Chambers of skilled crafts are non-profit corporations under public law with compulsory membership for each skilled craft enterprise. The chambers offer a wide spectrum of services ranging from advice on technical, financial and legal matters to consultancy on vocational training.

Skilled crafts are the most multifaceted economic sector in Germany and form the core of the German SME segment through their small and medium-sized enterprises.

He is an expert in his field. He learned properly how to organise a business. He enjoys working with young people to offer them prospects for the future: the Master Craftsman.

Training in the skilled crafts sector provides technical knowledge and skill. We rely on competence. In our businesses, practical experience has top priority.

The skilled crafts sector is number 1 in Germany when it comes to providing training. Its dual training system is unique. It combines practical work and learning in the enterprise with theoretical education in a vocational school during training.

Practical knowledge and analytic exercise – essential for anyone intending to start, manage or take over a business.

Experience is everything: the Technical-Vocational-Educational-Training-Centres Kaiserslautern and Ludwigshafen. This is where the inter-company apprenticeship training takes place.

People are increasingly aware of ecological issues. The protection of the environment becomes more important to society. To the skilled crafts, environmental protection not only means business opportunities but also securing the future.

An increasing number of skilled crafts enterprises export their products or provide services abroad and this trend is increasing. Over 40,000 enterprises from among the German skilled crafts sector sell their products and services abroad.

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