Prognose Metall Herbst 2026 | Industriemeister (IHK) — Transcript
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- 0:00Forecast Haku Metal Autumn 2026. What
- 0:04will be on it? We'll talk about that in
- 0:06this video. The next Haku metal exam is
- 0:17just around the corner. Autumn 26 is
- 0:20coming soon and, as always, we're
- 0:22taking this as an opportunity to
- 0:24venture a forecast. What could come up
- 0:28in this next Haku Metal exam,
- 0:29technology and organization? First
- 0:32warning right off the bat. We are the
- 0:34original, which means we've been doing
- 0:35this from the very beginning. We've
- 0:40been making these videos since at least
- 0:422023, by industrial masters for
- 0:43industrial masters, giving you an
- 0:45insight and a forecast of what might
- 0:47actually appear in the exam, and that
- 0:49brings us to our second point, because
- 0:51we don't have the exams. Yes, we don't
- 0:55know the exam, we don't have it, we
- 0:57haven't seen it yet. And how do we come
- 0:59up with these forecasts? Quite simply,
- 1:03we looked into the past and checked
- 1:05which topics come up again and again
- 1:06and which topics appear less frequently
- 1:08, and I have to say, we've actually
- 1:10been pretty good with that in the past.
- 1:14So, therefore, we're taking another
- 1:16look at the Autumn 26 exam, and for
- 1:18that, I've brought in some
- 1:19reinforcements. Lukas, hello.
- 1:22>> Yes, hi.
- 1:24>> So, Lukas, where do we start? Where
- 1:26should we kick things off? Well, I
- 1:29would say we start with the technology
- 1:31section first. The technology section
- 1:33is, for most people, the more difficult
- 1:36part. While you have professional
- 1:37experience on one hand, your training
- 1:39was so long ago that you first have to
- 1:41get back into it. And depending on the
- 1:44area you work in, you might have more
- 1:46to do with bills of materials or
- 1:48drawings, while others have less, or
- 1:50areas like turning, milling, etc. But I
- 1:52would say let's start with the first
- 1:54topic, and we'll display the forecast
- 1:56for that so you can see it.
- 1:58>> Exactly, nicely visible down here. You
- 2:01can see the overview there, and we're
- 2:03starting with the technology area. What
- 2:05is the main topic that's number one
- 2:06there, Lukas?
- 2:07>> Yes, it might be a bit surprising, but
- 2:09as you can see, it's Personnel
- 2:11Management and Development.
- 2:13>> Personnel Management and Development is
- 2:15a big topic that I ask you, please,
- 2:17please take a look at, and it's like
- 2:19Lukas just said. a lot of, well, I'd
- 2:22say, common sense. Um, what you already
- 2:25know from ZIP, yes, what you already
- 2:27know from ZIP. I'll take a look in
- 2:29parallel to see what kind of topics
- 2:30come up there. Target agreement
- 2:33discussions, personnel management,
- 2:35something about customer audits came up
- 2:37at some point, employee reviews, how
- 2:40can I develop my staff, professional
- 2:42development measures, and the topic of
- 2:44project groups, university studies
- 2:46versus vocational training, was also a
- 2:48topic. Yes, return-to-work interviews,
- 2:50for instance, when someone has been ill
- 2:52for a long time—yes, those are topics
- 2:54that you should please, please take a
- 2:56very close look at in this area. That
- 2:58is a really important topic, especially
- 3:00with an eye on the future. You surely
- 3:02know one or two companies that have
- 3:04been doing exactly the same thing in
- 3:06the same way for 30 years. Especially
- 3:08in the current times, pay a little bit
- 3:10of attention to that as well. A major
- 3:12exam topic could be, for example,
- 3:14economic efficiency. The question there
- 3:16is, of course, how can we continue to
- 3:18function economically and lead the
- 3:19company forward so that we still exist
- 3:21in 10 or 15 years.
