Halal Executive
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In-house officer who keeps a company's halal certification valid by running its Halal Assurance System to MS1500 and JAKIM rules. Every medium or large JAKIM-certified premise must appoint one, and they must be a Muslim Malaysian with a JAKIM HPB Halal Executive certificate.
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Where you'd usually workA factory floor
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In Malaysia
- How people get into it here
- SPM → Diploma in Halal Management (or food science, or a related degree) → get a permanent job at a food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, logistics or hotel company → complete the Halal Executive course (about 10 days) with a Halal Training Provider registered with JAKIM's Halal Professional Board → appointed Halal Executive. Five years of halal-management experience can stand in for the diploma.
Pay in the private market
Monthly pay from fresh grad to mid-career, from the salary guide cited on this page.
No official pay figure is published for this job, so we show none.
Government pay isn't shown: we haven't yet sourced the SSPA civil-service salary tables, and we won't estimate them.
Job demand outlook
Steady, reliable demand: a consistent number of openings.
Your readiness
How your current SPM subjects line up with this career.
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Matriculation
One or two years, heavily subsidised with allowance. Competitive, quota-based entry.
Asasi / Foundation
One-year runway into a specific university: public via UPU or private direct entry.
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Quick answers
How do you become a Halal Executive in Malaysia?
SPM → Diploma in Halal Management (or food science, or a related degree) → get a permanent job at a food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, logistics or hotel company → complete the Halal Executive course (about 10 days) with a Halal Training Provider registered with JAKIM's Halal Professional Board → appointed Halal Executive. Five years of halal-management experience can stand in for the diploma. Registration with Halal Professional Board (HPB), JAKIM: Halal Executive Certificate from a registered Halal Training Provider is required to practise.
What should I study to become a Halal Executive?
Related fields of study: Science and Business. SPM subjects that help most: Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and English.
How much does a Halal Executive earn in Malaysia?
We don't yet have a Malaysian source we can cite for Halal Executive pay, so we show no figure.
Subjects that matter here
The SPM subjects worth your effort for this career, with the reason for each.
Skills to build
What beginner adverts asked for
We read 24 internship and fresh-graduate adverts in related fields (August 2026). A small sample from one job site, not every vacancy.
20 of 24 were internships
Allowance or pay, when stated
RM1,000 – RM1,275
6 of 24 adverts printed an amount: usually between RM1,000 and RM1,275 a month. Many print none.
Minimum CGPA asked
3.00 to 3.20
Stated in 4 adverts. Others did not state one.
Languages named
Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin
An empty line means the adverts did not say, not that employers have no requirement. Check each employer's own advert before you plan around it.
About this information
This describes what the job involves. Pay, demand and entry routes differ in Malaysia, so check the Pathways and Programmes pages for local requirements.
Job responsibilities, knowledge areas and work context from O*NET 30.3, US Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0. onetcenter.org