Craft - Assessment of the equivalence of foreign professional qualifications in craft trades not requiring a licence or similar trades (journeyman's examination)

• Training of foreign craftsmen You have a state-recognised professional qualification in a craft from another country. • Place of activity in Berlin You want to work in Berlin in the corresponding trade. • Documents and translations You have to submit your documents in German. Usually, the translations must be made by publicly appointed or authorised translators. • For online applications: registration/login via BundID service.berlin.de/nutzerkonten/bundid/ To submit your application online, log in with your BundID account. If you do not yet have a BundID account, please register with BundID. The basic registration with a user name and password is sufficient for this.

• Application for assessment of equivalence between the foreign professional qualification and the German reference profession You can apply online or in writing by post • Proof of identity Suitable proof of identity is, for example, a passport (passport substitute), all European identity cards or a convention passport. Your proof was not issued in German? Then please also enclose a German translation. The following information must be legible in Latin letters on the proof, e.g. in the translation of the proof of identity: Surname, first name, place of birth, date of birth. The proof of identity should include a photo of you and your signature. • Curriculum vitae The curriculum vitae (CV) or résumé should provide a tabular overview of your: 1. training programmes ( professional training, academic training, school education) 2. further training 3. previous jobs The CV must be written in German. • Proof of training Submit your proof of professional qualification. This can be, for example: examination and degree certificates, professional certificate, diploma certificate, Bachelor's and/or Master's certificate or comparable documents. If available, also enclose evidence of the content and duration of your training. These can be, for example Diploma Supplement, the Transcript of Records, the Relevé de Notes, the study book, the examination regulations as well as subject and grade overviews or comparable documents. Your certificate was not issued in German? Then please also enclose a German translation. • Proof of professional experience Certification of the type and duration of your relevant professional experience. This includes, for example, references, work books, professional training or comparable documents. Was your certificate not issued in German? Then please also enclose a German translation. • If applicable, certificate from the country of training If the profession is regulated in your country of training: a certificate stating that you are authorised to practise the profession in your country of training. The certificate must be issued by the competent authority in your country of training. Was your certificate not issued in German? Then please also enclose a German translation. • if applicable, proof of name change If your first name or surname no longer matches the name on your professional qualification certificate (e.g. due to marriage, change of nationality, change of gender or similar reasons), please enclose official proof of the name change with your application. This can be a birth certificate, marriage certificate, naturalisation certificate or other suitable proof of the name change. Was your proof not issued in German? Then please also enclose a German translation. • if applicable, declaration or proof of previous applications for equivalence assessment A declaration that you have not yet submitted an application for equivalence assessment or, if applicable, documents relating to previous applications for equivalence assessment submitted to other competent authorities.

• Application for assessment of equivalence between the foreign professional qualification and the German reference profession www.hwk-berlin.de/downloads/antragsformular-bqfg-91,828.pdf

• Usually up to approx. EUR 600.00. • The Chamber of Crafts will inform you about the costs. The costs generally depend on the time and effort required for processing and are due immediately upon notification of the fee notice. • You may also incur additional costs (e.g. for translations or notarisation of your documents). These costs vary from case to case.

• Crafts Code (HwO) § 40a www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hwo/__40a.html • Crafts Code (HwO) § 50c para. 4 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hwo/__50c.html • Crafts Code (HwO) Annex B List of trades that can be operated as crafts that do not require a licence or similar trades www.gesetze-im-internet.de/hwo/anlage_b.html • Professional Qualification Determination Act (BQFG) §§ 4-7 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bqfg/__4.html • Professional Qualification Determination Act (BQFG) § 8 sec. 1 no. 2 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bqfg/__8.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

Approx. 3 months, if all documents are complete.

• Foreign qualifications (Berlin Chamber of Crafts) www.hwk-berlin.de/artikel/auslaendische-qualifikationen-91,0 • Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications on "Recognition in Germany" www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php • Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications on the BQ-Portal (Information portal for foreign professional qualifications) www.bq-portal.de/en • Point of Single Contact Berlin www.berlin.de/ea/en/ • Brochure Recognition of foreign professional qualifications in the skilled crafts sector from the Federal Ministry of Economics www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/DE/Publikation • User Guide to the Professional Recognition Directive www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/einh • Financial assistance in the recognition procedure (recognition in Germany) www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/financial-support. • List of publicly appointed translators in Germany (Justice Portal) www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/ • Craft - Apply for a Registration in the Directory of Crafts Not Requiring Approval (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/141577/en/ • Craft - registration in the Register of Trades Similar to Crafts (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/141579/en/

For the determination of equivalence in an unlicensed skilled trade (zulassungsfreies Handwerksberuf) or craft-related trade, the Handwerkskammer Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Crafts) is responsible if the intended activity is to take place in Berlin. The Handwerkskammer will advise you even before you submit your application and will identify the appropriate trade for you. The Handwerkskammer will inform you which documents you must submit in original form, or as a certified or simple copy with German translation.