Text Box: National Occupational Skill Standard (NOSS)

Definition:- A NOSS is defined as a specification of the competencies expected of a skill worker who is gainfully employed in Malaysia for an occupational area, level and the pathway to achieve the competencies.

Concept and Structure of Malaysian Skill Certification System

Type of Skill Certification



MTM Level 8: - Senior Master Technologist (Malaysian Master Technologist)

Mastery over range of skills and knowledge in developing an original understanding and extend an area of knowledge or professional practice. It reflects the ability to address situation that involved highest level of complex judgement, highly varied and/ or specialised major functions, and interacting factors through initiating, designing and undertaking research, planning and development of strategic activities. It involved the
exercise of broad autonomy, judgement and leadership for the development of a field of work or knowledge or for creating substantial professional or organisational change. It also reflects a critical understanding of relevant theoretical and methodological perspectives and how they affect the field of knowledge or works.

MKM Level 7: - Master Technologist (Malaysian Skills Master)

Mastery of broad and/ or specialised skills in reformulating and use relevant approaches to address highly varied and/ or specialized situations that involve many interacting factors. It includes taking responsibility, understanding, methodologies for planning and developingcourses of action that initiate or underpin substantial change or development, as well as exercising broad autonomy and judgments. It also reflects an understanding of theoretical and relevant methodological perspectives, and how they affect their area of study or work.

TKM Level 6 - Management Level (Malaysian Skills Technologist)

Competent in applying a significant range of complex principles and techniques across a wide and often unpredictable variety of contexts. It reflects the ability to refine and use relevant understanding, methods and skills to address complex problems that have limited definition, includes taking responsibility for planning and developing courses of action that are able to underpin substantial change or development, as well as exercising broad autonomy and judgment. It also reflects an understanding of different perspectives, approaches of schools of thought and the theories that underpin them.

DLKM Level 5 - Management Level (Malaysian Skills Advance Diploma)

‘Competent in applying a significant range of fundamental principles and
complex techniques across a wide and often unpredictable variety of contexts. Very substantial personal autonomy and often significant responsibility for the work of others and for the allocation of substantial resources feature strongly, as do personal accountabilities for analysis and diagnosis, design, planning, execution and evaluation. Specialise of technical skills should be demonstrated.

DKM Level 4 - Supervisory Level (Malaysian Skills Diploma)

‘Competent in performing a broad range of complex technical or professional work activities performed in a wide variety of contexts and with a substantial degree of personal responsibility and autonomy. Responsibility for the work of others and allocation of resources is often present. Higher level of technical skills should be demonstrated’

SKM Level 3 - Supervisory Level (Malaysian Skills Certificate)

‘Competent in performing a broad range of varied work activities, performed in a variety of context, most of which are complex and non routine. There is considerable responsibility and autonomy and control or guidance of others is often required.’

SKM Level 2 - Operation and Production Level (Malaysian Skills Certificate)

‘Competent in performing a significant range of varied work activities, performed in a variety of context . Some of the activities are non-routine and required individual responsibility and autonomy.’

SKM Level 1 - Operation and Production Level (Malaysian Skills Certificate)
‘Competent in performing a range of varied work activities, most of which are routine and predictable.’
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