His first welding teacher was Huang Chao-liang, a supervisor known around the company as a "monster" welder. Huang was very demanding of his young apprentices, but had a soft heart. He gave Ku a solid education in welding, but also told him, "No matter how skilled you become, you need a formal education too."
中船公司一名綽號「魔鬼」的老師父──黃紹良領班，是古錦松的焊接啟蒙老師，黃師父教導徒弟非常嚴格，但心地十分柔軟，給予古錦松紮實又正面的技術傳承，並告訴他：「你技術再好，還是要去追求學問的配合。」