- 3:22>> Spoiler alert, you will also have this
- 3:24topic later in organization—it's
- 3:26super, super important. Ranked very,
- 3:28very highly. Let yourselves be
- 3:30surprised. Definitely take a look at
- 3:32that. Okay, the next big block, Lukas,
- 3:34is operational cost accounting. What
- 3:38are some of the topics that could come
- 3:39up there?
- 3:40>> First off, everything with numbers,
- 3:41whether we have the differentiated
- 3:43surcharge calculation. If that doesn't
- 3:45ring a bell, that was the calculation
- 3:47with the cash sales price and list
- 3:48sales price, and you need to know what
- 3:50happens from the cash sales price
- 3:51onwards. Normally you calculate from
- 3:54top to bottom down to the cash sales
- 3:56price, and then you need to know how to
- 3:58get to the list sales price, because
- 4:00the percentages change; so, recall what
- 4:02your profit, discount, etc., refers to,
- 4:05so that you calculate everything
- 4:06correctly. At the same time, we have,
- 4:08for example, the contribution margin or
- 4:10equivalent unit accounting; so
- 4:12ultimately, everything you know from
- 4:14the organization area could come up.
- 4:16>> Yes, take a look at that. It definitely
- 4:19came up in May. The topic before that
- 4:24didn't, and actually in the last five
- 4:26exams it was always there, except for
- 4:28autumn '25, there was a break there,
- 4:30otherwise it's basically always on
- 4:32there. Pure repetition from the basic
- 4:37qualification, yes, operational costs,
- 4:40so BWH, sorry, BWH. There are two new
- 4:45topics in the area of cost accounting
- 4:47that you should take a look at. One
- 4:50topic is process cost accounting and
- 4:52the other topic is standard cost
- 4:54accounting. Please take another look at
- 4:57those as well. They come up every now
- 4:59and then. Otherwise, all other topics
- 5:02are repetitions from the basic
- 5:04qualification. Okay, definitely have
- 5:07operational cost accounting down.
- 5:10Review that once more. Then we already
- 5:12have the first two big topics, and now
- 5:14we are finally getting technical, right
- 5:16, Lukas? Yes, now let's dive into the
- 5:18great topic of forces. One could argue,
- 5:20of course, that forces actually relate
- 5:22to almost every topic. NTG is
- 5:24ultimately the predecessor to the
- 5:26technical part we have here. The exact
- 5:27same goes for any hydraulic systems.
- 5:29Pneumatics and hydraulics will come up
- 5:31again later, but they are included here
- 5:33as well. Various levers and force
- 5:35transmissions. I recall a clamping
- 5:37element like that again. It was
- 5:39hydraulically controlled. You had a
- 5:42piston that was moved by hydraulic
- 5:43pressure, and this force was
- 5:45transferred downwards via a wedge so
- 5:47that the clamping element worked. And
- 5:49such combination tasks in particular
- 5:51are becoming more and more frequent,
- 5:53especially in the HQU. And please also
- 5:56remember that you need to be able to
- 5:57read drawings. How do I read values
- 5:59from a parts list and from the drawing?
- 6:01>> Yes, very, very important. Yes, you
- 6:05have to be able to identify exactly in
- 6:07this drawing how and where forces act
- 6:09in order to derive where the force is
- 6:11actually located. Tip: Make a sketch
- 6:15for yourself, a very simplified
- 6:17representation. You are allowed to do
- 6:20this in the task booklet, yes, you get
- 6:22a sheet of paper or several sheets, a
- 6:24little booklet with all the tasks in it
- 6:26. You are allowed to draw in it,
- 6:30scribble in it, and mark things with a
- 6:32highlighter. But please do so in a way
- 6:34that you can still recognize and see
- 6:36the things afterwards, okay? Not to the
- 6:39point where it becomes unrecognizable,
- 6:41but feel free to make a sketch to
- 6:43derive the information from there.
- 6:46Force calculation, as Lukas already
- 6:48said, is pure repetition from NTG, but
- 6:51be careful, the tasks are somewhat more
- 6:53extensive, a bit larger than in NTG.
