Help in need: Agriculture in the Starnberg district needs you!

Help in need: Agriculture in the Starnberg district needs you!

In the district of Starnberg, the machine and operating aid ring is confronted with an urgent call for cooperation. In view of an increasing need for helping hands in agriculture, the association is looking for additional forces to support farms and private households. Christine Steingruber, the operations management, coordinates the missions and applications for help.

like Merkur reported, the reasons for contact with the machine ring are often in connection with personal emergencies, such as illnesses, deaths, accidents or births. Currently around 10 non -fixed forces are available that are willing to provide support.

tasks and qualifications of the helpers

The operating assistants have three years of agricultural training and are responsible for various tasks, including stable work, milking, animal supply, manure and mowing. In addition, domestic aids that have also completed three -year housekeeping training offer services that go beyond cleaning.

Magdalena Schlögel, 24 years old and has been working for the machine ring since October 2023, three families are currently taking care of three families in the municipalities of Weilheim, Tutzing and Baierbrunn. Her tasks include childcare, tidying up, cleaning and cooking. Schlögel emphasizes the responsibility that she bears in particular in childcare, and indicates that many families are not aware that operating assistance is available.

In addition, The machine ring Starnberg that the harvest time, stable work and the housekeeping require continuous work, regardless of unforeseen events such as illnesses or accidents. The support is based on full -time village helpers as well as by farmers and helpers as part of neighborhood help. The billing takes place via the health insurance or professional association according to set hourly rates.

The structural change in agriculture and the changed framework conditions have promoted the use of operating and household help outside of agricultural social security. In particular, the demand for private domestic help has increased in recent years.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien