Training Center brainchild of a former governor of Pattani (Mr. Parakorn Suwannarath) was set up in response to  suggestions by Her Majesty the Queen and to mark the 50^th anniversary of His Majesty the King’s Ascension to the throne in 1996. The Queen herself personally presided over the official opening of the center on October 28, 1995. The facility also doubles as the provincial center for local handicrafts and products.

Initially, the training concentrates on the arts, culture and traditions of the south, including silk-weaving, making of the traditional Kris and engraving of the Kris’hilt, replica of the Phraya Tani cannon, manufacturing of the Korlae boat and its replica.

There is also training in other vocations which can be profitable to the trainees serving at the same time to preserve the Southern arts and culture. Included are the making of fishing boats and replicas of Chinese junks, production of oil paintings, fashioning of flowers from rubber tree leaves and textile and glutinous rice flour, making of products from coconut shells, cloth-making, hand-embroidered cloth, embroidered wall murals and shawls for Thai Muslim women, and other basketry art. Such products are also on sale.