- 6:56Yes, so you simply have to perform
- 6:58several steps in a row; you just have
- 7:01to get used to that, but it is not much
- 7:03new. Yes, it is not much new, just the
- 7:05whole thing is a bit more extensive.
- 7:08Exactly. It looks similar for the next
- 7:11block. By the way, there were nearly 21
- 7:13points for force calculation in the
- 7:16last spring exam in '26, so quite a bit
- 7:18. Let's see what it will look like in
- 7:21the next exams. The next topic is also
- 7:24very substantial: drive heat output,
- 7:26Lukas.
- 7:27>> Yes, we are in different subject areas
- 7:29there, especially from the area of BQTG
- 7:32with various heat calculations. You
- 7:34know the old formula Q equals M times C
- 7:37times Delta T. You will find that again
- 7:39, but when you see such a task, it is
- 7:41significantly more extensive. Sometimes
- 7:43you are throwing numbers around that
- 7:45are 12 digits long. So please pay very
- 7:47close attention to what you enter into
- 7:49your calculator, what you write down,
- 7:51and how you continue calculating. It is
- 7:54advantageous if you convert the whole
- 7:55thing into units that are better suited
- 7:57. We could, for example, have 12
- 7:59billion joules, or we convert the whole
- 8:01thing into kilojoules or megajoules so
- 8:03it's just a bit more manageable. Keep
- 8:06that in mind, and when we are still in
- 8:08drive power, we are in the area of
- 8:10turning, milling, and grinding. Drive
- 8:12power calculation. How much power do I
- 8:15actually have to put into my process,
- 8:17for example, to machine a shaft? I want
- 8:19to remove 3 mm from a shaft. A small
- 8:21hint there: take a look at what AP
- 8:23means and how to calculate the whole
- 8:25thing. And that is the entire topic of
- 8:28drive power in various areas. But
- 8:30it’s always the same principle there.
- 8:33We always start with the last formula
- 8:34and work our way up. When you see the
- 8:37formulas in the Europa handbook, you
- 8:39will know exactly what I mean. Then you
- 8:41work your way up until you have a
- 8:43formula you can apply.
- 8:44>> Exactly, Lukas, right? You mean page
- 8:47365 here? By the way, this here is
- 8:50>> Exactly,
- 8:51>> this is, by the way, the 50th
- 8:53anniversary edition. Also,
- 8:54congratulations once again to the
- 8:56Europa publishing house. There are now
- 8:5850 editions of this reference book.
- 9:00This here is the fancy anniversary
- 9:02volume, and there you can see on page
- 9:04365 up here, um, this method, and you
- 9:08basically work your way through from
- 9:10the bottom step by step to the top and
- 9:13then arrive at your result. Drive heat
- 9:17power, what do you need to master here?
- 9:20That is thermal engineering and that is
- 9:22drive technology, so power, peripheral
- 9:24speed, peripheral power—all these
- 9:26things that you also know from NTG.
- 9:29Thermal engineering: I can remember a
- 9:31task where you. For example, you have
- 9:34an internal combustion engine and you
- 9:36are given a certain power, and now
- 9:38instead of the gas tank, a battery was
- 9:40installed there, right? You then have
- 9:43to convert that. And here, too, it’s
- 9:45important, um, this is a special
- 9:47feature of the HQ, that you have to
- 9:50provide transfer knowledge. Yes, you
- 9:53had to read the task very carefully and
- 9:55then use a bit of common sense to
- 9:57derive certain things, right, like how
- 9:59to calculate the power of the batteries
- 10:01from the volume. Yes, that is a general
- 10:04skill, um, that one must train here. So
- 10:08please practice with the old exams to
- 10:10master such things. Okay, drive heat
- 10:15power definitely appeared again and
- 10:17again in the last five exams. I assume
- 10:21there will be a task on this again in
- 10:23the autumn 26 technology exam. So, next
- 10:26process, Lukas. Yes, as you nicely put
- 10:29it, we are at manufacturing processes.
