Your 10 questions with Amirnuddin Mazlan

1. What is the core function of the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF)?

We have been in existence since 1993. We collect the human resource development levy from employers and return it dollar for dollar to employers who contribute to the levy through training grants. It is only claimable through training. The current focus is to improve the skills of the Malaysian workforce. We want to have at least 50% of the workforce to be skilled, defined as at least a diploma or SKM3 (Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia) and above. The current level of the skilled workforce is 29% and our target is to achieve 33% by 2015. From now on, our role to 2020 is to train as many workers as possible.