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In the course of changes in work processes, large companies are increasingly outsourcing the production of components made of fibre-reinforced plastics to suppliers. These suppliers are mainly craft-oriented SMEs. Compared to other trades, the plastics processing industry with a focus on fibre composite technology is quite young, and domain-specific craft roots are lacking. Structures that enable relevant vocational training meeting the high requirements do not yet exist.

The practical handling of hand-held processing machines as part of skilled work in the fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) industry is a largely unexplored field to date. However, it forms a core area of skilled work in a cross-sectional view of the extremely diverse range of products and services of the FRP industry. The research project therefore attempts to fundamentally explore work with hand-held machines with a view to transparent quality assurance in companies.