- 10:31What are manufacturing processes? Of
- 10:33course, broadly speaking, the topics
- 10:35are forming, primary shaping,
- 10:37separating, joining, coating, and
- 10:39modifying material properties, and
- 10:41under those there are a few processes
- 10:43you should know. Turning, milling, and
- 10:46grinding are the standard ones, but you
- 10:48will encounter a manufacturing process
- 10:50in almost every exam that runs through
- 10:52the entire test. So, feel free to take
- 10:55a look at the old manufacturing
- 10:57processes. As I just said, also take a
- 10:59look at the new ones so you are
- 11:01prepared, because the IHK likes to try
- 11:03out something new.
- 11:05>> Yes, that’s the keyword like rapid
- 11:07prototyping, 3D printing, and things
- 11:09like that. Yes, new processes are
- 11:11always coming up, which you can also
- 11:13find in the reference book from
- 11:15Europa-Lehrmittel. One might almost
- 11:17think we are advertising for them. No,
- 11:19we aren't getting paid for ads, but you
- 11:21just find an incredible amount of
- 11:23information on this there. As mentioned
- 11:25, our clients always receive this
- 11:27reference book, and you can actually
- 11:29find one or two processes explained
- 11:31quite well in there. Otherwise, yes,
- 11:34you just have to look at things, as
- 11:36Lukas already nicely put it, turning,
- 11:38milling, but also those manufacturing
- 11:41processes regarding production cells
- 11:43and such. What is that? How is the
- 11:46whole thing structured? Please take a
- 11:47look at all of that. Okay, now we have
- 11:50named 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 topics. If you have
- 11:54these five topics, you are already at
- 11:56an average of 74 points. Yes, then you
- 11:58have actually easily passed the exam
- 12:00with a grade of three. Only if you have
- 12:03looked at these five topics: personnel
- 12:05management, development, operational
- 12:07cost accounting, force calculation,
- 12:09drive heat output, and manufacturing
- 12:11processes. Um, Lukas, which additional
- 12:15topics would you look at now? What
- 12:18other tip would you give the client,
- 12:20what should one definitely take a look
- 12:22at as well?
- 12:23>> Basically, you can say that just
- 12:25because we are skipping a topic in the
- 12:27technical area right now, it doesn't
- 12:28mean it isn't still relevant for the
- 12:30organizational area. So please feel
- 12:32free to compare the Paretos, whether if
- 12:34a gap arises there, whether that gap
- 12:36might be filled in the organization
- 12:38part, for example. But let’s just go
- 12:40over it briefly. Planning, control,
- 12:42communication is currently more of an
- 12:44organizational topic. Can also be
- 12:46encountered in technology. What could
- 12:47it be, for example? Machine loading
- 12:49plans, or very importantly, what you
- 12:51should definitely look at again is the
- 12:53network diagram, forward and backward
- 12:55scheduling. Most people are actually
- 12:57overwhelmed when they see that again.
- 12:59It's been three months since school,
- 13:01and you never looked at it again
- 13:02because you thought the topic wasn't
- 13:04great, but if you really make an effort
- 13:06to understand it, you can score some
- 13:08really good points there.
- 13:11>> Perfect. Yeah, otherwise, what else do
- 13:14we have? Pneumatics, hydraulics.
- 13:18>> You should definitely
- 13:19>> yeah, you should definitely take
- 13:21another look at that as well. Yes, in
- 13:23the last exam, something on
- 13:24electro-pneumatics even appeared at one
- 13:26point. Yeah, so I wouldn't force myself
- 13:29to learn that at all costs. It has only
- 13:31appeared once in the last 10 to 15
- 13:33years. I would see that as secondary,
- 13:36but you should at least know the
- 13:37individual symbols and the circuits.
- 13:40Well, here again: there are a few
- 13:42example circuits in the reference book.
- 13:45If you are able to explain them, to say
- 13:47: "What do the individual elements do?"
