Trainee Lounge

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		AZUBI-Lounge

Get to Know a Career with Prospects

In 2026, the AZUBI-Lounge will once again showcase the apprenticeship profession of “Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Technician (SHK)” and its prospects for students and apprentices of all training years. As an experience space, information hub, and fun area, it combines casual exploration with real assembly moments and demonstrates how modern, versatile, and future-oriented the SHK trade is today.

Meeting Point AZUBI-Lounge – Hall 2, Booth 2B02

Also this year, general education schools and vocational schools from NRW are cordially invited to visit the AZUBI-Lounge (including the rally) free of charge -> Learn more about the official visit.

Further information for companies, guilds, and schools can be found on the website of the SHK NRW Association .

Drop by and Try Out: This is what the AZUBI-Lounge offers:

  • Info Area: Gain real insights into the profession, speak with trainers and apprenticeship supervisors, and make contacts.
  • Tech Area: Practically test your manual skills at assembly walls and workbenches, solder and press your own small workpiece, and experience future technologies up close, such as workplace support through modern exoskeletons.
  • Future Area: Check career opportunities, get information on internships abroad, and apply directly on site.
  • Fun Area: Enjoy a relaxed atmosphere at the Spincam or playing table football.
  • Trade Fair Rally: Start at the AZUBI-Lounge to visit the booths of the rally sponsors from the industry, inquire about the material properties of key products, and discover the world of the SHK sector along the way.

Lounge-Bühne 2026: SHK Question Shower

Several times a day (09:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.), plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning technicians (SHK) at different career stages answer questions about their everyday working life in the “SHK Question Shower” in a humorous and authentic way on all four days of the trade fair. On the “Focus Day Women” March 19, the panel will be exclusively female.

Further information for companies, guilds, and schools can be found on the website of the SHK NRW trade association.

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