The Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) in its effort to address various issues and problems faced by the rubber industry will be conducting various types of courses on aspects of upstream, midstream and downstream activities for nation building and development towards achieving excellence in vision 2020.

As an instrument to implement this role, MRB had established Academy Hevea Malaysia (AHM) on 1 October 2006. The establishment of AHM is in line with the national aspiration to accelerate transfer of technology in rubber. The main objectives of AHM are:

• To provide industry oriented skills training for the rubber industry
• To produce adequate skilled manpower for the rubber industry
• To expedite technology transfer through technical training

Application for the training programme are opened to all staff of government agencies, statutory bodies and private companies from management and supervisory level who are involved directly or indirectly in the rubber industry. Individuals who are interested are also encouraged to participate.