Register new management with the Chamber of Crafts

The Chamber of Skilled Crafts and Small Businesses must be notified of any changes in the management of a craft enterprise requiring approval. The management of a craft enterprise must have the professional qualifications required to practice the craft requiring approval. This can be a master craftsman's certificate for the respective craft, but also an equivalent domestic or foreign professional qualification or an exemption permit or authorization to practice.

Both the owners of a craft enterprise and employed persons can be considered as company managers. In the latter case, the application for registration must be submitted together with a declaration of management and additional documents.

The tasks of the company management include, among others

• to control, supervise and monitor the technical work process and not to limit itself to the mere control of the work result,
• to direct workers and employees and to issue necessary orders,
• to prevent and, if necessary, correct deficiencies in the execution of the work,
• to ensure that violations of legal regulations or operating instructions do not occur,
• to go regularly to the individual work sites in order to supervise the execution of the work,
• be available at all times during working hours and be reachable and ready for action at short notice in case of emergencies and emergencies.

Requirements

• Proof of qualification (master craftsman's certificate for the respective craft, alternatively equivalent domestic or foreign professional qualification or an exemption permit or authorization to practice).
• The company management must be available to the company to perform their functions to the same extent as a master craftsman or a master craftswoman as the owner of the craft enterprise. In principle, this means continuous full-time employment.