According to the Akta Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia (Act 520) Act 1994:
1. Registration of Construction Personnel, Section 33 (1):
A person shall not be involved or engaged or undertake to be involved or engaged as a construction personnel unless he is registered with the Lembaga and holds a valid certificate of registration issued by the Lembaga under this Act.
2. Certification of Construction Site Supervisors and Skilled Construction Workers, Section 33A (1):
No construction site supervisor or skilled construction worker shall be involved or engaged, or undertake to be involved or engaged as a construction site supervisor or skilled construction worker unless he is accredited and certified by the Lembaga and holds a valid certificate issued by the Lembaga under this Act.
According to the Akta Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia (Act 520) Act 1994:
a) Registered Construction Personnel means a construction personnel registered or certified in accordance with this Act.
b) Construction personnel means –i) General Construction Workers
ii) Semi-Skilled Construction Workers
iii) Skilled Construction Workers
iv) Construction Site Supervisor
v) Construction Project Managers; and
vi) Any other employee in construction industry as may be determined by the Lembaga.
c) Definitioni) General Construction Workers
Any employee or class of employee who is not skilled and who is engaged in manual work.
ii) Semi-Skilled Construction Workers
Any employee possesing the accepted level of skill, knowledge, qulaification and experience of one or more of the trades as determined by the Lembaga.
iii) Skilled Construction Workers
Any employee possessing the accepted level of skill, knowledge, qualification and experience of one or more of the trades as determined by the Lembaga and listed in the Third Schedule.
iv) Construction Site Supervisor
Any employee possessing the accepted level of skill, knowledge and experience who is assigned to a construction site or any other such place to supervise the construction works.
vi) Construction Project Manager
Any employee possessing the accepted level of skill, knowledge and experience as may be determined and who is assigned to the construction site or any other such place to organize, plan, control and co-ordinate the construction works from the inception to completion.