Scoundrels in the summer heat: This is how the pros get through their hot jobs
Created: 06/08/2022, 06:00
By: Uta Künkler
Thirsty: Anyone who has to work hard in hot temperatures needs plenty of water and breaks.
© IG Bau
Craftsmen and Co. talk about their sweaty jobs.
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- It's hot.
When the weather forecast predicts around 35 degrees these days, many are happy about the bathing weather, others groan under the hot temperatures and some think with horror about their next working day.
Namely, those who cannot escape the scorching heat and flee to an air-conditioned office.
Craftsmen, takeaway vendors and sauna masters talk about their sweaty jobs.
"If you hear in the weather report that it will be 35 degrees, then you know it won't be a nice working day," says Stefan Berger, foreman for gardening and landscaping at the Fraunberg company Josef Huber.
"Especially when there is paving work to be done in a large open area and you are forced to be in the sun all day."
A straw hat with a wide brim, lots of water and the occasional ice cream were all part of everyday work in this heat.
When planning shifts, they try to focus even more on off-peak times.
"Ideally, you'll be on the construction site early and try to get off work early," explains Berger.
Because: "From 2 p.m. the heat is at its worst."
Brave: Pala Gündüz's kebap stand in Erding heats up to 60 degrees.
© Helena Grillenberger
Starting early is also the most important measure for Peter Kreuzpointner from the roofing, sheet metal and carpentry shop of the same name in Erding.
"If it's hot, we start as early as possible.
When working in an industrial area where we don't disturb residents, we'd be happy to do it as early as 4:45 a.m.," says Kreuzpointner.
Then no craftsman has to work on a roof in the scorching afternoon heat.
What else can you do to get through the working day in the persistent heat?
"Drink, sunscreen, head protection - that's all you can do," says Manfred Zißelsberger, head of the Erding road maintenance department.
Of course, with the current weather conditions, you have to "wind it down a little bit," says Zißelsberger.
"It's not always possible to go full throttle at these temperatures."
When planning, try to avoid extremely physically demanding work during the hottest weeks of the year.
But that doesn't always work, because work has to be done urgently.
The hardest work at the current temperatures is asphalting.
"When the heat comes from above and below at the same time, that's extreme," he says.
Tireless: Jesmir Ponik from Kies Ostermaier can hardly escape the sun on a construction site in Mittbach.
© Kies Ostermaier
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Road construction is also the profession of Willi Ostermaier from Kloster Moosen.
Around 40 employees of the gravel company take care of sewer work, road drainage and road substructure, among other things.
shadow nonexistent.
Here, too, site manager Sophie Ostermaier has no other tips ready than Zißelsberger.
In these temperatures, the company provides workers with hats, sunscreen and drinks.
But then people would have to take care of themselves.
“You know best when you just need to take a five-minute break to recover.
In this weather, it makes no sense at all to say you have to continue working now," says Ostermaier.
If you pay some attention to your body's signals, you'll get through it quite well.
After all: Everyday life is tougher, she adds: "If you always work outside, you are used to the weather very differently than someone who sits in the office all day."
Dilan Turan knows that it can also get hot inside.
The 25-year-old from Wartenberg works as a sauna master at Therme Erding.
So these days she just can't get out of the heat.
The cool-down phase after an infusion at 90 degrees Celsius and more lasts noticeably longer in the summer heat than in the cold season, explains the sauna master.
Cold baths for calves and arms in between, which are part of her work routine, wouldn't help much either.
"Now I sweat in the sauna, go outside and sweat even more," says Turan.
It's also hot at Pala Gündüz.
The 64-year-old turns the tables in his kebab car at Erdinger S-Bahn station.
The best way to help him against the heat is warm tea.
It makes you sweat less than cold drinks.
"I measured once.
The temperature gauge in here was 52 degrees and then it stopped working, it couldn't measure any further.
But I guess it's around 60 degrees in the booth," says Gündüz.
It's almost a cooling off stepping out of the hot car into the 30 degree summer heat.
So, like so many other things, heat is ultimately a question of perspective.
