License / Permit / Service Description

• Professional consultation for establishing SLDN and TVET training academies, including feasibility assessment, organisational planning, and selection of the appropriate JPK regulatory pathway. Assistance with identifying relevant NOSS programmes, training delivery arrangements, industry partnerships, and competency development objectives. Guidance on training centre premises, classrooms, workshops, machinery, training equipment, and workplace safety requirements. Coordination of trainer, instructor, coach, assessor, and management personnel documentation, subject to applicable JPK qualification requirements. Assistance with training programme documentation, organisational charts, training schedules, assessment arrangements, and quality management records. Preparation and coordination of relevant JPK accreditation or SLDN implementation applications. Support for pre-assessment, document verification, site visits, corrective action planning, and regulatory follow-up where applicable. Optional post-approval consultation for academy operations, compliance monitoring, programme expansion, and renewal processes.

Related Departments / Regulatory Bodies ​

• Ministry of Human Resources (KESUMA)
• Department of Skills Development (JPK)
• National Dual Training System (SLDN)
• Malaysian Skills Certification System (SPKM)
• National Occupational Skills Standards (NOSS)
• Relevant JPK State or Regional Offices
• Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM)
• Relevant Local Authority (PBT)
• Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (BOMBA), where applicable
• Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH/JKKP), where applicable
• Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia (JTKSM), where applicable
• Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp), where relevant
• Other education, training, building, and sector-specific authorities depending on the academy's operations
  

License Name ( Bahasa Malayu )

• Perkhidmatan Penubuhan Akademi SLDN (TVET)
  

Application Scenarios & Business Necessity

• A private company intends to establish a new TVET training academy in Malaysia.
• A manufacturing company wants to develop an in-house technical skills training academy.
• An existing training provider plans to introduce programmes aligned with NOSS.
• A company wants to collaborate with an external training centre to implement SLDN.
• An industry organisation intends to develop structured workplace training for employees or apprentices.
• A vocational academy wants to explore JPK accreditation for eligible skills programmes.
• A training centre needs to improve its facilities, documentation, and personnel arrangements before applying for accreditation.
• An organisation intends to establish a workshop-based academy for automotive, manufacturing, engineering, hospitality, or other relevant occupational skills.
• A company needs assistance identifying appropriate trainers, coaches, or assessment personnel.
• A training provider plans to expand its approved training programmes or occupational fields.
• An organisation needs support preparing documentation for a JPK evaluation or site visit.
• A business wants to distinguish between an internal training academy and an officially accredited skills certification centre.

Important Rules & Compliance Standards

• The academy's intended training model must be clearly defined before selecting the appropriate approval pathway.
• JPK accreditation and SLDN implementation requirements must be assessed separately where applicable.
• Training programmes intended for Malaysian Skills Certification must follow the applicable occupational standards and certification framework.
• Suitable premises, facilities, equipment, and training resources must be available for the proposed programmes.
• Trainers, coaches, assessors, and other relevant personnel must satisfy applicable competency and qualification requirements.
• Training delivery, practical activities, and assessment arrangements must be properly documented.
• Industry partnerships and workplace training arrangements must comply with applicable programme requirements.
• Applicants must submit accurate corporate, premises, personnel, and training programme information.
• Premises must comply with relevant local authority, building, and fire safety requirements where applicable.
• Machinery and practical training activities must comply with relevant occupational safety requirements.
• Training records, attendance, competency evidence, and assessment records must be maintained as required.
• Any JPK approval or accreditation must be limited to its authorised programme and scope.
• Training providers must not issue or advertise official Malaysian Skills qualifications without the necessary authority.
• Changes in premises, programmes, key personnel, or operating arrangements may require notification or further approval.
• Renewal, monitoring, assessment, and corrective action requirements must be complied with where applicable.
  

Compound & Legal Penalties

• Rejection or delay of applications due to incomplete documentation or failure to meet programme requirements.
• Additional corrective actions where facilities, equipment, or training arrangements do not satisfy applicable standards.
• Suspension, withdrawal, or other action affecting accreditation or programme approval where legally authorised.
• Regulatory investigation involving false claims of JPK accreditation or certification authority.
• Legal consequences for fraudulent training records, certificates, or assessment documentation.
• Enforcement action for separately regulated premises, building, fire safety, or workplace safety violations.
• Restrictions on delivering or advertising programmes outside the approved accreditation scope.
• Loss of eligibility for certain training or funding arrangements where relevant conditions are breached.
• Additional costs arising from corrective works, programme restructuring, or re-assessment.
• Operational disruption, contractual disputes, or reputational consequences associated with non-compliance.

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