Strengthening human capital: Noraini giving her speech at the launch of the EPIP programme. THE timber industry is on the lookout for more local graduates as it moves into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0). Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) president Mazli Zakuan Mohd Noor said the council has created the first-of-its-kind Engineer Placement and Internship Placement (EPIP) in the Timber Industry 2021 programme, which is divided into two parts – for engineers and for interns. He said these are part of the council’s strategic plan, which includes intensifying efforts to achieve digitisation and automation in the industry as it enters IR4.0. “(It is also) to increase the number of knowledgeable workers, especially in the fields of engineering and design of wood products and furniture, ” he said at the launch of the event on March 2.