Apply for recognition as a test engineer for fire protection

• Personal suitability • Ability to hold public office, • proficiency in written and spoken German, • Criminal record • Registered office, status The place of business/work is in the state of Berlin, the activity is carried out as a freelancer or as a legal representative or managing director of an engineering company or as a professor as part-time employment. • Education Completed degree in architecture, structural engineering, civil engineering or a degree programme with a focus on fire protection at a German university or an equivalent degree at a foreign university or completion of training for at least the fire service. • Professional experience At least five years of full-time professional experience in the fire protection planning and execution of buildings, in particular special buildings of various types with a higher degree of fire protection difficulty or their inspection.

• Application for recognition as a test engineer for fire protection Completed application form with accompanying questionnaire. • Curriculum vitae Curriculum vitae with complete details of your professional career up to the date of application. • Certificates of graduation and employment A copy of each of the degree and employment certificates as well as the diploma, bachelor's or master's certificate. • Certificate of good conduct Proof of the application for a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority (document type O), which is not older than 3 months, or an equivalent document. • Information on other recognition procedures Information on unsuccessful recognition procedures in other countries. • Proof of professional experience Reference object list of ten special building projects of different types with a higher degree of fire protection difficulty of the fire protection certificates drawn up independently in the last ten years. • Proof of personal responsibility and independence • Copy of tax office registration or extract from the commercial register or extract from the articles of association, • Information on the number of engineers working in the office and how many of them are to be employed for testing in the event of recognition, • Details of any branch offices, • details of any shareholdings in a company whose purpose is the planning or realisation of construction projects. • Explanations • Declaration that the professional activity is carried out autonomously and independently, • Declaration that the necessary insurance cover is available in the event of recognition. • Proof of professional suitability Certificate from the examination board (arranged by the recognition authority).

• Application for recognition as a test engineer for fire protection and questionnaire www.berlin.de/sen/bauen/_assets/baurecht-und-bauplanung/baua

The amount depends on the outcome of the procedure • EUR 600.00 Recognition fee • EUR 1.200.00 to EUR 2.900 Expenses for the examination board

• Building Inspection Ordinance (BauPrüfV) <http://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=BauPrV+BE&psml=bsbeprod.psml&max=true> • Tariff sections 8.6 and 8.7 of the Building Fee Regulations (BauGebO) <http://gesetze.berlin.de/jportal/portal/t/1g2d/page/bsbeprod.psml/action/portlets.jw.MainAction?p1=b&eventSubmit_doNavigate=searchInSubtreeTOC&showdoccase=1&doc.hl=0&doc.id=jlr-BauGebOBE2008V4Anlage&doc.part=G&toc.poskey=#focuspoint>

The duration of the recognition procedure is approx. 1.5 to 2 years.

• Information sheet on the Stage 1 inspection procedure (Section 18a BauPrüfV) www.berlin.de/sen/bauen/_assets/baurecht-und-bauplanung/baua • All lists and applications for recognition for test engineers and test experts www.berlin.de/sen/bauen/baurecht-und-bauplanung/bauaufsicht/

Anerkennungsbehörde für Prüfingenieure für Brandschutz ist die Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Bauen und Wohnen, Oberste Bauaufsicht - Referat Bautechnik. The recognition authority for Prüfingenieure für Brandschutz (fire protection inspection engineers) is the Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Bauen und Wohnen (Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing), Oberste Bauaufsicht (Supreme Building Control Authority) - Referat Bautechnik (Building Technology Division).