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Certifying your qualifications and specialised skills
In the interest of protecting the public and ensuring high quality
standards, before engaging in certain professional activities you must show evidence
that you hold the necessary skills and specialist knowledge. If your profession is
one of those subject to such requirements, then you are in the right
place.
There are 40 services for Certifying your qualifications and specialised skills
Are you registered in the Register of Craftsmen with a craft requiring a license and would like to practice another craft requiring a license? Then you can apply for a license to practice another trade under certain conditions.
If you would like to take part in a training course to obtain specialist knowledge for the handling and purchase of explosive substances in accordance with the Explosives Act, you will need a clearance certificate.
If you
are or want to be professionally active in maritime shipping
you can apply for proof in the form of a seafarer's certificate under certain conditions.
If you would like to gain access to the telematics infrastructure (TI) in the healthcare sector, you will need an electronic healthcare professional card (eHBA) if you work in a healthcare profession.
As a nursing, obstetrics or physiotherapy facility, would you like to give your employees access to the telematics infrastructure (TI)? Then you can apply for an electronic institution card (SMC-B) under certain conditions.
Is your company involved in the commercial transportation of goods or passengers and is your company card about to expire? Then you can apply for a follow-up card from the relevant office.
Have you been granted an exemption permit for a trade requiring a license and want to operate it as a standing trade? If so, you must have it entered in the register of craftsmen before starting your activity.
As an aviation medical expert, you can apply for new examination centers or relocate existing ones. To do so, you must obtain approval from the Federal Aviation Office.
As an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO), you benefit from simplified customs clearance procedures. To obtain this status, you must submit an application to your main customs office.
After successfully passing your journeyman's or final examination and providing proof of qualified professional experience, you can be entered in the register of tradesmen and women as the owner or manager of a business in many trades requiring a license.
Citizens of the EU, the EEA or Switzerland who wish to practice a craft requiring a license in Germany can, under certain conditions, have their professional experience or training and qualification certificates recognized in Germany.
Have you been granted a license to practice a craft requiring a permit and want to operate it as a standing trade? If so, you must have this entered in the register of craftsmen before starting your activity.
As a flight attendant, do you need a new flight attendant certificate instead? You can apply for this from the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) under certain conditions
If you require the issue of a temporary traffic permit, a temporary permit to fly or the approval of flight conditions for an aircraft, you can apply for this under certain conditions.
Has your insurance company appointed a new member to the administrative or supervisory board? Then you must notify the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) immediately.
As a fee-based financial investment advisor or financial investment broker, you are obliged to submit either an audit report or a negative declaration to your competent licensing authority by 31.12. of the following year without being requested to do so.
Have you successfully passed the master craftsman's examination and would like to work independently in a trade requiring a license? If so, you must first register your business in the Register of Craftsmen.
Are you a recognized displaced person, a late repatriate, do you have a recognized equivalent foreign professional qualification and would you like to work independently in a craft requiring a license in Germany? Then you must be entered in the register of craftsmen.
Would you as a nursing, obstetrics or physiotherapy facility like to extend your employees' access to the telematics infrastructure (TI)? Then you can apply for the follow-up card of the electronic institution card (SMC-B) for them under certain conditions.
The profession of chartered accountant can also be practiced in a professional company. Such a company requires state recognition as an auditing company by the Chamber of Public...
The profession of auditor can also be practiced in a professional company. Such a company requires state recognition as an auditing company by the Chamber of Auditors. All...
Would you like to work permanently in a regulated profession in Germany? Or would you like to offer services on a temporary basis? Here you will find information on the recognition of your foreign qualification.
If the articles of association of an auditing company are amended, the legal representatives of the auditing company must report the amendment to the Chamber of Public Accountants.
If you wish to conduct public auctions of third-party property in accordance with certain provisions of the German Civil Code (BGB) and the German Commercial Code (HGB), which are ordered or implemented by force, you must be publicly appointed and sworn in as an auctioneer.
You can be recognized as a test engineer or test expert for fire protection upon application if you meet the requirements. Further information can be found here.
Persons who are employed in security-sensitive positions in companies must undergo a security check as part of preventive personnel sabotage protection. As a company, you must apply for the check.
