DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
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DEVELOPMENT OF IndSF DOCUMENT

The IndSF for Digital Technology is a comprehensive guide for individuals, industry, institutions of higher learning, training providers and stakeholders to recognize knowledge, experiences, skill mastery and promote lifelong learning in the digital industry. This Framework will establish a common reference for skills and competencies required in the digital industry to help individuals make informed decisions on skills development, employers to recognize skills and invest in skills training for their employees, and training providers to design program that addresses the sector’s manpower and skills needed.
 
It will encompass relevant areas such as :

Sectorial Information

Career Pathways

Skills Requirements

Industry Recommended Training Programs

Motivation Behind the Initiative

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)’s Digital Talent Report 2017 had projected that the digital workforce will grow to 0.54 million by 2020. This projection is strongly supported by a number of publications such as by LinkedIn in 2019 which highlighted 5 top emerging jobs (Data Scientist, Full Stack Engineer, Test Drive Engineer, UX Engineer and Content Writer) in Malaysia. These jobs are related to digital technology. The same report also mentioned that there is an increase of demand for digital talents within the traditional sectors like Agriculture, Manufacturing and Finance in recent years. In another report published by Jobstreet (Jobs Outlook 2019), it was highlighted that there is a significant gap between demand for digital skills and the limited supply of talents in the market.

MDEC and PIKOM, the National ICT Association of Malaysia have jointly collaborated under the auspices of HRD Corp to develop the IndSF for Digital Technology. MDEC is the lead agency in driving the digital economy in Malaysia which contributes to 18.3% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2017. It currently has more than 4,500 MSC Status companies under its purview, and formally engages with a wide network of start-up as well as mature digital tech companies. PIKOM is the largest tech industry association in Malaysia and currently has an existing membership of over 1,000 members involved in the whole spectrum of ICT products and services which commands 80% of the total ICT trade in Malaysia.

Considering the agility and dynamic nature of the digital industry, both PIKOM and MDEC has proposed for the following Six key emerging focus areas to be developed into the Framework, to be implemented in phases, whilst allowing for flexibility to add on additional focus areas (or even delete some) over the years :

Software Development

(including Blockchain Development, Mobile App Development, Web Development, User Experience, User Interface, Digital Trade, etc.)

Data Science

(including AI, Analytics, BDA, Machine Learning, etc.)

Digital Creative Content

(including Animation, Games, Interactive Media, eSports, etc.)

Internet of Things (IoT)

Systems Integration

Cybersecurity

The IndSF Document can be downloaded at this link:

Data Science
Cybersecurity
Animation
Software Applications
Digital Global Business Services
Fintech
Digital Marketing
Cloud Technology
Artificial Intelligence (A.I)

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