Institut Latihan Perindustrian Kuala Lumpur
Institut Latihan Perindustrian Kuala Lumpur, is a public vocational college situated in a 13.7-acre land in Kuchai Lama, suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Founded in 1964 under Jabatan Tenaga Manusia, ILPKL is the oldest institute of technology in Malaysia. It is one of 32 Institut Latihan Jabatan Tenaga Manusia, ILJTM. Today, ILPKL offers 11 courses and is able to accommodate 1100 students at one time.
History
In 1957, Central Apprenticeship Board was formed by Kementerian Buroh, currently known as Kementerian Sumber Manusia which mark the commencement of Malaysian vocational education standard. ILPKL was originally established to help high school graduates who failed to do well in academics to hone their skills in vocational trades. Six years later, in January 1963 construction process of ILPKL begins with a budget of RM 1.5 million and finish in May 1964. ILPKL, originally named Pusat Latehan Keusahawanan was inaugurated on 9 March 1965 by Yang di-Pertuan Agong of that time, Raja Syed Harrun Putra ibni Syed Hassan Jamalullail. Ford Foundation as well as Asia Foundation contributed the books for the institute.On 1 July 1965, ILPKL opened technic course for contractors. On 13–22 September 1976, ILPKL lecturers were trained in In Plant Training in Dikin Kogyo Co. Ltd, Osaka, Japan. ILPKL officers once again underwent training in Osaka, this time is High Skilled Machinist Course at Higashiyodagawa Advanced Vocational Training Centre.
There were Japanese lecturers from ILO and American lecturers from BISCO. The three first programmes taught at ILPKL are electrical, building construction and printing with infrastructures from Japan and Australia. ILPKL also have been visited by numerous VIPs and organizations in its history including Malaysia's first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, second Prime Minister Abdul Razak Hussein, fourth Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, V. Manickavasagam and Datuk Richard Ho.
The government later realized that the country is lacked of skilled workers, and as a developing country, the need for more proficient tradesmen is crucial for country's growth and to eliminate the dependability on foreign workforces. The government is also trying to reflect advanced countries such as Germany and Japan where students who are good in academic pick vocational field as their career. This leads to renovation, upgrade and expansion of ILPKL.
List of directors
Here is a list of all ILPKL directors from 1965 to 2025:- Peru Mohamed bin Asan Mydin
- Ibrahim Mohamad
- Wan Seman bin Wan Ahmad
- Rosti Saruwono
- Amir bin Abdullah
- How Chin Chong
- Abdullah bin Ali
- Syed Mohamad Noor bin Syed Ali
- Nik Othman bin Daud
- Mohd Hashimi bin Abd Hadi
- Mohamad Manoj bin Jumidali
- Eng. Kamaruzaman bin Hj Md. Ali BK, MMSET
- Abd Halim bin Ali Mohammed
- Mohd Raris bin Mohamed Yusof
Campus and facilities
ILPKL has over 30 blocks of buildings. Blocks of workshops and classrooms are separated. This is done to allow the students to concentrate without noises generated by power tools etc. in the workshops. The main academic building is next to the Bahagian Pengurusan Pelajar dan Latihan block. It consists of three levels. Level 1 is where the computer laboratories for ICT and computer aided design subjects are situated. Level 2 is dedicated for common subjects faculty while level 3 is for the core subjects.The institute is well equipped with modern and sophisticated training facilities worth millions of Ringgits including a dynamometer machine, autotronic laboratory and imported vehicles for automotive department. A diesel calibration laboratory is also provided and rented by certain private college with an absence of such equipments. There is a main hall, computer laboratories, mosque which is opened to public, cafeteria, two-level dining hall, an auditorium with a capacity of 400, kiosk and library. Certain classrooms are also provided with air-conditioners.
They also have well sports facilities such as soccer and netball fields, and courts for volleyball, futsal, tennis, takraw and badminton.
