HRDC accredited trainer, explained: TTT, exemption, accreditation and what claimable means

Three statuses, in order

HRD Corp uses three terms for trainers, and they stack (hrdcorp.gov.my, HRD Corp Accredited Trainer).

• TTT Certified. Completed the five-day HRD Corp Train the Trainer (TTT) course and been certified by lead trainers.
• TTT Exempted. Obtained an exemption from the course on the basis of certification, qualification or experience. Same standing as certified for every purpose that follows.
• HRD Corp Accredited Trainer. A TTT certified or exempted trainer who has then been certified competent, either by assessment or by activity.

HRD Corp states that all trainers for programmes under its schemes must complete the TTT programme and assessment, or obtain an exemption. So the first two statuses are the entry ticket. The third is the recognition that sits on top.

Two routes to accreditation

Which route applies depends on when the trainer got TTT certification or an exemption.

By assessment, certified after 1 January 2021. HRD Corp appointed panels evaluate the trainer and certify them competent, within one year of certification. In practice this means a recorded real training session with its course outline, lesson plan, slides and the session’s attendance and feedback records.

By activity, certified before 1 January 2021. The trainer is certified competent on the strength of 120 completed training hours, submitted through HRD Corp’s Trainer’s Development Management System.

Neither route is a test of charisma. Both are a test of whether real training happened and whether the trainer can show it. That is why keeping records from the very first session matters more than most new trainers realise.

What “claimable” actually means

HRD Corp’s own line is one sentence: as an HRD Corp Accredited Trainer, your training is claimable to HRD Corp registered employers.

Behind that sentence is a process a company has to run (hrdcorp.gov.my, HRD Corp Claimable Courses). The company applies for a grant in eTRiS before the training date. The training provider gives it three documents to attach: a quotation or invoice, the training schedule or course content, and the trainer profile. The company adds its own participant list. The programme itself must be registered by an HRD Corp registered training provider, and the provider claims the fee only after the training is delivered. From 15 June 2026, training can run from 14 days after approval and must start within 90 days.

So “claimable” is not a property of the trainer alone. It is a trainer with the right status, on a registered programme, through a registered provider, with the paperwork filed in the right order. The trainer’s status is the piece the company checks first, because if it is missing nothing else can start.

Why we surface it on every profile

A company applying for a grant will look for the trainer’s Train the Trainer status and accreditation before it reads a single line of biography. If it has to ask, the trainer has already cost the company a day. If the trainer claims a status they cannot show, the company finds out at grant stage, which is the worst possible moment.

WisdomHub does two things about this. When you upload your certificate, the site reads the certificate identifier from the PDF itself. Nothing is typed, and the file is never shown on your profile. Your profile then shows your HRDC accredited status, with a link and a QR code to HRD Corp’s own verification page, so the company confirms the status with HRD Corp rather than taking your word for it.

That is the whole of the check. Under two minutes, no email, no waiting for a scan.

Three tiers of evidence, kept apart

Accreditation is one of three kinds of evidence a WisdomHub profile carries, and they are deliberately labelled so a company can see which is which.

• Verified. HRD Corp accreditation and Train the Trainer status, verified against HRD Corp.
• Self-declared. Biography, other certificates, testimonials, the content the trainer added.
• Earned. Ratings from the companies and training providers that booked the trainer through WisdomHub, and participant feedback collected after a session. This row opens at launch and cannot be filled any other way.

Keeping them apart is the point. A directory blends claims into a single impression. A record shows a company where each piece came from.

If you are a trainer, this is the order

• Get Train the Trainer certification or an exemption first. Accreditation builds on it, and only an HRDC accredited trainer can take an HRD Corp brief.
• Submit the certificate on your profile so our admin can verify it and the status is visible.
• Keep the records from every session. They are the accreditation application.
• Apply for accreditation by assessment within one year of certification, with a recorded session. Trainers certified before 1 January 2021 apply by activity, at 120 hours.
• Register on HRD Corp’s Trainer’s Development Management System so you are in its database of active trainers.

Your next step

If you are a trainer, open your profile and check that your status shows the way a company will check it: as HRDC accredited, with the verify link live. If you are a company, use that link. It is faster than asking.