- 13:49, "What happens when I press this
- 13:50button?", "How does the circuit work?",
- 13:52if you've mastered that, you're in a
- 13:54very, very good position to pick up
- 13:56those points. Because when hydraulics
- 13:59does come up, like in November '25, for
- 14:01example, there were 22 points. That was
- 14:04the exam where the electro-pneumatics
- 14:06task was included. Otherwise, it was
- 14:09quiet for a long, long time, and then
- 14:11in the spring of '24 there were usually
- 14:14about 8, 14, or 13 points. So I would
- 14:17definitely take a look at it. Otherwise
- 14:20, what comes up here and there is the
- 14:22assembly and disassembly plan. So, you
- 14:25should basically be able to roughly
- 14:27understand a technical drawing, yes, to
- 14:29know what's going on there at all,
- 14:31right? As we just said, sometimes with
- 14:35the calculations you need to know
- 14:37exactly where and when certain forces
- 14:39act, and that also helps you very, very
- 14:41well with these assembly and
- 14:43disassembly plans. Okay, Lukas, shall
- 14:47we take a look at organization, right?
- 14:50>> Yes. And my dear organization, drumroll
- 14:54, what is in first and second place
- 14:56there? Although I'd say you can
- 14:58actually combine first and second place
- 15:00. What is it?
- 15:01>> Yes, just like before, personnel
- 15:03development and personnel management. A
- 15:06surprise, of course.
- 15:07>> Exactly. Same topic as just now:
- 15:09employee reviews, return-to-work
- 15:11interviews, performance assessments,
- 15:14development, development opportunities,
- 15:16training on the job, near the job, and
- 15:18things like that. Job rotation, all
- 15:22these things you know from AEVO, please
- 15:24go into more detail on them here. It's
- 15:28just so important. It appears in every
- 15:31exam. Yes, either personnel development
- 15:34or personnel management, or even both.
- 15:37And you will also need it later for the
- 15:38technical interview. Yes, it's heading
- 15:40in exactly that direction. So, once
- 15:42again, personnel management,
- 15:44development, important topic. And then
- 15:46Lukas, what do we have next? Yes, then
- 15:48we have an organization-specific topic
- 15:50again. Overhead surcharge rates. That
- 15:53was what I mentioned earlier regarding
- 15:55differentiated surcharge calculation.
- 15:56Cash sale price, the jump to the list
- 15:59sale price. How do you have to proceed
- 16:00there? Make sure to review this topic,
- 16:02because if you make a mistake there,
- 16:04you can imagine that you get one point
- 16:06for every line you write. And if you
- 16:10make such a massive error, you have the
- 16:12problem that the result and the steps
- 16:14in between aren't graded. If you look
- 16:19here, the chart we displayed again, in
- 16:21November '24, there were 33 points for
- 16:24such a task. 33 points, that's a third
- 16:28of the entire exam. Uh, May '25 it was
- 16:3226, and in May '26 it was 12 points. So
- 16:36, these tasks really provide a good
- 16:38amount of points. When they do come up,
- 16:40they really pack a punch. Right, then
- 16:43we have the topic of production
- 16:45planning. Lukas, what can we understand
- 16:48by production planning?
- 16:49>> Well, as a supervisor, you first have
- 16:51to be clear about something. We have
- 16:53resources that we manage. Whether
- 16:55that's personnel or machines, it
- 16:57doesn't matter for now. We have to make
- 16:59sure we utilize our resources to get as
- 17:01close to 100%capacity as possible.
- 17:03>> Mhm. What comes up very, very often in
- 17:06production planning, and listen closely
- 17:08to this, folks. It's really mean. These
- 17:11are those tasks. For example, if you
- 17:15have three orders, four machines, and
- 17:17you have to use shortest operation time
- 17:20, longest operation time, and so on;
- 17:22there are various priority rules. Um,
- 17:27and you then have to plan production
- 17:29optimally. Yeah, so you have a Gantt
- 17:32chart and you have to assign the
- 17:34individual machines, follow the
- 17:36sequences, and at the end check how it
- 17:38works optimally. Quite honestly, the
- 17:42only way to solve something like that
- 17:44reliably and cleanly in the exam is to
- 17:47get a scratch pad, a so-called draft
- 17:49paper. Either you get it handed out
- 17:53from the start, or you can request it.
