The Münster Chamber of Skilled Crafts: Education - Advice - Service

Education - advice - service: for the Chamber of Skilled Crafts Münster this is a mission that obliges.

As a self-governing institution of the skilled crafts in the form of a public corporation, the Chamber of Skilled Crafts Münster is committed to the interests of the skilled crafts. It also sees itself as a service centre for its members, the skilled crafts enterprises and their employees and apprentices in the chamber district of Münster.

Tasks

The Chamber performs a variety of tasks which are laid down in § 91 of the Crafts Code.
These include:

• promoting the interests of the skilled crafts sector
• supporting the authorities in promoting the skilled crafts through suggestions, proposals, expert opinions and reports
• keeping the register of skilled crafts
• keeping the register of apprentices
• regulating vocational training and monitoring its implementation
• the enactment of regulations governing journeymen, further training and master craftsmen's examinations
• the establishment of journeymen's, further training and master craftsmen's examination committees
• promoting further technical and business training for master craftsmen and journeymen in order to maintain and increase the efficiency of the craft sector
• the appointment and swearing-in of experts
• the promotion of the economic interests of the skilled crafts sector
• the promotion of design in the crafts
• the establishment of mediation offices for the settlement of disputes between craftsmen and customers