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Crafts - Authorisation to practise as a master craftsman with master-like knowledge in another craft requiring authorisation

Handwerk - Ausübungsberechtigung als Meister mit meisterähnlichen Kenntnissen in einem anderen zulassungspflichtigen Handwerk
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
If you are already entered in the Handwerksrolle (register of craft trades) with a licensed craft trade under Annex A of the Handwerksordnung (HwO, Crafts and Trades Code), and you can demonstrate master-craftsman-equivalent knowledge and skills in another licensed craft trade, you have the option of applying for an Ausübungsberechtigung (authorization to practice) for the other trade. Note: Once you have received the Ausübungsberechtigung, you can be entered in the Handwerksrolle (see Further Information), or you can work as a technischer Betriebsleiter/technische Betriebsleiterin (technical operations manager) in another company.

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Requirements

• Entry in the register of craftsmen in a craft requiring authorisation www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hwo/anlage_a.html You have to be registered as a master craftsman or master craftswoman or owner or manager of a craft requiring approval in Annex A of the Crafts Code. • Expertise in the crafts requiring approval An entitlement to exercise in accordance with § 7a HwO requires proof of master-like knowledge and skills in the relevant (partial) craft. Submitted training and work certificates and other proofs can be taken into consideration. If it is not possible to provide sufficient proof of qualification in this way, you can prove the required knowledge and skills in a competence examination. The examiner is appointed by the relevant Chamber of Crafts. The costs of the expertise examination are to be carried by you.

Documents you need

• Application for the granting of an exercise right according to § 7a HwO www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/antrag-91,138.pdf • Personaldokument Identity card or other official identification including a photograph • Proof of expertise Proof of expertise in the craft for which the exercise break is requested, e.g. through training, further training and work certificates, references, etc.

Forms

• Application for the granting of an exercise right according to § 7a HwO www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/merkblatt-zu-7a-der-handwerksord

Fees

EUR 280,00

Legal basis

• Crafts Code (HwO) § 7a www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hwo/__7a.html • Crafts requiring a licence in Annex A of the HwO www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hwo/anlage_a.html • Fee schedule of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/gebuehrenordnung-91,150.pdf • List of fees of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/gebuehrenverzeichnis-91,151.pdf

Further information

• Information on exercising handicrafts in Berlin www.hwk-berlin.de/91,0,187.html • Leaflet on § 7a of the Crafts Code www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/merkblatt-zu-7a-der-handwerksord • Eintragung in die Handwerksrolle service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/329439

Who is responsible

The application for authorization to practice (Ausübungsberechtigung) must be submitted to the Handwerkskammer (chamber of crafts) responsible for the main commercial establishment. If this is not yet known, the registration can also be applied for at the Handwerkskammer responsible for the applicant's place of residence.

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