In 2001, Ku, who is currently a lecturer in the National Sun Yat-sen University's Teacher Education Program and the director of the training center of the Welders 'Association of the ROC, was also a recipient of the ROC's seventh annual Ten Model Technicians Award, and exemplifies the exhortation that those who are skilled at what they do should pass on their skills. But Ku's road has been a hard one.
目前擔任國立中山大學教育學程中心講師、身兼中華民國焊接協會訓練委員會主任委員的古錦松，去年還榮獲中華民國第七屆十大技術楷模獎，真正是「工而優則教」，一路走來頗為艱辛。