Malaysia is boleh boleh boleh

Malaysia I guess is a land of opportunities. It is here that anyone can be anyone even if you are not qualified or have no backgound skill set on a particular industry or job. Just look at all the indonesians and bangladeshi workers here. Do you think that they were sent for training? For them semua boleh... just ask them if they can lay bricks or mix cement / concrete / mortar. Then ask them the next day if they build you a home completely of wood and they will say boleh as if they are some super wood worker with years of carpentry skills or try asking if they can be a ship welder and surely you can expect the answer to be BOLEH!

Similarly a lot of the electrical wiring contractors here not qualified wireman. Sure they may know how to lay a conduit and pull some wires but they would not have been trained or qualified on how to terminate the wires in a safe and professional manner. The best is if the wireman starts thinking of expanding his jobscope into extra low voltage or elv systems. They would not have any training at all on technical requirements for elv systems. To them it is just another wire that can be pulled. I am sure they would not know about EMF or other types of magnetic interference and how badly it can affect elv systems. Grounding the system properly is also a major problem for elv.

Another practice I see here is the contractor trying to fit into a consultants shoes. How can this benefit the client? In the projects business, the client is the most important person. We must see to it that he has all his needs addressed in a proper and professional manner and that he must not be shortchanged in his requirements. Most contractors will definitely quote the brands that he is a dealer of. He would not be able to show true independence thus limiting the choices for the client. This will definitely not be a fair deal for the client. Clients too must insist on their rights even if the budget is tight. There might be an exception to this rule if the system is of a simple design type consisting of maybe 2 to 3 equipment only or even a mobile DJ system.