HRD Corp claimable AI training for Malaysian companies
HRD Corp claimable means the course fee is paid from the levy your company already contributes, under the HRD Corp Claimable Courses scheme, formerly known as SBL-Khas. HRD Corp pays the training provider directly, up to 100% of the approved cost within HRD Corp's cost limits, so there is no upfront course fee.
Your company already paid for this training.
Companies with 10 or more Malaysian employees are required to register with HRD Corp and contribute a levy of 1% of monthly wages. That money sits in your company's levy account as a training budget, and the only way to get value from it is to run approved training and claim.
The levy also expires. Under the PSMB Act, levy that sits unclaimed for 2 years is forfeited. Training your team with it costs your company nothing extra, and letting it expire means the money is simply gone.
There is no upfront course fee either. HRD Corp pays the course fee directly to the training provider from your levy account, and the claim invoice is addressed to HRD Corp, never to your company.
of monthly wages goes into your levy account
before unclaimed levy is forfeited
upfront course fee, HRD Corp pays the provider directly
Who can claim
Companies with 5 to 9 Malaysian employees can register with HRD Corp voluntarily, and once registered they claim the same way. Not sure where your levy stands? Your HR team can check the levy statement in e-TRIS, or ask us and we walk you through it.
- Registered with HRD Corp and contributing the levy
- Enough levy balance to cover the grant
- No unpaid levy or interest, and no open legal issues with HRD Corp
- Trainees are Malaysian employees who attend at least 75% of the training
How the claim works, step by step
We are a registered HRD Corp training provider, so we handle the paperwork on both ends. Your team's part is one grant application.
We register the course
Every claimable training must first be registered with HRD Corp as a claimable course. We register the course for your training, so this step costs your team no time.
We prepare your grant documents
The application needs a quotation, the trainer profile and the course schedule. We prepare them and send them to your HR team ready to upload.
Your HR team applies in e-TRIS
The grant application goes in before the training date. HRD Corp's published target is to process applications within 24 working hours.
Approval locks the dates
Training can start 14 calendar days after approval at the earliest, and must start within 90 days. We plan the training date around this window with you.
We deliver the training
Attendance is signed every day, because each trainee must attend at least 75% of the training for the claim to hold.
We claim, then you claim
After the training we submit our claim with the JD14 and attendance forms, and our invoice goes to HRD Corp, not to you. Once our claim is approved, your company can claim its own allowances.
Planning a session next quarter? Start now. The grant must be approved before training day, and training can only start 14 days after approval, so the realistic lead time is 3 to 4 weeks. Companies that start the paperwork early get the dates they want.
The claim covers more than the course fee. On the employer's side, allowances like meal and trainee allowances, transportation and consumable training materials can be claimed too, and we point your HR team to what applies for your session.
Which of our trainings qualify
Training is delivered by an HRD Corp accredited trainer. In-house groups run from 2 to 50 people, face-to-face or as remote online training, and both formats are claimable.
One-day team trainings
One team, one full day, aimed at the tasks that team repeats every week. Including ChatGPT training for teams.
The adoption journey's training days
The training days inside our AI adoption programme, from the pilot to the department rollout.
of participants would recommend the training
We have trained teams at Malaysian banks, government agencies, oil and gas companies and data companies.
Trainings are HRD Corp claimableClaim questions HR teams ask.
HRD Corp rules on this page were last reviewed in August 2026.
HRD Corp's published target is to process grant applications within 24 working hours of submission. The approval itself is HRD Corp's decision, not ours. Since June 2026, training can only start 14 calendar days after approval, so the realistic lead time from paperwork to training day is 3 to 4 weeks.
Yes, if the company is registered with HRD Corp. Registration is required from 10 Malaysian employees, and companies with 5 to 9 Malaysian employees can register voluntarily. Once registered and contributing the levy, an SME applies for the grant and claims the same way as a large company.
For the grant application, three documents, and we prepare all of them: the quotation, the trainer profile and the course schedule. At claim stage we handle the JD14 joint declaration and the attendance forms, and your side signs and stamps them after the training.
Yes. Remote online training is claimable the same way as face-to-face training, and blended formats are covered too. In-house groups can run from 2 to 50 people in either format.
The grant needs enough levy balance to cover it, so ask your HR team to check the levy statement in e-TRIS before anything else. One more reason not to wait: under the PSMB Act, levy that sits unclaimed for 2 years is forfeited.
The same body. HRDF became HRD Corp, and the old SBL-Khas scheme is now called HRD Corp Claimable Courses. Many HR teams still say HRDF claimable, and it means the same thing, so if your levy is with HRD Corp, our trainings qualify.
Let's build your AI-powered team, one that works faster and does better work.
A free 30-minute online call about your team and where AI can do the most for it. After the call we send a short AI-fluency survey for your team, on Microsoft Forms, and a written report about a week after the answers come in. The report is yours to keep.
Fawwaz Bin Abd Razak
Founder & Managing Director
HRD Corp accredited trainer
98% of participants would recommend the training