TVET, a relevant choice

IN coping with today’s competitive job market, students have to plan their future and career aspirations carefully. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme is an option worth noting, although often seen as inferior to programmes offered by other tertiary education institutions.

The perception that TVET is only for students who do not excel in their studies has completely changed today. TVET is relevant as it involves education and hands-on job training, which provide knowledge and skills for employment.

People are starting to realise its importance and are opting for vocational courses to gain skills in different fields. TVET prepares students with specific skills for a specific job, thus, making employment easier as they are trained and equipped with the right skills. This gives TVET graduates an advantage in the job market compared with fresh college graduates, who may not have the relevant skills for the working industry.

Realising the deficit in the supply of skilled labour in the local automotive industry, CKL group launched the School of Skills (SoS), that provides vocational training for youths to fulfil the automotive industry’s need for skilled labour.

With the changes arising from economic and social development, this country requires a worker to be well trained in technical and professional skills. This is what SoS aspires to do — to groom its students with a real-world experience for their future employment.

SoS wants to further develop the vocational training offerings in Malaysia to build human capital, which has been proven to increase youth employment and benefit the industrial sector.

CKL Group started off with Lim Tayar, a homegrown automotive retail service company in 1985.

Clement Lim, executive director of CKL Group Companies said: “The main reason for the establishment of SoS is to act as a self-mitigation tool for this company. We want to produce more local experts in the automotive field as it is against the rule to hire foreign workers.”

“In SoS, we offer courses and programmes that are designed to give students the skills they

The main reason for the establishment of SoS is to act as a self-mitigation tool for this company. We want to produce more local experts in automotive field as it is against the rule to hire foreign workers.