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Recognize foreign professional qualifications of green professions not regulated by state law
Service Description
You have acquired your professional qualification in the field of agriculture and home economics abroad and want to work in Germany in your learned profession? For the following professional qualifications
- Certified agricultural specialist for herd management
- Certified professional specialist for organic farming
- Certified professional farmer for organic farming
- Agricultural assistant
- Horticultural worker
- Home economics technician
- Trainee for personal services
as well as for the following school degrees
- State-certified economist / State-certified economist specializing in agriculture or horticulture or gardening and landscaping
- State-certified agricultural business economist / State-certified agricultural business economist specializing in agriculture
- State-certified technician specializing in horticulture or gardening and landscaping
you can have your foreign degree recognized.
Process flow
For the recognition, the competent body checks, on the basis of an informal signed application and your enclosed certificates, whether or to what extent your foreign qualification corresponds to a German qualification for the occupation you intend to practice. This review is based on specified formal criteria, such as the content and duration of training. Your proven relevant professional experience is also taken into account, as are other relevant qualifications. As soon as your application documents are complete, the competent body will carry out the examination and, if necessary, request further documents. You will receive written notification of the results of the examination. This will also contain information on which qualifications you may be lacking for full recognition and how you can compensate for these.
Before submitting your application, have the staff at theThuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas(TLLLR) for advice. The consultations are free of charge and confidential.
Who should I contact?
Please contact the responsible office at the TLLLR. The contact person is Mr. Maack. The contact details are:
Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas
Department 46 | Responsible office for vocational training
Am Burgblick 23 | 07646 Stadtroda | P.O. Box 100262 | 07702 Jena | Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 361 574062-631 | Fax: +49 (0) 361 574062-699
Mail: Rene.Maack@tlllr.thueringen.de
Competent authority
Please contact the responsible office at the TLLLR. The contact person is Mr. Maack. The contact details are:
Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas
Department 46 | Responsible office for vocational training
Am Burgblick 23 | 07646 Stadtroda | P.O. Box 100262 | 07702 Jena | Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 361 574062-631 | Fax: +49 (0) 361 574062-699
Mail: Rene.Maack@tlllr.thueringen.de
Which documents are required?
As a rule, you will need the following documents:
- Tabular list of your completed education and gainful employment
- Information about your current place of residence
- proof of identity
- proof of education acquired abroad
- Proof of relevant professional experience or other qualifications, if these are required to establish equivalence
- Declaration as to whether you have already submitted an application for a determination of equivalence and, if so, to which authority
- If applicable, notification of the determination of equivalence.
Depending on the respective profession, further documents may be required. Please contact the responsible office. As a rule, you must submit all documents as copies or in electronic form. All documents must be submitted in German. If the documents are written in another language, you will also need a translation. It may also be necessary to submit all documents as originals. Please contact the responsible office.
What are the fees?
75 EUR
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
No deadlines need to be observed.
Appeal
You can submit your application informally in writing or electronically to the responsible office.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
Professionally released on
04.03.2021
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
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