- 17:57This draft paper, note, is not graded.
- 18:00It won't be graded, but here you simply
- 18:02have the opportunity to play around and
- 18:04experiment, because honestly, the whole
- 18:06thing is a lot of trial and error. So,
- 18:11try and tinker around a bit, play with
- 18:13some Lego, and eventually you’ll have
- 18:15a good solution that you should then
- 18:17please transfer to the answer sheet,
- 18:19because only the answer sheet is
- 18:20actually graded. Nevertheless, the
- 18:25draft paper must still be submitted,
- 18:27but it won't be evaluated. And um, that
- 18:31is indeed the only way. Go ahead,
- 18:34practice on the draft paper, move
- 18:36things around, do a little work, and
- 18:38when you’ve found a good solution,
- 18:40please transfer it to your answer
- 18:42booklet, which you then give to the IHK
- 18:44and which is where you get the exam.
- 18:46It’s sometimes a bit mean, but a
- 18:48blanket solution of "do this, then that
- 18:50, then that, then that" doesn't exist
- 18:53here. You have to try things out for
- 18:55yourself, play around a bit yourself.
- 18:56Yeah, that’s the topic of production
- 18:58planning. Then comes a block called CIP
- 19:01. Lukas, what is meant by CIP?
- 19:04>> That’s a very good question, and this
- 19:06term should mean something to every one
- 19:07of you if you are currently facing the
- 19:09main qualification. It is the
- 19:11Continuous Improvement Process. What,
- 19:13of course, is the Continuous
- 19:15Improvement Process? Very importantly,
- 19:17we want to constantly develop our
- 19:19company further. We don't want to have
- 19:21faulty processes or processes that
- 19:22aren't economical; rather, we want to
- 19:24adjust them bit by bit. Bit by bit
- 19:26means, of course, that the whole thing
- 19:28is a cycle, always recurring, and
- 19:30that’s a very important thing. We do
- 19:32the whole thing step by step in small
- 19:34increments. What would naturally happen
- 19:36if we did it in one big step? We would
- 19:38first have to see where the error even
- 19:40originates in this range. With small
- 19:42steps, we can say exactly that if we
- 19:44undo it, we haven't lost much, but we
- 19:47can build on it again and identify
- 19:49errors more easily. What else naturally
- 19:52belongs to this is the PDCA cycle,
- 19:54which is also relevant for the
- 19:56technical interview, and the 5S method.
- 19:59You should know what these 5S stand for
- 20:01; it's a really important thing and is
- 20:03asked about quite often.
- 20:04>> Mhm. Exactly. Otherwise, workplace
- 20:07design, right? How can you optimize
- 20:09workplaces? How can you optimize
- 20:11processes? Examples might come up there
- 20:13. Yes, how can you, for example,
- 20:15optimize compressed air costs? So,
- 20:17generally, think about how existing
- 20:20systems can be optimized and improved.
- 20:23That is the kind of topic that comes up
- 20:25here under CIP. I’d say, is it quite
- 20:28doable? You know a lot from your
- 20:31everyday work life, from operational
- 20:33practice, and then you can answer the
- 20:35questions very nicely based on that. So
- 20:37, with just that you already have, I
- 20:39think, 64 points from these first
- 20:41topics mentioned, but there is still
- 20:43one topic we have to address that is
- 20:45also very, very important, which you
- 20:46should please look into. Lukas, what do
- 20:49you mean? What is it?
- 20:50>> The topic of occupational safety. Yes,
- 20:52when you hold a foreman position, it is
- 20:54naturally the most important thing that
- 20:56every employee who comes to work in the
- 20:58morning also goes home healthy again.
