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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 53 services for Certifying your qualifications and specialised skills

Application for a determination of the equivalence of rescue training completed abroad for EU and third-country nationals
Application for an EU certificate under Directive 2005/36/EC (Professional Qualifications Directive)

With the EU certificate according to the BARL, the professional qualifications and activities as an architect, interior designer, landscape architect or urban planner can be...
Application for designation as an inspection body for the investigation of biowaste in accordance with the Biowaste Ordinance

If you want to work as an investigation body for biohistory investigations in waste management, you must be designated by the competent authority.
Application for notification as an inspection body for the investigation of waste wood in accordance with the Waste Wood Ordinance

If you want to work as an inspection body for waste wood in waste management, you must be appointed by the competent authority.
apply for a certificate of competence in the regular stunning or killing of vertebrates carried out professionally or commercially

Killing and related activities may only be carried out by persons who have the necessary knowledge and skills (expertise).
Apply for recognition as an expert organisation for installations for the handling of water-polluting substances

In order to be able to appoint experts to inspect equipment for handling substances hazardous to water on behalf of your expert organisation, to prepare expert opinions within...
Appointment of auditors

Auditors must be appointed by the competent authority in order to be able to exercise their profession.
Approval of experts for cross-checks

If you wish to examine cross-checks and/or duplicate samples on behalf of a company, you need approval for this activity. This can be applied for at the Lower Saxony State...
Auditing bodies of the savings bank and giro associations according to the Auditors' Regulations Registration

Quality control is carried out by auditors registered with the competent body in their own practice or by auditing firms (quality control auditors). The following paragraphs of...
Auditor Reappointment

The appointment as an auditor expires due to Death renunciation or legally binding exclusion from the profession. Reappointment shall be refused if the conditions for...
Be exempted from the requirement of expertise according to the Chemicals Ozone Layer Ordinance

In individual cases, you may be exempted from the requirement of technical or craft training to prove your expertise in accordance with the Chemicals Ozone Layer Ordinance.
Certificate of competence for the security industry: Exhibition

The certificate of competence for the security industry is a prerequisite for the issuance of a license for the security industry and is issued by the competent authority. The...
Certificate of competence in accordance with the Chemicals Climate Protection Ordinance Exhibition

Anyone who wants to install systems with fluorinated greenhouse gases, check them for leaks, maintain them, maintain them or recover the gases requires a certificate of competence.
Certificate of competency in accordance with the Explosives Act

The certificate of competence for the handling and/or traffic of explosive substances in accordance with § 20 of the Explosives Act (SprengG) is only issued upon application. It...
Certification Service Provider Accreditation

Upon request, certification service providers may voluntarily obtain accreditation from the competent authority if they can demonstrate that the requirements of the Signature...
Certification systems Recognition according to Biomass Electricity Sustainability Ordinance

Distributors of fuels in Germany can only have biofuels or biogas counted towards their quota obligation or receive tax relief if they can prove that the biofuels or biogas meet...
Certification systems: Recognition - according to the Biofuel Sustainability Regulation

Distributors of fuels in Germany can only count biofuels or biogas towards their quota obligation or receive tax relief if they can prove that the biofuels or biogas resulting...
Checking the reliability of traders in the case of industries requiring monitoring

Would you like to register or re-register a business in need of monitoring? In this context, the trade authority checks your reliability on the basis of a certificate of good...
Classification companies under the Meat Act Approval

Classification companies according to the Meat Act (FlG) require approval.
Commencement of work as a test expert for safety-related systems and equipment Show

Citizens of a member state of the European Union or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are generally recognised as experts in Lower Saxony.
Competence test for mediating and advising insurance companies Certificate

After successfully passing an examination to prove the necessary expertise of insurance intermediaries and insurance advisors before the competent authority, the competent...
Designation of Experts for the Inspection of Long-Term Camps

If you want to work as an expert in accordance with § 24 DepV for a decommissioned long-term storage facility in accordance with the Landfill Ordinance, you must be appointed...
Establishment of an auditing firm

The profession of auditor can also be practised in a professional company. Such a company requires state recognition as an auditing firm by the Chamber of Auditors. All European...
European Attorney General Admission

As a European lawyer, you can be admitted to the bar in accordance with the provisions of §§ 6 to 42 of the Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO).
Examination of the required legal knowledge as a patent attorney Admission

Admission to the examination of the required legal knowledge as a patent attorney must be applied for at the competent authority.
Exercise of the profession as a lawyer in the public service Authorisation

The competent authority may, upon request, appoint a representative to the lawyer in the public service or allow him/her to practise the profession himself/herself, provided...
Exercise of the profession as a patent attorney in the public service Permission

