Referring to the Letter from the Ministry of Human Resources Reference No: KSM/PSM/500-1/3/15(35) dated 15 June 2016, the name of Ledang Industrial Training Institute has been changed to Tangkak Industrial Training Institute in line with the change of Ledang District to Tangkak District through December 2015 Johor Government Gazette.
In 1998, history began with the construction of ILP Tangkak as a technical training institute under the Department of Manpower, Ministry of Human Resources on 50 acres of land near Sagil Town. Built under the 7th Malaysia Plan, ILP Tangkak which was established to formally train technical skills for school leavers and industrial workers had officially started operations on 13 October 2000 with the recruitment of the first trainee on 8 January 2001. The overall expenditure cost including building and equipment was RM170 million.
The opening ceremony of ILP Tangkak was conducted simultaneously through a video conference (Video Conference by the Deputy Prime Minister at the time Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at ADTEC Shah Alam and completed at ILP Tangkak by Menteri Besar Johor, Dato' Hj Abdul Ghani Othman on 11 January 2003 which on At that time, the Tangkak Industrial Training Institute was known as the Muar Industrial Training Institute.
The management at that time was led by a Director, Ms. Rosnah binti Muhammad Tahir. The staff involved at that time were 70 people, consisting of 60 lecturers and 10 administrative staff. The student capacity is 600 people at a time, which is 400 men and 200 women. In 2004, the administrative management was led by Tuan Hj Zainuddin Bin Hj Ahmad. He has led ILP Tangkakse until October 2009. The staff hasincreased to 97 people. In October 2009, En Adnan Bin Ismail was appointed as the third ILP Tangkak Director until 26 March 2014.
Starting on February 27, 2014, ILP Tangkak was led by En Mohammad Musa Bin Ahmad until March 29, 2022 with total of 99 employees.The management of ILP Tangkak continues to be led by En Mohamad Noor Bin Ismail from 30 March 2022 until now with a staff of 84
people.
There are 7 courses run at ILP Tangkak.
1. Manufacturing Technology
2. Arc and Gas Welding Technology
3. Metal Fabrication Technology
4. Mechanical CADD (Manufacturing)
5. Mechatronic Technology
6. Polymer Technology (Plastic)
7. Computer Technology (Network)
"Join us at ILP Tangkak"
"𝐁𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐁𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐕𝐄𝐓"