Established in 1st of June1994, the Sarawak Skills Development Centre is a training and education provider supported by the state government through provision of infrastructure and an annual operating grant and the backing of the federal government that provides student grants and loans.
The industry plays a leading role in managing and determining the direction of the centre, through its representatives in the Management Council. Sarawak Skills has 85 members, comprising companies from the electronics, electrical, energy, oil and gas, educational, timber and wood-based, property, municipal services, manufacturing, telecommunications, and service industries. We are also a member of the Federation of Malaysia Skills Development Centres (FMSDC).
Sarawak Skills is the preferred provider of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for industrial workers and school leavers in Sarawak. Its growth for the past thirty years has seen the establishment of branch campuses in Miri, Mukah, Sri Aman and its subsidiaries — Automotive and Welding Institute of Sarawak (AWISAR), Sarawak Electrical Industry Training Institute (SEITI), Sarawak Agriculture Vocational Training Institute (SAVTI) and Sarawak Skills Satellite Campus in ADTEC Bintulu.
TVET Trendsetter
To provide technical-based education and training through the use of content-based and technological-centric solutions resulting in competent workforce development ahead of prevailing trends.
Ingenuity in Talent Development
“The Management of Sarawak Skills is committed in its quest for excellence in industrial education and training services to meet stakeholders’ expectations.”
Practice Teamwork
Result-Driven
Integrity
Innovation
Deliver Stakeholders' Needs
Embrace trust and Respect
To achieve 85% success in terms of corporate training proposals submitted to prospective clients.
To achieve a passing rate of 90% for TVET Programmes.
To take corrective action at least 90% on reported facility and IT related breakdown.
To achieve 85% of staff development through appropriate training: at least 2-man days a year for non-teaching staff and at least 4-man days a year for teaching staff.
To achieve 90% graduate employability 6 months after graduation.
To ensure full utilization (100%) of government training grant(s).
To achieve payment collections equivalent to 60% of the outstanding student fees from the previous year.