Cottbus Chamber of Crafts

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Seat of the Chamber of Crafts in Cottbus

Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 40 "  N , 14 ° 20 ′ 6.9"  E

The Cottbus Chamber of Crafts is one of 53 chambers of crafts in the Federal Republic of Germany and one of three chambers of crafts in the state of Brandenburg . The Cottbus Chamber was established in 1953 by the legislature as a public corporation to carry out self-administration tasks in the field of handicrafts. It acts in accordance with the Law on the Order of Crafts ( Handwerksordnung (HwO)) and the statutes of the Cottbus Chamber of Crafts.

The chamber district comprises the southern part of Brandenburg. This extends over the four districts of Dahme-Spreewald , Spree-Neiße , Oberspreewald-Lausitz , Elbe-Elster and the independent city of Cottbus .

More than 9800 craft companies are active in the catchment area of ​​the Cottbus Chamber of Crafts. With almost 3,000 member companies, the Dahme-Spreewald district is the largest catchment area, followed by the Spree-Neisse district with around 2,200, the Elbe-Elster district with almost 1900, the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district with around 1,600 and the city of Cottbus around 1400 member companies.

The Cottbus Chamber of Crafts has made it its task to consistently represent the interests of its member companies in relation to politics, business and the public. As a service provider, it is the first point of contact for craft businesses in southern Brandenburg. In addition to the sovereign tasks that have been assigned to it by the state as a corporation under public law, for example the acceptance of examinations, regulation of vocational training, supervision of district craft associations and guilds, appointment and swearing-in of experts, management of the craft role and apprentice role, the chamber offers numerous Facilities a comprehensive range of training and further education opportunities and services for business consulting and support.

The Chamber of Crafts is based on the Altmarkt in Cottbus, which was once an important trading center.

organization

Board

The administration of the Chamber of Crafts is incumbent on the board, which consists of nine members elected by the general assembly. In the legislative period from 2016 to 2021, the committee is composed as follows:

  • Vice President (self-employed) Corina Reifenstein, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Construction from Spremberg OT Terpe
  • Vice-President (journeymen) Karsten Drews, master automotive technician from Cottbus
  • Board member (self-employed) Jürgen Mahl, motor vehicle master from Werenzhain (Doberlug-Kirchhain)
  • Board member (self-employed) Andreas Jurisch, master blacksmith from Kolkwitz
  • Board member (self-employed) Gerald Krüger, master electrician from Bestensee
  • Board member (self-employed) Julia Schlieper, managing partner
  • Board member (journeyman) René Barthel, interior decorator from Cottbus
  • Board member (journeyman) Bettina Dajka, hairdresser

General Assembly

The general assembly of the Cottbus Chamber of Crafts has 36 elected members. These are representatives of the entire trade and manage their activities as an honorary office free of charge. Members of the plenary assembly are 24 independent craftsmen and twelve journeymen who make the fundamental decisions of the Chamber of Crafts by passing resolutions. To this end, at least two meetings are held each year.

Committees

In accordance with the Crafts and Trades Code (§ 110 HWO), the General Assembly has the opportunity to form committees from among its members and to entrust them with special regular or temporary tasks. Committees of the Cottbus Chamber of Crafts are

  • Audit Committee
  • Vocational training committee
  • Trade Promotion Committee
  • Journeyman's and final examination committees

Managing directors

Since December 5, 1996, the economist Knut Deutscher has been the general manager of the Cottbus Chamber of Crafts.

Memberships

The Cottbus Chamber of Crafts is a member of the Central Association of German Crafts and the Chamber of Crafts of the State of Brandenburg.

Educational centers

The Cottbus Chamber of Crafts has three training centers:

  • Vocational Training and Technology Center Gallinchen (BTZ)
  • Großräschen educational building yard
  • Training center for building cleaners

Vocational Training and Technology Center Gallinchen (BTZ)

Located on the outskirts of the city of Cottbus, there is the vocational training and technology center, in which the training and further education of apprentices, journeymen, master craftsmen and managers takes place.

Certified adaptation qualifications and retraining are possible in the following areas:

  • Roofing and craft plumbing
  • Electrical engineering, electronics, control and automation technology
  • Hairdresser and cosmetics
  • Wood working and processing
  • Information and communication technology
  • Installation and heating construction
  • Conventional and regenerative energy technology
  • Automotive engineering including body and vehicle construction
  • Metal construction, welding, soldering
  • modular business management training courses, e.g. B. Business economist (HWK)

Großräschen educational building yard

The Großräschen training yard is located in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (OSL). As in the BTZ Cottbus-Gallinchen, the training and further education of trainees, journeymen, masters and managers in the craft takes place here.

Retraining and certified adaptation qualifications take place in the following areas:

  • Office clerk
  • roofer
  • Tile, slab and mosaic layers
  • Painters and varnishers, vehicle varnishers
  • Bricklayers and concrete workers, drywall builders
  • Road builders
  • Plasterer
  • Drywall
  • Carpenter

Building cleaning training center

The training center for building cleaners in Großräschen was opened in 2006. With the help of simulated offices, hospital rooms and facades, practical learning is possible for apprentices, foremen and retraining students.

