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Gamuda Berhad (29579-T)
Annual Report 2013
Costing RM10 million to set up and develop skilled,
technical and specialist training modules, TTA since its
inception has trained a total of 400 skilled tunnelling
workers for the industry. The graduates are already
employed at the site and have a rewarding career working
at various KVMRT, SBK Line underground project sites.
TTA is also expected to cater for the training needs of
additional workers required for future KVMRT Lines that
are part of the Klang Valley Urban Rail Development Plan.
TTA collaborates with the Construction Industry
Development Board (CIDB) in the assessment and award
of the relevant skills certificates for participants.
The range of facilities available at TTA include indoor
classrooms, on-site tunnel boring machine cutterwheel,
shotcrete mould, testing unit for annular gap filling
(grouting), testing unit for foam production, laboratory
apparatus, as well as equipment and devices for
tunnelling data acquisition and analysis, and erector
simulator for tunnel segment ring building.
Construction Training Centre (CTC)
Working in tandem with CIDB and
Institut-Institut Latihan
Kemahiran
, CTC serves as a valuable training ground
for young Malaysians who would like to launch a career
in the construction industry. Due to the challenging
nature of mega infrastructure projects and state-of-the-
art technologies employed by the Group, having our own
training centre enables us to prepare our staff, sub-
contractors and other interested industry players, with
the technical know-how needed to undertake their work
efficiently and safely.
Graduates celebrated their graduation ceremony in
July 2011. The next stage of CTC’s expansion will be
to increase its current course offerings consisting
of formwork, concreting and bar-bending to include
bricklaying, plastering and tiling, all of which are
critical skills necessary in the quality completion of all
construction projects.
In total, the CTC and TTA combined will be able to provide
up to 4,000 training places per year.
Gamuda Plant Operator School (GPOS)
GPOS is Malaysia’s first and only private non-profit provider
of plant and heavy machinery training for the construction
industry. Recognising the increasing need for well-trained
talents and improved heavy construction machinery safety
practices, Gamuda started GPOS in April 1997.
More than RM30 million has since been invested in this
training academy, located in Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam.
The school is fully accredited by the Construction Industry
Development Board Malaysia (CIDB), the Department of
Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), and the Human
Resource Development Council (HRDC), and is recognised
by the Master Builders Association of Malaysia (MBAM).
GPOS conducts skills training in mobile, crawler and tower
crane operations, crane safety inspection and lifting gears,
slinging and rigging operations, excavator, bulldozer, wheel
loader, backhoe loader operation, hands-on maintenance
of construction machinery and scaffolding. In 2009, GPOS
began to offer more programmes on important trade skills
such as welding, bar-bending, and bricklaying to meet the
needs of the construction industry.
Apart from skills upgrading, GPOS also provides training
and consultancy in environmental management and
occupational safety and health for companies involved in
manufacturing and production.
Since its inception, GPOS has today produced more than
32,000 skilled plant operators and heavy machinery
operators, averaging more than 2,000 trained and
certified heavy construction machinery workers per year.
GPOS is well-equipped with a team of highly experienced teaching faculty,
a comprehensive curriculum, as well as a wide range of facilities and heavy
construction machineries for effective learning outcomes.