Vocational school BBS Wissen visited machinery manufacturer Maschinenbau Böhmer GmbH in Steinebach, part of growing industry efforts to attract young talent to technical trades. The plant tour exemplifies how employers facing acute skilled-worker shortages are intensifying partnerships with educational institutions to fill apprenticeship pipelines. Such company visits aim to counter declining enrolment in construction-adjacent technical programmes, particularly for CNC machining and metalworking roles essential to building materials production equipment.