- 21:00Please make a distinction there. On one
- 21:02hand, we have occupational diseases,
- 21:03where we ensure that this remains the
- 21:05case over 30 years, and on the other
- 21:07hand, that nothing happens on any given
- 21:09day, that they don't, for example, cut
- 21:11themselves with an angle grinder or a
- 21:13utility knife. What am I trying to
- 21:15touch on here? The necessary PPE, for
- 21:17example, risk assessments. Remember,
- 21:19who has to deal with occupational
- 21:21safety in general? Every employee, some
- 21:24a bit more, some a bit less. And that
- 21:26is exactly what counts and that is your
- 21:28area of responsibility as a foreman.
- 21:30>> Exactly. But technical safety equipment
- 21:33can also be a topic. Yes, the whole
- 21:35topic of work instruction and such, as
- 21:38Lukas just nicely said, that definitely
- 21:40belongs there. You should definitely
- 21:43look at that beforehand. Um, you also
- 21:46need it for the technical area,
- 21:48questions can come up, and also, as I
- 21:50said, in this specialist interview
- 21:52later, which will take place at the end
- 21:54of the master craftsman training. Okay,
- 21:57those are the main topics. Lukas, what
- 21:59else would be important? What else
- 22:02should someone prepare for? Well, we
- 22:04have the next three topics, I would
- 22:06summarize them a bit. Cost comparison
- 22:08calculation, machine hour rate
- 22:09calculation, and capacity versus
- 22:11personnel requirements. Especially with
- 22:13machine hour rates and capacity versus
- 22:14personnel requirements, a cost
- 22:16comparison could always take place. Do
- 22:17we do it ourselves, or do we outsource
- 22:19the order? And let's go through the
- 22:22machine hour rate briefly. You have
- 22:24your values given quite normally in the
- 22:26formula collection. You can just plug
- 22:28in the given values from top to bottom
- 22:30and then arrive at the machine hour
- 22:32rate. There are actually few special
- 22:34features, but really familiarize
- 22:36yourself with it so that you know
- 22:38exactly how to apply it in the event of
- 22:40an exam.
- 22:40>> Mhm.
- 22:41>> Perfect. Exactly. So cost accounting,
- 22:44organization, and technology can come
- 22:46up in both cases. Please look at it
- 22:48beforehand. Um, another topic is
- 22:51quality management. Yes, it has come up
- 22:54again and again in recent exams, except
- 22:56for once in May '25. Otherwise, there
- 22:58were always questions about it. Yes,
- 23:01how does FMEA work? Um,
- 23:03quality-conscious action, how can I
- 23:05encourage and develop that in employees
- 23:07? That is one such topic. Yes, Lukas,
- 23:10what else is an important topic from
- 23:12the organizational side in your view?
- 23:15>> Well, I would definitely include
- 23:16hazardous substances. We can't make a
- 23:19classic distinction between technical
- 23:20or organizational, but be clear: how do
- 23:22you have to handle hazardous substances
- 23:24? Are you allowed to have any tanks
- 23:26standing in the middle of production?
- 23:27Do you need a separate room for that,
- 23:29or how must the room be designed? And
- 23:31very importantly, what kind of symbol
- 23:33has to be on your hazardous substances
- 23:35again? Feel free to think about it for
- 23:37a moment and write it in the comments.
- 23:39Very, very happy to. You'll also find
- 23:41it, as I said, you don't need to
- 23:43memorize it; it's all in the data book.
- 23:46So, in summary, which topics should you
- 23:48take a closer look at? Everything
- 23:50related to personnel development and
- 23:52leadership. Then the topic of cost
- 23:56accounting, specifically overhead
- 23:58surcharge calculation, then cost
- 24:00comparison, machine hour rates, and
- 24:03capacity and personnel requirements.
