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Hi Franco.
In Germany trades like a carpenter/cabinet maker come under the authority of the trade guilds. In order to be a carpenter I have to complete a three year apprenticeship working with a company with an accredited master carpenter, alongside a college course. At the end I will need to make a final project and pass theory and practical exams.
After this I can only work at a company under a master carpenter. I’m not ‘permitted’ to be self-employed unless I have completed my master carpenters qualification. This qualification takes another two years and you have to practically be an engineer or mathematician to get through it. It also costs 10 to 15 thousand Euro.
The result is that most self-employed carpenters about are mathematicians. It also means you are probably in debt when you finish the masters qualfication.
Added to this, the people coming through this are very keen to keep the status quo going, having invested so much in it.
If you aren’t a mathematician, or you don’t have the money to pay for the masters, then there isn’t really a plan ‘B’, and technically you’re not allowed to do anything but work for another company.