Online assessment for foreign workers
Employers in Malaysia now can save their time and expenses before deciding to bring in foreign workers by putting them for online assessment. The assessment and certification are applicable to those working in factories as part of the condition to extend the foreigner’s working permit.
The assessment can be done via CEDS website handled by Jabatan Pembangunan Kemahiran Malaysia which will be active starting 15 Feb 2007. It will take about 1 day for each foreign worker to complete the assessment, and the results will be informed to the employers through the same online system.
The website also underlines why the need of exercising the online assessment has become inevitable. Some of them, as were written, were:
“The government of Malaysia has decided that every foreigner must undergo an induction course in their country before obtaining employment visas by the Immigration Department of Malaysia. This is to curb the negative impact brought in by the foreign worker. This impacts, tarnish the good relationship between the two governments.
Lack of basic command of local language, lack of awareness about local culture, customs and practices and lack of understanding of basic rules and regulations of employment are the main factors contribution to the negative impacts.”
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