Training
Classes
There are several main faculties in ILPKL, including mechanical and servicing, electrical and electronics and machining. ILPKL curriculum bias is about 30 - 40% of theory and 60 - 70% of practical. Today, ILPKL includes general subjects: engineering mathematics and science, English, ICT, CAD and Islamic/moral studies, along with core subjects to provide the students with more career potential. Numerous courses are offered at ILPKL, and all of them emphasize technical fields.- Automotive Technology - DKM available
- Electrical Technology - DKM available
- Computer Technology - DKM available
- Industrial Electronics - DVM available
- Arc and Gas Welding Technology
- Graphic Technology
- Prepress Technology
- Printing Technology
- Computer Numerical Control Machining - DVM available
- Quality Assurance Engineering - DVM available
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
- Industrial Mechanic
- DKM denotes courses with JPK's diploma level offered as optional.
- DVM denotes courses with diploma offered for four-year KV programmes.
Training and other expenses including meals and accommodation is fully borne by the government provision. Monthly allowance is also paid to students.
Certifications
Technicians with certifications from ILPKL are the most pursued labors by companies in Malaysia. Certificates for ILPKL graduates including Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia, SKM level 2 or 3 depending on courses, but mostly level 3 and Diploma Kemahiran Malaysia, DKM which is optional and currently only available for three courses, both of which are issued by Jabatan Pembangunan Kemahiran, JPK which is under the same ministry as JTM. They are the top certifications in Malaysian vocational education standard. The graduates will also be provided with Sijil Teknologi, ST issued by Manpower Department which indicates that the person is a graduate of an ILJTM, which means he was trained by the best lecturers, infrastructures, and discipline. The ST is also a prove that engineering subjects such as mathematics, science, ICT and CAD were included in his syllabus.ILPKL also offering courses of Diploma Vokasional Malaysia, DVM issued by Kementerian Pelajaran for kolej vokasional, KV students. ILPKL is the only institute in Malaysia which is issuing the full three-phase electrical wiring certificate for level 3. For non-ILPKL graduates, they have to take the DKM for another year, have a minimum working experience of two years, learn the same subjects again for six months, pay a fee to sit for the exam and have their certificate issued by Suruhanjaya Tenaga. ILPKL also issuing Welder Qualification Test license which approve a welder to weld in an oil rig. Since 2012, ILPKL obtain the 5S certification, a certification awarded to organizations conducting work in a clean, tidy and safe manner. 5S is a Japanese work ethic known as kaizen. ILPKL also received acknowledgement of MS ISO:9001.
ILPKL is frequently considered as a university for skill training when compared to other institutes such as vocational schools, Community Colleges and GIATMARAs. As of 2014, ILPKL introduce four-year kolej vokasional, KV programmes. The KV programme students will receive a DVM which is equivalent to a diploma from polytechnics upon their graduation. A collaboration with Samsung lead to the establishment of JTM-Samsung, with ILPKL being the first and currently the only institute under JTM with official facilities from Samsung. Industrial electronics students will receive a certificate from Samsung upon graduation as well as SKM. Future plans of ILPKL including to introduce international programme, E-Learning, executive diploma etc. in 2015–2016.
Automotive faculty
The first diploma level introduced in ILPKL is automotive. ILPKL is always giving prestige to automotive department by giving foremost attention to them and entering all automotive competition such as Pertandingan Kemahiran Malaysia, PKM, innovation competition and motor sports including drag racing and go-kart. The automotive department of ILPKL is also a three years consecutive gold winner in automotive category. They are looking forward to represent Malaysia in the 2015 World Skills Competition in Brazil. Their invention of anti-theft system also gained a gold at Polytechnic. Hence ILPKL is well known as the Centre of Excellence in Automotive, which is perpetuated at the main gate and their administration building, under the inauguration commemorative plaque.Activities and students
The institute is actively participating in skills and innovation competition including PKM, CITEC etc. Their industrial electronics department formed a robotic club and compete in Robot Challenge.Students activities other than technical related are broad. The institute is regularly conducting sporting events, for instance the tournament between courses and player selection to represent institute. Other activities including charity run, marching, dance, choir, martial art and dikir barat.