Recruitment criteria and attraction strategies for local trained labour in Malaysia’s construction industry

Manap, Norpadzlihatun; Noh, NH Mohd; Syahrom, Noor Shahifah

doi:10.1088/1755-1315/109/1/012011

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“…Employers play a critical role in improving workplace safety practises, which will boost the local labour force's confidence in joining the construction industry (Manap, Noh, and Syahrom 2017). Although most construction-related activities are highrisk, employers are also responsible for ensuring that their employees are not exposed to risks that could jeopardise their safety and health.…”

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The Involvement of Local Skilled Labour in Malaysia’s Construction Industry

Fateh

Mohamed

Omar

2022

Front. Built Environ.

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In the 80s, Malaysia was one of the fastest developing countries with the introduction and development of mega-projects in the region. As reported by (Ibrahim et al., 2010), the construction industry plays an important role in the country's transition and its goal of becoming a developed country. It is expected that the Economic Transformation Program (ETP), the 11th Malaysia Plan (11 MP), and the 12th Malaysia Plan (12 MP), will transform Malaysia into one of the world's high-income nations. According to Olanrewaju et al. (2017), over the next 10 years, the country will need over one million construction workers. Olanrewaju et al. (2017) added that one of the Malaysian construction industry's biggest challenges is the lack of skilled labour. Mustafa Kamal et al. (2012) stated that the construction industry in Malaysia is still struggling with many problems and is associated with low quality, low productivity, unskilled labour, project delays, poor maintenance, non-conducting, and high on-site accident rates. The government aims to be a world-class, creative and knowledgeable solution provider for the Malaysian construction industry. To achieve the aim, the government, together with the CIDB, has made many efforts to upgrade the level of knowledge and skills among the construction players (Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia 2021). In the construction industry, 93% of registered foreign labourers with CIDB are unskilled labourers (Hisyam 2015). This was echoed by Hamzah et al. (2020) and Mohd Fateh et al. (2020), since most foreign labour comes from other countries, such as Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, and is mostly unskilled labour. Many of them come from their county and only have basic construction knowledge. This issue has resulted directly in the lack of building expert labour in this country as work from these small nations has exposure to limited knowledge. The recruitment of low-salary foreign labour may ease the expenditure of the contractor, but it will not ensure the quality or even benefit of the Malaysian people.The rapid development of the construction industry causes the demand for labour to increase, and the lack of local participation cannot meet the demand. Labour is one of the most constrained challenges faced by the Malaysian construction industry as the nation relies too heavily on a large foreign labour workforce (Najib et al., 2019). In the Malaysian construction industry, skilled labourers such as bricklayers, carpenters, painters, electricians, welders, plumbers, plant operators, among others, form a large part of the site labour force whose input determines, to a great extent, the quality of the industry's product. The common problems of low-skilled labour participation in construction have been traced to the unfair salary of labour, poor safety in construction sites, lack of clear-cut career paths, diminishing skilled labour training programs, and delays in the schedule of work on-site (Hussain, Xuetong, and Hussain 2020). Lingard (2013) reported that around 60-90% o...

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Section: Improving Working Conditions and Safety Practicementioning

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The Involvement of Local Skilled Labour in Malaysia’s Construction Industry

Fateh

Mohamed

Omar

2022

Front. Built Environ.

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“…The sustainability of the global construction industries, including in Malaysia, is highly dependent on skilled workforce to mobilise and enhance the productivity in line with the latest technology adoption and utilisation (Chang-Richards et al, 2017). However, currently, Malaysia's construction sector still relies on labour (both skilled and unskilled), and most tasks are labour-intensive (MPC, 2017: Manap et al, 2017. Therefore, one million construction workers are estimated to be needed every year to position the infrastructure and building development projects.…”

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“…Under mega projects that are planned specifically for infrastructural development, various ongoing projects, such as urban transportation systems, ports and airports, highways, power plants, sewerage systems, water dams and water networks, are involved (CIDB, 2017). However, due to the nature of this sector, which relies on labour (MPC, 2017), it is estimated that one million construction workers are needed per annum to mobilise infrastructure and building projects as a lot of tasks needed to be done manually (Manap et al, 2017). Therefore, acquiring skilled labour is quite a challenge for the economy, especially the construction sector.…”

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Skilled Labour Demand in the Malaysian Construction Sector

Sulaiman¹,

Ismail²,

Saukani³

et al. 2021

JSSM

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Acquiring a skilled workforce is one of the major challenges the Malaysian construction sector is facing. As the construction industry in Malaysia relies on labour, shortage of labour will hamper the industry's sustainability. By focusing on demand for high-skilled labour, i.e. professional and technical workers, this study analyses the construction sector's demand for labour according to skills in the short and long runs, and specifically the labour demand of the construction subsectors, particularly the residential building, non-residential building, civil engineering and specialised construction activities subsectors. Furthermore, using the elasticity of labour-output, labour workforce for these two categories are estimated for the years 2015 and 2020. This study uses the Malaysia Construction Industry Survey data from 1990 to 2012 of four subsectors, namely residential buildings, non-residential buildings, civil engineering and specialised construction activities. The findings show that both categories of labour demand have a relationship with its determinant in the short and long runs. However, the supply for professional workers is still lacking, and this shortage is addressed by substitution with technical workers. The need for manpower is higher for technical workers. In addition, the manpower required in 2015 and 2020 are the largest for specialised construction activities due to its larger initial stock and higher output growth.

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“…A vital effort is required for a better investment in the workforce to enable them to stay attracted to their job and see a career progression. Thus, this will retain a significant portion of the local workforce to ensure a vast pool of workforce are available for the labour-intensive construction industry to ensure the industry stays highly competitive (Manap et al, 2017). The official body involvement plays a significant role in promoting the involvement of construction labour in IBS implementation.…”

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Appraisal on Workforce Performance towards Industrialised Building System in Perak, Malaysia

Khor

Tiang

Abdullatef

et al. 2021

E-BPJ

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The workforce has always been the backbone of the construction industry in the Industrialised Building System (IBS). Previous researchers often obtain data and opinions from the perspective of construction professionals and often neglect the labour workforce opinion. This study aims to investigate various factors that affect the workforce's productivity in IBS performance. The data collection amounts 60 targeted respondents. This study found a strong correlation between motivation, education, and workforce skill level that affects productivity in implementing IBS. The resolution is to propose an improvement of monetary incentive and academic level of the workforce. Keywords: Workforce; Industrialised Building System (IBS); Construction Industry; Malaysia eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3066

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Recruitment criteria and attraction strategies for local trained labour in Malaysia’s construction industry

Cited by 14 publications

References 19 publications

The Involvement of Local Skilled Labour in Malaysia’s Construction Industry

The Involvement of Local Skilled Labour in Malaysia’s Construction Industry

Skilled Labour Demand in the Malaysian Construction Sector

Appraisal on Workforce Performance towards Industrialised Building System in Perak, Malaysia

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