Webinar Construction Industry Development Board CIDB Competency Courses and Certification

CIDB Competency Course

1. Certified Construction Project Manager (CCPM) Level 6
2. Certified Construction Manager (CCM) Level 5
3. Certified Construction Site Supervisor (CSS) Level 4
(Civil & Structure/Building & Architecture/Mechanical Work/Electrical Work)
4. Certified Construction Traffic Management Officer (CTMO) Level 4
5. Certified Facility Management Manager (FMM) Level 5
6. Certified Facility Management Executive (FME) Level 4

Act 520 was an act to form the Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) in 1994. It was implemented to offer CIDB expertise in the local construction industry and other matters related to construction. In Act 520, the quality and safety of construction is the main pillar that is gazetted for its enforcement.

Act 520 Involves Three Main Things Namely:
Improvement of construction quality through registration of contractors, construction personnel, certification of skills and competence

Quality assurance of construction materials through setting and compliance with standards; and

Placement of responsibility for managing and ensuring the safety of buildings and construction work during or after construction work on contractors and site managers.

Act 520

2. (1) In This Act, Unless The Context Otherwise Requires—
“construction works” means the construction, extension, installation, repair, maintenance, renewal, removal, renovation, alteration, dismantling, or demolition of—

(a) any building, erection, edifice, structure, wall, fence or chimney, whether constructed wholly or partly above or below ground level;

(b) any road, harbour works, railway, cableway, canal or aerodrome;

(c) any drainage, irrigation or river control works;

(d) any electrical, mechanical, water, gas, petrochemical or telecommunication works; or

(e) any bridge, viaduct, dam, reservoir, earthworks, pipeline, sewer, aqueduct, culvert, drive, shaft, tunnel or reclamation works,

and includes—

(a) any works which form an important and integral part of or are preparatory to or temporary for the works described in paragraphs (a) to (e), including site clearance, soil investigation and improvement, earth-moving, excavation, laying of foundation, site restoration and landscaping; or

(b) procurement of construction materials, equipment or workers, necessarily required for any work described in paragraphs (a) to (e);

“construction project manager” means any employee possessing the accepted level of skill, knowledge and experience as may be determined and who is assigned to the construction site or any other such place to organize, plan, control and co-ordinate the construction works from the inception to completion;

“construction site supervisor” means any employee possessing the accepted level of skill, knowledge and experience who is assigned to a construction site or any other such place to supervise the construction works;

“construction personnel” means—

(a) general construction workers;

(b) semi-skilled construction workers;

(c) skilled construction workers;

(d) construction site supervisors;

(e) construction project managers; and

(f) any other employee in construction industry as may be determined by the Lembaga;