and other departments of the Ministry of Human Resources
• Skills Development Division and other departments of the Ministry of Youth and Sports
• National Institute of Entrepreneurship and other departments of the Ministry of Entrepreneurship & Cooperative Development
• Department of Agriculture and other departments of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
• MARA Vocational Education & Training Division
• Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB)
• Akademi Binaan Malaysia
• Department of Civil Aviation for Pilot Licensing
• And many other government agencies / organisations that may have been unintentionally left out

I would like to commend Mr. Tan Mui Hong, who is the pillar behind this annual guidebook, and his dedicated team. This includes the editorial, production and marketing staff; its associate web developing company, WebWay E-Services; and the designers, printers, typesetters – all who have worked hard and smart to bring this publication to fruition. I also wish to thank my many other fellow associates, friends and every individual who have contributed in one way or another towards the publication of this guidebook.

This is our 9th edition and as we strive to deliver a better edition of the guidebook each year, I welcome any feedback which can assist us in doing so.

It is our hope that more people will become aware of the need for more training and skills development and that they will be able to obtain invaluable information from this guidebook and web-portal www.TrainingMalaysia.com in helping them accomplish their aspirations.

Challenger Concept (M) Sdn. Bhd. will be distributing as many as 2000 free copies of the guidebook to relevant government agencies, training institutions, employers and secondary schools in Malaysia; and our foreign missions abroad.

Thank you.

CHALLENGER CONCEPT (M) SDN. BHD.
60-3, Jalan PJU 1/3B, Sunwaymas Commercial Centre,
47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel/Fax : 603-7880 3837 Whatsapp: +6014-669 3837
Email : info@studymalaysia.com
Website : www.studymalaysia.com

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Malaysian Association of Professional Speakers (MAPS) is the only professional association for speakers in Malaysia. It represents Malaysia in the International Federation for Professional Speakers (IFFPS), the global body that sets international standards for professional speakers. It is committed to building a greater credibility for the professional speaking business. It strives to help its members grow their speaking business through developing their core professional competencies and adhering to a high level of ethical codes of practice.

For Malaysia to realize its objective of attaining developed nation status by year 2020, it is essential that the country’s workforce be more competent, knowledgeable and highly-motivated to produce world-class quality products and services. The Ninth Malaysia Plan has been fashioned to enhance the level of human capital within our shores. Malaysia needs towering personality in its human capital for sustainable development towards prosperity. Unleashing the human capital potential is indeed necessary.

Human resource departments in the public and private sectors across the nation are in dire need for powerful teachers, speakers and consultants to strengthen their respective workforces. This is where MAPS can play a significant role in making it happen. MAPS is and will remain relevant to the development of Malaysia, catering to the needs of aspiring speakers, especially those in the human resource and development industry. Professional speakers have a very important role to play in ensuring a nation of educated, competent and highly productive workers. They are important in enhancing the level of knowledge and skills.

As President, I am confident that MAPS will enhance the professionalism and uplift the stands of pubic speakers in this country. It is my strong desire to see MAPS serving as a significant resource centre to upgrade and maintain the highest standard for world-class speaking professionals and be an asset to our beloved country, Malaysia.

I take this opportunity to invite speakers and trainers who are not members, to join MAPS. Let us together create a significant impact to the country through excellence in our training offerings and deliveries.

The Malaysian Association of Professional Speakers (MAPS)
H6, Bangunan Khas,Jalan 8/1E
46050 Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 603-7955 4650 Fax 603-7955 2706
Email: info@maps.org.my

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The Government, in the Ninth Malaysia Plan, has identified five key thrusts or enablers as catalysts to propel Malaysians to a higher trajectory in this global village. The development of talent and human capital through training and development of Malaysians is imperative towards achieving the nation’s mission.

The Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said that Malaysia is in her mid-point of the journey towards 2020 and is already experiencing the impacts of globalisation. The future ahead will be more perilous and demanding of her people. So, Malaysians need to deal with greater and rapid changes in such environment.

Therefore, it is imperative that we become more fl exible and versatile in all endeavours to remain relevant and competitive.

The impact of globalisation, Internet connectivity, rapid communication and borderless trade phenomena, the leveraging of knowledge through knowledge sharing and management, and self-directed e-learning offer further evidence of the speed and scale of global connectivity and accelerated learning of people that is taking place verywhere. The world is now a global village. Hence, the future business environment will be challenging for the uninitiated and will demand greater management learning, competencies and leadership in managers of today and tomorrow-if their enterprises and organisations are to be resilient, relevant and rewarding.

