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1. MSC Malaysia
Skills Competency Matrix
&
ICT Talent
Suply & Demand Study
by MDeC - Talent Division
October 2014
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2. WHAT IS THE MSC MALAYSIA
SKILLS COMPETENCY MATRIX?
A Terms of Reference on skill
competencies for the Malaysia ICT Industry
– an initiative undertaken by MDeC.
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3. WHY DO YOU NEED SKILLS COMPETENCY MATRIX?
Industry look for essential job functions and required
experience while academia speak about skills and
knowledge learnt
The SECRET is to link between
the Skills Competency and Job Functions –
have a common language and a “meeting point” platform
supply demand
Universities Industries
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4. WHO USES THE SKILLS COMPETENCY MATRIX?
2
Terms of Reference
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Government
Planners
University
Administrators
Working
Professionals
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3
Employers Students
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5. HOW IS THE SKILLS COMPETENCY MATRIX DONE?
• Adopt a structured approach to classify the job types and
industry.
• Mirror a hierarchical system of classification used in the
living organism study - taxonomy
• Critical to define the most logical principle of
classification to group the jobs
Living Organism Skills Matrix
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Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Industry
Value Chain
Function
Skills

6. What is the content of Skills Competency Matrix?
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• 14 vital information
captured in each Matrix
• Dissect the job value chain
and identify the skills
requirements and
competency expectations
• Manage industry
inconsistency, scale of
operation and pace of
technology usage are
critical elements dictating
the content of matrix
1. Industry Cluster
2. Job Type
3. Job Code
4. Job Description
5. Job Grouping
6. Education Level
7. Similar Job Titles
8. Experience Level
9. Certification Level
10. Salary Range
11. Technical Skills
12. Soft Skills
13. Competency Expectation
14. Entry Level

7. An example of a skills
competency matrix
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8. What have we done so far?
• First generation matrix was released in March
2011 and second generation matrix to be
released by March 2014
• Great assistance and support from industry
partners and academicians
• It is an evolving document … next release 2017
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9. THANK YOU
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10. MSC MALAYSIA
TALENT SUPPLY-DEMAND
STUDY
2013/14
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11. BACKGROUND
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12. OBJECTIVES
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ANALYSE
Pulse and trends of
ICT talent
characteristics
GENERATE
Reliable forecasting
of talent
requirements from
MSC Malaysia and
also the ICT
industry over the
next five (5) years.
RECOMMEND
Strategic plans to
relevant
stakeholders for
future talent
development.
OBTAIN
Comprehensive, critical
and relevant supply and
demand data related to
talent in MSC Malaysia,
with deep analysis
within each MSC
Malaysia cluster
MATCH
Talent needs of top
employers / suppliers of
MSC Malaysia Clusters
and other non-MSC
Malaysia Status
companies, following
the Skills Competency
Matrix as guide.
IDENTIFY
Gaps in supply and
demand of talent within
the ICT industry

13. SCOPE OF STUDY - DEMAND
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Non-MSC
MSC Malaysia
Status

14. SCOPE OF STUDY - SUPPLY
Public IHLs (20)
Polytechnics/Co
mmunity
Colleges (10)
Private IHLs
(20)
50 IHLs
Note: Study should be conducted at Faculty levels in
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order to obtain more accurate results.

15. DELIVERABLES
A. Statistics and analysis on talent supply and demand of MSC and non-MSC Malaysian
ICT and ICT-enabled Services Industry, with additional analysis on Data Centre and
Embedded Systems companies.
• - Headcount
• - Vacancies
• - Different job types and competencies
• - Skillset requirements
• - Preference for certification, IHLs, etc.
• - Level of seniority (fresh, junior, mid-level, experienced, etc.),
• - Supply requirements of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) , level
of study, etc.
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Demand
• - Enrolment and graduation data – current and projection
• - Skillsets acquired
• - Type of courses, modules, etc.
• - Information on curriculum review
Supply
• - Examining current skills and competencies of existing
workforce in MSC and non-MSC companies
Existing
Workforce

16. DELIVERABLES
B. Statistics, analysis and trend forecast of existing and
emerging technologies. Forecast to cover 2013-2017
C. Pulse on industry talent characteristics like data on attrition,
retention, average duration of stay, foreign-local comparison,
Foreign Knowledge Workers (FKW )analysis, etc.
D. Statistics and analysis on job type and skills, as base
comprehensive list of job titles identified in the Skills
Competency Matrix.
E. Matching analysis of Supply and Demand, including analyzing
areas such as preferred recruitment channels, skills,
employment opportunities, IHLs, etc.
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17. DELIVERABLES
F. Data/analysis on training budget and expenditure of ICT
Companies, particularly on training budget and utilization.
G. Statistics on critical compensation and benefit areas like
average salary per cluster, across industries, location analysis,
etc.
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18. Skills Competency Matrix Details
- Appendix
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19. 19
1
Industry Cluster in
which this job title
falls under
3
Job Code
assigned to
this job title
2
Most common Job
Title used for this
job function

20. 5
Job Grouping
within this
industry
cluster
20
6
Academic
qualification
preferred by
employers
4
Description of
Job Function

21. 21
Other job titles
used for the
same job function
7
Job level & industry
experience applicable
for this job type
8
9
Industry certification & salary range

22. 22
10
Description of
technical skills
associated to
this job function
11
Skills in
darker shade are
“required skills”
12
Skills in
lighter shade are
“elective skills”

23. 23
13
Level of core
soft skills
preferred by
employers
14
Description
of competency
expectation