Winter Graduation Ceremony: Congratulations on your journeyman/woman’s certificate
More than 138 hearing aid acousticians who passed their examinations this winter, have obtained their journeyman/woman’s certificate. The festive award ceremony took place at the Colosseum in Lübeck on February 1, 2025.
The completion of the apprenticeship with the journeyman/woman’s certificate marks an important milestone on the career path. The graduates of this winter’s examination were therefore duly recognized for their achievements.
Eberhard Schmidt, President of the Federal Guild of Hearing Acousticians (biha) welcomed the young professionals, their friends and families as well as honorary guests to the event at the Kolosseum zu Lübeck and performed the traditional craft graduation ceremony. „They are now empowered to improve the quality of life of people with hearing impairments. This comes with a huge responsibility, but if they manage to do this and succeed, the feeling is indescribable! “, said Eberhard Schmidt and spoke from his own experience.
Jens Rießen, Director of Studies and Head of the national vocational school for hearing aid professionals (LBS), congratulated the graduates on their journeyman/woman’s certification, which heralds the next steps on their career path. „In our craft they have excellent future prospects and can find fulfilment in this profession for the next 40 years“, said Jens Rießen.
Jörn Krüger, Director of the Schleswig-Holstein Institute for Vocational Education (SHIBB), held the laudatory speech. He congratulated the journeymen and women in hearing acoustics on completing their challenging vocational training. He praised the professional exam preparation in their training companies and on Campus Hearing Acoustics. „With the Lübeck, a unique vocational training centre has been created over many years of constructive and successful cooperation, which combines vocational training and continued education with academic training and research in an outstanding way, said Jörn Krüger.
Christian Willam, Chairman of the examination committee announced the results of this winter’s journeyman/woman exams and honoured the best candidates.
Many thanks went to the training companies, teachers at the vocational school, lecturers at the Academy of Hearing Acoustics and examiners who contributed to the training of new hearing aid professionals.
„Hearing Acoustics is a dynamic and evolving craft. Precision, diligence, customer-orientation and openness are just as important as the willingness to continuously develop professionally and personally “, was Eberhard Schmidt’s career advice for the freshly graduated hearing aid professionals. He motivated them to continue to use the advance education and training options at the Lübeck Academy for Hearing Acoustics in the future.
Live music from the band Veryable provided a festive closure of the celebratory event.