Towards this end, the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM) is supportive of the Government and the Ninth Malaysia Plan will continue to be innovative in our training and development programmes to prepare the present and future generations of Malaysian managers to be able to competently handle and manage these new dynamic challenges- to navigate our way- to compete successfully and to achieve our Malaysia 2020 vision of becoming a developed nation.

Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM)
Management House
No. 227, Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel : 603-2165 5255 Fax : 603-2164 3171
Website: www.mim.org.my

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The discriminating learner/employee and the stakeholders should carefully study the various offerings of the various providers and understand their unique distinguishing features. The careful study of the programmes offered by the various providers is itself an educative process. The wealth and treasury of programme offerings provide leads into knowledge considered worthwhile and the relevance of today’s training for tomorrow’s worlds.

Open, complete and comprehensive and up-to-date information provides opportunities for informed choices for education and training. Choices are more reliable when there are more options. The number of options should not be so many as to be confusing. In order to make decisions over options there should be some clarity in assumptions, frameworks and criteria for choices. Challenger Concept has actually provided for the potential learner-customer-employee choices. This opportunity to make choices is available regardless of whether the person making the choice is in Kuala Lumpur, Bunut Susu or Pontianak or in Riyadh, Beijing, Doha, Lagos or Gaberone. The careful study of Education and Training Guides by Challenger Concept, in the first instance, provides the framework for general, competitive, and strategic benchmarking between and among the education and training providers. The critical trainer, educator, learner will not just look as the offerings in the Training Guide but will also look at the offerings in the Education Guide. Challenger Concept has actually taken the lead in creating the conditions for deep learning by providing the materials, albeit, somewhat surface level from the institutional perspective, for exploring the contents and processes of information, knowledge competences, certification, learning experiences offered by training and education providers. Challenger Concept is the one organization which has taken the lead and stayed the course of updating and sharing the vast and changing contents provided by Education and Training Providers. The Malaysian Institute of Human Resources Management (MIHRM) commends this Training Guide not just for employers who seek information and resources for the training of their employees who are knowledge workers, but also for those who are in the education fields who seek to understand the contents and processes of Training which provide remedies for knowledge skills, competencies obsolescence, and the identifiable obsolescence of human capital.

Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management (MIHRM)
K2 Upper Ground Floor, Bangunan Khas, Jalan 8/1E
46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 603-7955 6536 Fax: 603-79554076
Email: mihrm@mihrm.com.my
Website: http://mihrm.com/

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The Department of Skills Development (DSD) (formerly know as the National Vocational Training Council) is one of the agencies under the Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia which is responsible for the co-ordination, development and control of skills training in Malaysia. This is in line with the implementation of the National Skills Development Act (2006) on September 1, 2006.

DSD is given the responsibility of producing skilled workers to meet the country’s technological and economic development needs through accredited skills training programmes at accredited centres approved by DSD. DSD is committed in producing a competent, competitive and knowledgeable workforce in various fields at different levels. To keep up with the changing environment of the industry and to meet the national demand for skilled workers, on 19 May 2004 the government decided, as a national agenda, to implement the National Dual Training System (NDTS) starting from 2005 in order to produce 31,500 skilled workers by 2010. DSD is responsible for the introduction and implementation of the system. The current participation of companies and apprentices in the NDTS programmes is very encouraging. Since NDTS is industry-driven as 70% of the training activities take place in the industry, the near future skills training in Malaysia will be shifted from institution-based approach to industry-driven approach.

Besides that, to further strengthen and intensify the skills development and training, the National Skills Development and Training Blueprint (2008 – 2020) will be implemented this year. This blueprint outlines strategies and action plans that will ensure that all parties involved in skills training are moving in the right direction towards achieving the Vision 2020.

DSD acknowledges the untiring efforts of Challenger Concept in promoting skill training programmes through the Training Guide Malaysia and www.trainingmalaysia.com to all who want to upgrade themselves with skills qualification.

Y. Bhg. Dato’ Ir. Wan Seman bin Wan Ahmad
Director General
Department of Skills Development
Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia
Level 7-8, Block D4, Parcel D
Federal Government Administrative Centre
62502 Putrajaya, Malaysia
Tel: 603-8886 5000 Fax: 603-8889 2423

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PSMB is empowered by the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad Act, 2001 to promote the retraining and skills upgrading of workforce. Employers in the manufacturing and selected services sector which are listed under the First Schedule of the Act are required to contribute to the Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF) for the retraining and skills upgrading of their employees.