The competent authority may, upon request, appoint a representative to the patent attorney or allow him/her to practise the profession himself/herself, provided that the...
Expert persons in the field of the High Pressure Gas Pipeline Ordinance Recognition

Experts in the field of the High Pressure Gas Pipeline Ordinance (GasHDrLtgV) are persons who have been recognised by the competent body for the inspection of the technical...
Expertise in accordance with the Chemicals Ozone Layer Ordinance Recognition

The recognition of expertise in accordance with the Chemicals Ozone Layer Ordinance is carried out by the competent authority.
Experts in the craft sector Public appointment and swearing-in

Publicly appointed experts in the craft sector are characterised by special expertise, objectivity and trustworthiness. They shall be subject to supervision by the competent...
Experts: Public appointment and swearing-in

Any person who works or wishes to work as a publicly appointed and sworn expert in the fields of economy, including mining, deep-sea and coastal fishing, agriculture and...
Farrier / Farrier Recognition

If you want to work as a farrier, you need state recognition. Examination certificates in the field of hoof and hoof shoeing acquired outside Germany can be treated in the same...
Farrier Apprentice Shoeing Apprentice Recognition

Anyone who wants to work as a farrier apprentice needs state recognition. Examination certificates in the field of hoof and hoof shoeing acquired outside Germany can be treated...
Intended for deletion - Certification bodies recognition according to the Biofuel Sustainability Ordinance

The Biokraft-NachV serves to implement Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009. This defines the crediting of the fulfillment of the...
Legal profession Admission to the bar

Anyone wishing to work as a lawyer requires a licence. For this purpose, a certificate is issued and handed over by the competent authority. Upon admission, the applicant...
Markscheiderin/Markscheider Recognition

Anyone wishing to work as a mine surveyor must be recognised by the competent authority.
Markscheiderin/Markscheider recognition as "other" person

Recognised mine surveyors shall manufacture and reproduce the cracks prescribed for underground exploration or extraction operations. For other companies, other documents...
Obtain proof of successful participation in the training for the security industry

You must provide proof of instruction in the security industry if you are employed and take on security tasks in the security industry on your own responsibility.
Particularly knowledgeable auctioneers Public appointment and swearing-in

If you want to hold public auctions (forced pawn sales or distress sales), you will need a public order for this. The owner of the auctioned item has no influence on the price...
Patent Attorney Admission

Patent attorneys may perform the following tasks: Advice on inventions, trademarks, design, know-how, plant variety protection and the like Registration of all industrial...
Permission to continue the professional title of auditor

The competent authority may, upon request, authorise professionals who, because of old age or physical suffering, renounce the rights conferred by appointment and no longer...
Persons or bodies for the acceptance of competence tests for dog owners Recognition

Persons or bodies that carry out the competence tests prescribed by the Lower Saxony Law on the Keeping of Dogs (NHundG) require prior recognition to prove the knowledge and...
Professional aptitude as an interpreter and translator Determination

If you wish to be sworn in and/or authorised as a translator in Lower Saxony as a court interpreter, interpreter for official and notarial purposes or as a sign language...
Prove expertise in the arms trade by means of an examination

As part of the licensing procedure for the commercial arms trade, you must provide proof of the appropriate expertise. To do this, you will take a specialist knowledge...
Recognition and disclosure as an expert or expert according to the Federal Soil Protection Act

If you would like to be recognized as an expert or expert for soil protection issues, you must submit a corresponding application.
Register as a debt collection service provider

Register in the Legal Services Register if you want to provide debt collection services on a business basis.
Register as a pension advisor

Register in the Legal Services Register if you would like to work as a pension consultant on a business basis.
State recognition (notification) as an investigation body (testing laboratories, sampling bodies) for sewage sludge and soil analyses in accordance with the Sewage Sludge Ordinance

If you want to work as an investigation body for sewage sludge and soil investigations in waste management, you must be recognized by the competent authority.
Sworn Accountants Recognition

Certified accountants must be recognised by the competent authority in order to be able to practise their profession. Recognition shall at the same time constitute membership of...
Take the proficiency test for financial investment intermediaries

In order to obtain permission as a fee-based financial investment advisor, you must demonstrate the required expertise.
Temporary practice of the veterinary profession without a license to practice medicine: permission

Anyone who has completed training as a veterinarian from a non-EU member state, but does not have a license to practice medicine, and only wants to practice the veterinary...
Test Engineers for Structural Analysis: Recognition

A test engineer for stability is a person who is recognized as such by the competent authority. Other persons may not use this designation. In order to be recognized as a test...
Testing and Certification Bodies Recognition

Confirmation, testing and confirmation bodies have the task of checking and confirming the security concepts of certification service providers (testing and confirmation body)...

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