- 24:07Those are the main topics you should
- 24:09please master. Um, then occupational
- 24:14safety, please look at occupational
- 24:16safety, the topic of forces, thermal
- 24:18and drive power, and also manufacturing
- 24:20processes; then you've actually covered
- 24:23the most important topics and points
- 24:25for the Hako metal sector. Um, let's
- 24:31briefly look at the topic of the data
- 24:33book. The question always comes up:
- 24:35what should I actually use? I know the
- 24:37IAK formula collection from the BKU,
- 24:39and now I'm working with the data book
- 24:42here. Ah, very good, Lukas. Uh, what do
- 24:45we actually work with? Lukas, can you
- 24:47make a recommendation?
- 24:49>> Well, I would basically say, if you are
- 24:51working in the organizational area, use
- 24:54your IAK formula collection. Definitely
- 24:57, when we go into the technical area,
- 24:59things get a bit more difficult. You
- 25:01have to distinguish: the formula
- 25:02collection contains formulas. The data
- 25:05book contains formulas, theory, and
- 25:08examples. How do I apply all of this
- 25:10and what unit do I end up with at the
- 25:12end? But I can give you one important
- 25:14hack that is also relevant for the Hako
- 25:16. If we look at pages 26 and 27 in the
- 25:19formula collection, these pages are
- 25:21still relevant, especially with all the
- 25:24conversions. You have them right there
- 25:26and don't have to look for the right
- 25:27page in the data book.
- 25:29>> That is one of the most important pages
- 25:31in the entire IAK formula collection.
- 25:33Um, exactly 26, 27. Perfect. So,
- 25:37ultimately it's your call, it's a
- 25:39matter of preference, yes, how and what
- 25:41you work with. Um, the IAK formula
- 25:44collection contains most of the
- 25:46important formulas, but not all of them
- 25:48. The advantage of the IAK formula
- 25:50collection is that it is kept very,
- 25:52very simple and clear. Personally, I
- 25:54think they're actually very, very good.
- 25:56Um, very clearly laid out, but just
- 25:58very, very little content, right? And
- 26:00the data book is much, much more
- 26:02comprehensive. You won't be able to get
- 26:03by without a data book either. And
- 26:06another note, um, do you need just one
- 26:08data book or several? We say that,
- 26:11theoretically, it is enough if you work
- 26:13with one data book. If you think you
- 26:15want to get a second or third one,
- 26:17which is perfectly okay and legitimate,
- 26:19um, please start learning and working
- 26:21with the other data books as early as
- 26:23possible so that you know exactly where
- 26:25to find which contents during the exam,
- 26:27okay? So you don't start searching
- 26:31during the exam, but instead look
- 26:32beforehand where to find things and
- 26:34mark them. Lukas, please hold up your
- 26:37data book again.
- 26:39>> Yeah, sure. Right here. Lukas has put
- 26:42nice little tabs on his and probably
- 26:44also marked a few things so that you
- 26:46can find things faster.
- 26:50>> Exactly. And a small addition regarding
- 26:52the book. As SE just said, you are
- 26:54allowed to take three data books into
- 26:57the exam. There is, of course, also the
- 26:59law book. It doesn't happen that often
- 27:02in the HAK that you need the law book,
- 27:04but especially in the area of—what
- 27:06comes to mind—occupational safety,
- 27:08health protection, product safety or
- 27:10product liability law, it could be
- 27:12relevant, and you are allowed to take
- 27:14that in addition to the three books.
- 27:17>> Perfect. We recommend the one from
- 27:19Fachwirteverlag, and the one you just
- 27:21held up is actually perfect and, yes,
- 27:23exactly, that is our recommendation.
- 27:26You should already know it from the BQ
- 27:28AVO, and you can also use it very well
- 27:30for the HQ. So, folks, that was the
- 27:33forecast for Autumn 2026 for the metal
- 27:36HAK. What could come up? We have given
- 27:39you the most important points that, in
- 27:41our view, could come up, and we wish
- 27:43you a lot of fun with your preparation
- 27:45and great success in the exam. Feel
- 27:47free to watch our other videos for
- 27:49preparation, and we are out now. Thank
- 27:51you very much, Lukas, and see you soon.
- 27:53Ciao. Ciao.
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