2008 will be a very exciting year for training fraternity. Several new training schemes were introduced by PSMB to make retraining more accessible to the workforce, besides making them more relevant to the needs of the industries. The opening of the Ability Garden in Wisma PSMB which provides seminar, meeting and training facilities to the public signifies our effort to promote lifelong learning for workforce in Malaysia.

I would like to urge all employers to put in more effort to retrain and upgrade their employees’ skills and make lifelong learning a culture in their workplace. A highly skilled Malaysian workforce will lend a competitive edge to successful participation in the global economy and assist our nation to achieve developed status by year 2020.

Challenger Concept’s effort is commendable. This guidebook has helped many working adults and employers seeking information on training programmes. It also serves as an effective media platform for training providers to promote their programmes to the right audience.

Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad
Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia
Wisma PSMB, Jalan Beringin, Damansara Heights, 50490
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: 603-2096 4888 Fax: 603-2096 4949

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This guidebook and its web-portal complement the Ministry’s efforts in disseminating information on training and HR development to the workforce, particularly those who are interested in training, re-training, and skills or abilities upgrading in the working world. It is also an indispensable guidebook for school leavers who are seeking vocational and technical education, and training opportunities in Malaysia. Challenger Concept’s commitment indeed is commendable.

The Ministry of Human Resources is moving forward fast; and has set achievable targets and formulated strategies to propel Malaysia towards being a developed country by year 2020. Among the most important agenda is the investment in human capital. The government has progressively increased the budget for the education and training sector to produce a quality human capital in achieving the National Mission. The Ministry has incorporated a Skill Development Fund with the objective of helping school leavers to be trained with the right skills for the job. As for the existing workforce, the fund will help them to develop their skills for better career advancement.

In producing and increasing the pool of knowledge-base and multi-skilled human capital with high moral value, the Ministry will continue to expand and upgrade the Ministry’s technical training institutes, enhance the quality of its delivery system, review and upgrade curriculum, strengthen the student-centre teaching and learning approach, upgrade quality of instructors and expand instructor training programmes, enhance collaboration with industry, as well as expand courses related to emerging technologies.

The Ministry encourages greater collaboration among the Government, private sector of education and training, as well as the community by working together to produce a skilled nation with the appropriate skills needed for all the industries.

Once again, I applaud the contributions of Challenger Concept in creating such platforms to disseminate information on training opportunities in Malaysia.

Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia
Level 9, Block D3, Parcel D
Federal Government Administrative Centre
62502 Putrajaya, Malaysia
Tel: 603-8886 5000 Fax: 603-8889 2402

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This guidebook features Malaysian training providers and organisations, key people of the training industry, and programmes for corporate training and skill training with the purpose of promoting training opportunities in Malaysia to both the local and international market place. The effort of the publisher certainly complement the Ministry’s task in disseminating training information for the development of quality human capital.

In matters relating to human capital development for the year 2008, the Ministry will continue to develop a holistic human capital which encompasses knowledge, skills, ethics, values and attitudes; produce highly-skilled employees to meet the demands of a knowledge-based economy as well as to enable them to be more employable; encourage more training and development for those already in the workforce; and continuously improve the course curriculum and incorporate soft skills and entrepreneurship skills into the programmes in order to create more versatile trainees.

Therefore, I would like to urge all training providers to adopt the best industry practices, continue enriching the quality of training programmes, introduce innovative teaching-learning methodology, as well as benchmark the outcome of the students/trainees with the best in the world. The curriculum, teaching approach and training delivery system at the Ministry’s training institutions such as Industrial Training Institutes (ITI), Centre for Instructor and Advanced Skills Training (CIAST), Japan-Malaysia Technical Institute (JMTI) and Advanced Technology Training Centres (ADTEC) will be continuously enhanced to produce trainees who are skillful and competent.

Once again, I would like to congratulate Challenger Concept for producing a guidebook of such nature for the training industry.

Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia
Level 9, Block D3, Parcel D
Federal Government Administrative Centre
62502 Putrajaya, Malaysia
Tel: 603-8886 5000 Fax: 603-8889 2390
Website: http://www.mohr.gov.my/

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