Plan Your 2027 Training Now: Making the Most of Your HRD Corp Levy

If your company pays the HRD Corp levy, that money is there for one purpose: training your people. Yet many companies only think about it when a course comes up, or when the year is almost over. The companies that get the most value plan their training at the start of the year, while budgets and calendars are still open.

November and December are the perfect time to do it. Here is a simple plan.

Step 1: List the skills your team needs

Look at next year's goals and ask what is holding each department back. Is marketing waiting on designers? Is admin buried in reports? Is your design team still presenting static drawings? Each answer points to a skill, and each skill points to a course.

Step 2: Check your levy balance

Log in to the HRD Corp portal and check how much levy is available. This tells you how many people and how many training days you can fund, and helps you decide between public classes and in-house training.

Funding guideHRD Corp Claimable CoursesHow claiming works with EFXCO, step by stepRead the guide →

Step 3: Choose public or in-house

Public classes suit one to three people from a department. They join a small class at our academy in Cyberjaya. In-house training suits a group of five or more. We run the program for your staff only, at our academy or at your office, built around your own work.

Step 4: Book dates early and apply on time

This is where most claims go wrong. The grant must be applied for and approved before the training starts. In 2026, HRD Corp allowed a shorter notice period for public training, but that concession is set to end on 31 December 2026. From 1 January 2027 the longer notice period is expected to apply again, in line with in-house training. Rules can change, so always check the latest HRD Corp circular, or simply ask us.

Our advice is the same every year: book your dates and start the application four to six weeks before the class. You avoid the last-minute rush, and your staff can plan their work around the training.

Step 5: Attend, then claim

Make sure every participant signs the attendance each day. After the training, the claim is submitted with the supporting documents. We prepare all the training-provider documents for you, so your HR team only needs to submit.

Ideas for your 2027 training plan

• AI for office and admin teams, to save hours every week on emails, reports and spreadsheets. See our AI training programs.
• Adobe and Firefly for marketing and design teams who produce visuals every week. See our Adobe courses.
• Unreal Engine and CAD to real-time for architects, engineers and property developers. See CAD to Unreal Engine.
• Social media content with Canva, Adobe Express and CapCut. See our social media courses.

Let us help you plan

Tell us what your team does and how many people you want to train, and we will suggest a training plan for 2027 and help with the HRD Corp application. See the dates on our training calendar, request the brochure, or call us to book.