In the training centers in Gallinchen and Großräschen, the Chamber of Crafts also has its own DVS welding workshops.

The training takes place in:

  • Gas welding, soldering, flame and plasma cutting
  • MIG brazing of galvanized sheets
  • Manual arc welding
  • TIG for structural steel / CrNi / aluminum / copper
  • MAG for structural steels
  • Machining and processing of stainless steels
  • MIG for aluminum and copper
  • Reinforcing steel welding MMA + MAG

Training in craft

In order to attract qualified young skilled workers for the southern Brandenburg handicrafts, the Chamber of Crafts supports the search for the craftsmen of tomorrow. In doing so, she uses various training initiatives, competitions and international collaborations.

Training initiatives

Practical learning

The Cottbus Chamber of Skilled Crafts offers students in the region the opportunity to take a look at the skilled trades as part of their early career guidance. Young people can go through various workshops in the Chamber's training facilities. Here they master practical tasks with their own hands under the guidance of trained teachers and under the supervision of the teachers.

Practical learning is possible in the following trades, for example: painter / varnishers, carpenters, bricklayers, metal construction, hairdressers, cosmetics, installation and heating construction, electronics, automotive technology, building cleaning.

Career orientation days

In cooperation with schools, the chamber organizes so-called career orientation days in the school facilities or in its own training centers. Here, schoolchildren and young people get their first insights into skilled trades and can find out about possible career paths in the skilled trades.

Vocational high school PLUS craft

The Chamber of Crafts cooperates with the four upper school centers in southern Brandenburg and accompanies students in the vocational high school PLUS Handwerk. The project was started with the Brandenburg Ministry of Education in 2017. It allows the modules of business administration and education to be taught within the framework curriculum of the upper school centers. These are two components of the master craftsman's training, which can be completed particularly quickly after a shortened professional training. In addition, students from grade 11 already have the opportunity to work practically. This gives you an insight into the structures and processes of a craft business. The companies, in turn, can secure the next generation of skilled workers at an early stage.

Apprentice of the month

Since 2010, the Cottbus Chamber of Crafts, together with the Cottbus Chamber of Crafts Association's pension fund, has been honoring a trainee from southern Brandenburg with the "Apprentice of the Month" award every month. It honors the outstanding achievements of the young craftsmen in the region.

Consultation days

The chamber holds a monthly consultation day for schoolchildren, young people and craftsmen on training and further education opportunities in the crafts. As part of the precisely fitting staffing, training advisors look for vacant apprenticeship positions in the chamber district together with the students.

Competitions

Every year the performance competition of the German craft takes place, in which successful trainees from the Cottbus chamber district regularly take part.

Foreign cooperation

The Cottbus Chamber of Crafts maintains partnerships with European training centers and chambers. Since 2003, the chamber has been conducting regular exchange projects in which apprentices from southern Brandenburg can gain experience in companies abroad.

The Chamber of Crafts also maintains partnerships

  • Norway: Steinkjer / Egge, technical school / secondary school
  • Poland: Zielona Góra, Chamber of Crafts
  • France: Lons-le-Saunier, Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat

Further training in the craft

Craftsmen and entrepreneurs have the opportunity to train themselves professionally at the Chamber of Crafts. They can complete courses, courses and seminars in different areas in the advanced training.

Which includes:

  • Master preparation courses in the individual trades
  • Specialist (HWK)
  • Degree in business administration (HWK)
  • Oldtimer Academy (restoration of old vehicles)

Operational advice

The Cottbus Chamber of Crafts supports its member companies with an extensive range of advice. At the same time, it promotes the economic interests of the southern Brandenburg crafts. She offers advice on various topics:

  • Training advice
  • Advice on practicing a craft
  • Advice on further training offers
  • Business advice
  • Advice on legal issues
  • Technical advice
  • Foreign trade advice
  • Energy and environmental advice

District craft associations and guilds

The Chamber of Crafts is responsible for the supervision of the district craft associations and guilds of their chamber district. There are 3 district craft associations in southern Brandenburg :

  • District Craftsmen's Association Cottbus / Spree-Neisse
  • Craftsmen's Association of the Dahme-Spreewald district
  • Lower Lusatian District Craftsmen's Association

A total of 39 guilds have their headquarters in the district of the Cottbus Chamber of Crafts. The guilds of a district form the district craftsmen. These include the Cottbus roofers 'guild, the Königs Wusterhausen electrical engineering guild and the Elbe-Elster carpenters' guild.

Juniors of the craft

Young craftsmen from southern Brandenburg make up the Cottbus juniors. Its aim is to promote young skilled craftsmen and to establish contacts with business and politics as well as other young craftsmen . The Cottbus craftsmen are represented by their chairman. This is master metalworker Mario Jurisch.

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