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The Skilled Crafts in Germany

German skilled crafts are internationally acclaimed, and are at home all over the world. With innovative spirit, skills, passion and reliable service, they delight customers in all corners of the planet.

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The Skilled Crafts Sector
With its one million mainly small and medium-sized companies and approximately 5.7 million employees, Skilled Crafts are at the heart of the Germans economy.
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The Trade and Crafts Code
Membership of a skilled craft in Germany is not regulated via the company size or turnover. German legislation lays down in the Trade and Crafts Code.
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Vocational Education and Training in Germany
Within the German "dual" apprenticeship scheme, apprentices get trained both in the company they work for and at a vocational school.
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The Skilled Crafts Organisation and the ZDH
The skilled crafts organisation is divided into two pillars: the chambers of skilled crafts and the national confederations of skilled crafts.
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Political Principles of the ZDH
The ZDH is committed to the social market economy and to an SME policysupporting the competition on a high level.
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Foreign Trade Activities and International Partnerships
Skilled crafts enterprises identify and use their export opportunities. Around 50.000 companies sell their products and services abroad.
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SCIVET
The SCIVET-Co-ordination Unit is the central contact for all questions about the international VET-cooperation of the German Skilled Crafts sector.

The European Union's competence covers a wide range of policy areas that are of relevance to the skilled crafts sector.

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German skilled crafts form the core and essential part of small and medium-sized businesses in Germany. As a large economic and social gruoup it exerts significant influence on public life. Read more

German Confederation of Skilled Crafts/
Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks (ZDH)

Mohrenstraße 20/21
10117 Berlin

T +49 30 20619-0
F +49 30 20619-460

info(at)zdh(dot)de

German Confederation of Skilled Crafts Representation to the EU

House of European Economy
Rue Jacques de Lalaing 4
B-1040 Brussels

P +32 2 23085-39
F +32 2 23021-66

info.brussels(at)zdh(dot)de

The Skilled Crafts in Germany

The Skilled Crafts Sector

The Trade and Crafts Code

Vocational Education and Training in Germany

The Skilled Crafts Organisation and the ZDH

Political Principles of the ZDH

Foreign Trade Activities and International Partnerships

SCIVET

European Policy Department

The skilled crafts in Germany

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