{"id":28943,"date":"2026-08-27T06:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smilinggecko.ch\/?p=28943"},"modified":"2026-10-27T11:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:32:59","slug":"zwei-meilensteine-fuer-unsere-berufsausbildung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smilinggecko.ch\/en\/zwei-meilensteine-fuer-unsere-berufsausbildung\/","title":{"rendered":"Two milestones for our vocational training"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28943\" class=\"elementor elementor-28943 elementor-28941\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000058 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"00000058\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0000003b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0000003b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Official Recognition for Our Vocational Training: What It Means for People Like Phoeun Pheu<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0000003c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0000003c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>&#8220;When I was young, we gathered firewood to get by. When we came home, we had nothing to eat. We had no rice.&#8221;<\/strong> Phoeun Pheu tells his story without self-pity, simply as a fact of his childhood. His family borrowed the neighbor&#8217;s cow to transport the wood they collected and sold. It was the only way to afford rice. <strong>&#8220;Times were hard when we were young. 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Among other things, he creates laser engravings, work that demands precision and craftsmanship. It is for people like him that we built our vocational training program, and it is for them that the news we are sharing here matters most.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00000044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Two milestones for our vocational training<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000045 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00000045\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn the Smiling Gecko campus, we have been training young people in trades and agriculture for many years. 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Within just a few weeks, our vocational training took two important steps.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0000004c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0000004c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000049 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"00000049\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000046 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00000046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smilinggecko.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5622.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"Vocational training on the Smiling Gecko Campus\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0000004a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0000004a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00000047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smilinggecko.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5215.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"Vocational training on the Smiling Gecko Campus\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0000004b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0000004b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000048 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00000048\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smilinggecko.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5594.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"Vocational training on the Smiling Gecko Campus\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0000004d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0000004d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn July 23, 2026, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding on our campus with two state Cambodian vocational institutes, the Battambang National Institute of Vocational Training and the Kampong Chhnang Polytechnic Institute. The agreement, running for three years, sets out that we will share our training facilities, specialized trainers, and pedagogical methods with these state institutions. Present at the signing were, among others, H.E. 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Heng Sour, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, personally signed the Ministerial Declaration formally establishing and licensing the &#8220;Smiling Gecko Cambodia Technical and Vocational Education and Training School,&#8221; our new vocational school. Such a declaration represents the highest form of official recognition an educational institution can receive in Cambodia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000054 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"00000054\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000052 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"00000052\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00000050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smilinggecko.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Vocational-Training--Craftmanship-and-Production--Metal-Workshop-3.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"Vocational training on the Smiling Gecko Campus\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000053 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"00000053\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000051 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00000051\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smilinggecko.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Vocational-Training--Craftmanship-and-Production--Metal-Workshop-2.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"Vocational training on the Smiling Gecko Campus\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000055 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00000055\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The five-year licence authorizes us to deliver nationally certified qualifications across seven vocational areas with 17 courses in total, spanning hospitality and culinary arts, agriculture and aquaculture, electrical and plumbing systems, woodworking, welding, and food processing. Graduates of our campus programs will now receive national certificates recognized by the Royal Government of Cambodia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000056 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00000056\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What this means for people like Phoeun Pheu<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00000057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00000057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoeun Pheu&#8217;s journey, from gathering firewood to laser engraving, shows what training can achieve, even without an official certificate. 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