50 years of training in Waldkirchen: Bavaria's roofer celebrate the state association day

50 years of training in Waldkirchen: Bavaria's roofer celebrate the state association day

The Bavarian roofing trade celebrates half a century training in Waldkirchen

For 50 years, Waldkirchen has been the heart of the Bavarian roofing training in the Freyung-Grafenau district of Lower Bavaria. This anniversary is duly celebrated when representatives of the 420 roofer guild business Bavaria gather here with partners and friends from all over Germany from July 5th to 7th, 2024.

The state guild association of the Bavarian roofing trade celebrates the large ceremony "50 years of training in Waldkirchen" on Saturday, July 6th. In addition to greetings from different areas, state guild master A. Ewald Kreuzer will give a review and a view of his trade and the industry.

Waldkirchen currently trains 285 trainees up to the journeyman's maturity and prepares around 24 prospective roofing master for their “large qualification” annually. With six trainers led by Jürgen Lehner, the training ensures that prospective masters are trained in all relevant specialist areas.

The KPZ Competence Center for Dachtechnik Waldkirchen e. V., which ensures practical training and continuously updates the training content. The certified quality of the training ensures that the prospective roofers also have grown future challenges.

A challenge that faces the roofing trade is the increasing shortage of skilled workers in connection with an increasing number of storm damage. Despite the increasing willingness of real estate owners to invest in climate -friendly measures, these bottlenecks lead to longer waiting times for customers of the roofing companies.

The development of new working time models as well as targeted measures to extract trainees should help to make the profession of the roofer more attractive even without a high school diploma and to offer young people a perspective in this varied professional field.

The Bavarian roofing trade also relies on successful training in Waldkirchen in order to counteract the shortage of skilled workers. A special sign of these efforts is the establishment of a trainee dormitory with numerous sports and leisure opportunities that further increase the attractiveness of the region for young people.

The long -standing association leadership, including state guild master A. Ewald Kreuzer and his deputy Kay Preißinger, made a significant contribution to the development of the roofing trade in Waldkirchen. After many years of committed work, they are now passing on responsibility to the next generation, which will continue the successful tradition of the craft. - nag