Training and Development
Why It Matters
As a key infrastructure builder, Gamuda conducts high-risk and high-skilled construction works at densely populated areas. Therefore safety is important and we need to ensure our workers are well equipped with the specific knowledge and safety awareness to operate at our project sites, and that the level of competency amongst them is consistent. Establishing our own training centres that cater to the specific requirements of our projects have led to increased work efficiency and allowed us to be more professional as we execute the infrastructure projects.
On the ground for our various projects, we strive to equip all our employees with proper and structured training before they begin work as this is important to ensure all the tools, equipment and machineries are operated in a safe manner. Through proper training, we could reduce downtime and maintenance cost while ensuring the smooth operation throughout the project duration.
As a key infrastructure builder, we need to ensure our workers are well equipped with the specific knowledge and safety awareness to operate at our project sites, and that the level of competency amongst them is consistent.
Establishing our training centres that cater to the specific requirements of our projects have led to increased work efficiency and allowed us to be more professional as we execute the infrastructure developments. Our training and development initiatives include the below.
As a key infrastructure builder, we need to ensure our workers are well equipped with the specific knowledge and safety awareness to operate at our project sites, and that the level of competency amongst them is consistent.
Establishing our training centres that cater to the specific requirements of our projects have led to increased work efficiency and allowed us to be more professional as we execute the infrastructure developments. Our training and development initiatives include the below.

Instituted in 2020, the GET unit drives and elevates digital excellence across the Group in collaboration with all business units to improve our digital engineering landscape and catalysing innovative opportunities.
In 2011, Gamuda set up the world's first Tunnelling Training Academy, upskilling over 1,000 trainees in the highly specialised field of the tunnelling industry. The training courses designed in collaboration with international experts from Siemens, Bosch, to Herrenknecht from Germany.
Established in collaboration with VTAR Institute in 2023 to introduce Malaysia's first-ever Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) course for next-gen Digital Industrialised Building System (Digital IBS), further advancing our commitment to upskilling and investing in local talents.
Instituted in 2020, the GET unit drives and elevates digital excellence across the Group in collaboration with all business units to improve our digital engineering landscape and catalysing innovative opportunities.
Established with the aim of training over 1,000 employees and subcontractors from 2020-2022 to be able to design and operate automated process using BIM software for our projects.
Centralised learning centre for the Group which oversees the training and development of all employees including skills-based, technical training and professional competence.
Established in 1997 to streamline the different competency levels of crane and earthmoving plant operations in Malaysia, GPOS has trained more than 45,000 trainees. GPOS trained as many as 75 percent of Malaysia's certified crane operators.
Established in collaboration with CIDB and National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a pioneering institution to elevate the Occupational, Safety and Health (OSH) standards. Training programmes are focused on developing skills and competency in high-risk activities, with training based on the Construction Skills Certification Scheme, Master Trainer Programme and Safety Performance Assessment Scheme.
CMP is offered via the Construction Training Unit (CTU) to boost the quality of our managers by utilising real site work exposure to train young site supervisors and engineers. This programme facilitates training with internationally benchmarked construction skills adopted from the best practices in Australia, Europe and Singapore, and accredited by CIDB for Civil and Structural or Building and Architectural Works.
The CDU is set up as part of talent development initiatives to support and encourage employees to take ownership of their career in Gamuda. CDU offers internal career guidance and coaching to enhance employee’s effectiveness in current and future roles. Employees are also provided with access to assessment tools to discover their personal strengths and development needs to navigate their career progression in the workplace.
Established in 2016 to upskill our employees’ English language competency. We have our dedicated e-Resources for English Language Learning (eReLL) and conduct training sessions for employees in critical function departments
How We Approach It
Gamuda Plant Operator School (GPOS) was established in 1997 to streamline the different competency levels of earthmoving plant operations in Malaysia as prior to that, construction workers learnt to operate tower cranes from experienced colleagues on the job. While it was initially set up as a nonprofit centre catering to our own internal needs, GPOS has since extended training services to other construction companies in Malaysia, beyond focusing on just our employees to raise the nation’s overall vocational skills and competencies.
GPOS currently offers three categories of training – skills competency, safety, awareness and youth apprenticeship programmes. These programmes enable plant operators to obtain Certificates of Competency, which is recognised by government regulatory bodies such as the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).
In over two decades, GPOS has trained more than 45,000 trainees in crane and earthmoving plant operation as well as safety and health programmes across the country. Training includes tower crane, crawler crane, mobile crane, gantry or overhead crane, forklift and earthmoving plant operations. GPOS remains the only private training academy for crane operators in the country and since the Government only allows Malaysians registered with DOSH to be trained as crane operators, we are contributing to the social sustainability of the nation by upgrading the skills of local residents. As many as 75 percent of Malaysia’s certified crane operators are trained by GPOS.
Meanwhile, the KVMRT Safety Training Centre was established in collaboration with CIDB and National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a pioneering institution aimed at elevating the Occupational, Safety and Health (OSH) standards of the whole MRT Putrajaya Line project. It was set up as part of the plan to reduce risks and practices that are deemed hazardous to address rising public concerns and scrutiny over the construction industry. In line with this objective, the KVMRT project, especially the Putrajaya Line, was made an example by the Government to set the benchmark for best practices for the construction industry in Malaysia.
The purpose-built construction competency and safety training centre covers OSH training as well as skills to train workers involved in specific high-risk jobs and electrified rail infrastructure construction. Based on our experience from the construction of the MRT Kajang Line, the majority of the construction accidents occurred during lifting operations, or workers falling from heights.
Following the opening of the KVMRT Safety Training Centre, contractors for KVMRT projects must send their worker for safety induction courses, and we established a safety passport system to ensure that all workers working in the KVMRT project sites must have earned the necessary qualifications. Arrangements were also made to ensure all subcontractors, crane companies, transporters and suppliers also receive adequate training, while free courses were provided to crane operators to ensure they are totally competent to manoeuvre a crane during lifting, considered as one of the most high-risk activities in construction. With increased training and tighter safety strategy, the number of fatality and injury related accidents have declined during the construction of MRT Putrajaya Line compared with MRT Kajang Line.
The Construction Management Programme (CMP) is offered via the Construction Training Unit (CTU) to boost the quality of our managers by utilising real site work exposure to train young site supervisors and engineers. This programme facilitates training with internationally benchmarked construction skills adopted from the best practices in Australia, Europe and Singapore to provide a springboard to the careers of trainees in the dynamic construction industry. CMP courses are accredited by CIDB for Civil and Structural or Building and Architectural Works.

The world class Tunnelling Training Academy (TTA) is Asia’s first academy designed to produce a skilled workforce in the highly specialised field of tunnel construction, while simultaneously supporting the required specialist skills volume needed to roll out the KVMRT project. Training courses are designed in collaboration with international experts from Siemens, Bosch to Herrenknecht from Germany, tailoring to the requirements of the projects. We jointly developed the training on the operation and maintenance of the Variable Density Tunnel Boring Machine (VDTBM) with supplier Herrenknecht to cater to the complex geological conditions in Greater Kuala Lumpur. Kindly refer to page 119 for Tunnelling Training Academy.
We are one of the first companies in the Southeast Asian region and among the very few in the world to implement BIM Level 2 for an infrastructure project of this scale and complexity. We are the first main contractor in Malaysia to be BIM Level 2 certified by a leading training and certification body, the British Research Establishment. In furthering the competencies in digital construction, a BIM Academy was established with the aim of training over 1,000 employees and subcontractors from 2020-2022 to be able to design and operate this automated process using BIM software for our employees.
