Industrial Training Skills at PKH

On October 2010, I visited Project Khmer Hope (PKH) at Kg Speu, Cambodia, again for 4 days to see the progress of the Industrial Skill training. It is a 9 months full-time course. The training is progressing well and the 23 students have completed almost three quarter of the training.



English Lessons at Night



  

The topics that they have completed are:

1. Technical Drawing
2. Basic Electrical Wiring Skills
3. Fundamental Mechanical Hand Skills
4. Maintenance of Mechanical Machines
5. Aircondition System Maintenance & Repair (Split Unit)   
6. Maintenance of Refrigeration System

 

Welding Project



Metal Work Project

The last training programme will be Basic Carpentry, Masonry and Plumbing which they will complete by the end of the year. As a team project, they have constructed a dining chair and concrete bench.

  

Dinning Chair (Carpentry Work)



After they have completed the technical training, the students will undergo a short introductory lessons to prepare them for the hospitality industry. They can then work as maintenance technicians in the hotel industry.

   

Masonry Work (Concrete Bench)



The students are also taught about the 5S systems which is generally accepted by industry. It is about improving quality, reducing costs, and improving safety which are all key concerns for anyone who works for a manufacturing company or other organization. Many companies implement lean manufacturing in order to reduce excess wastes that occur within a company. They will learn the 5 concepts, namely:

1. Sort
2. Set in Order
3. Shine
4. Standardize
5. Sustain

Currently they are in the process of improving their Tools and Store room by having a proper inventory system with a proper sign in/out records system. We hope to see this implemented in 6 months time.


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Store Room



Tool Room







Industrial Skill Training

On 18 March 2010, I went with a group of friends to PKH, Kg Speu, Cambodia, to assist in the training of industrial skills to the Cambodian youths. We taught them basic technical drawing, electricity and english.

Below are the 2 Cambodian instructors for the industrial skill training.

The workshop is currently being build, the contractor is putting the thermal insulation on the roof.

Security Lights at Kg Speu

On 5 October 2009, we went to Kampung Speu, Cambodia, to install 6 security lamps at a training centre. They have built-in Ni-Cd batteries to provide back-up power when there is black out at night. It has a light sensor and the lamp will automatically turn on when it is dark.

First Time

My first visit to Cambodia in 2004 was to experience what the country was like.

The first place I visited is a vocational training centre at Kg Speu. A 2 hours drive eastward from the Pochengtong International Airport. They teach english and basic hospitality management for the hotel industry. The students are orphans from nearby orphanages who has grown up and poor rural villagers in desperate need to be equipped with basic vocational skills to be economically viable.


They had their official opening ceremony in October 2004 and the architech was receiving his recognition for his contribution to the training centre.

Next, I went eastward, a 8 hours drive, crossing the Mekong river on a ferry to an orphanage in Prey Veng. The name Prey Veng means long forest but the place is currently a barren land with all its trees cutdown! One of the poorest province in Cambodia. and firewood is expensive.


The orphanage is located in the main town of Prey Veng. A former residence of the French ambasodor, French Mansion. Renovated to house 120 orphans. It has about eigthy orphans when it started. It is supported by sponsors who believed in helping the poor orphans.





The food at the orphanage is simple, always a one dish meal. Rice is plentiful but not the dish.



I visited a poor villager, his house is behind. A small house which can be carried by four persons. There is no electricity. They use kerosene lamp for lighting at night, made from a used tin can.

My first hand experience of poverty in a third world country. This is my journey on technology for the poor where if possible, I can make a difference.