Pharmaceutical technical assistant with training from EU/EEA/Switzerland, recognize professional qualification
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Schule, Ausbildung und Studium
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Procedure
Application
You submit an application for the granting of permission to use the professional title "pharmaceutical technical assistant" to the competent office. You can hand in the application with the documents at the competent office or send it by mail. Do not send originals. Sometimes you can send the application electronically. The competent office will inform you.
Checking the equivalence
The competent body will then check whether you meet all the requirements. One important requirement is the equivalence of your professional qualification. The competent body compares your professional qualification from abroad with the German professional qualification as a pharmaceutical technical assistant. The professional qualification is equivalent if there are no significant differences between your foreign professional qualification and the German professional qualification.
Possible results of the examination
If your professional qualification is equivalent, your foreign professional qualification will be recognized. The competent body can confirm the result to you in writing. You still have to fulfill the other requirements. Then you will receive permission to use the professional title "pharmaceutical technical assistant".
Are there any significant differences between your professional qualification and the German professional qualification? Perhaps you can compensate for the differences through your professional practice, other knowledge or skills (lifelong learning). You have to prove the professional practice. Knowledge and skills must be certified by an authority of the state in which you acquired the knowledge or skills.
However, it may be that the essential differences cannot be compensated by this knowledge. In this case, your foreign professional qualification will not be recognized. You are then not allowed to work as a pharmaceutical-technical assistant:in in Germany.
However, the responsible office will tell you the essential differences and why you cannot compensate for the essential differences through your professional practice.
In most cases you can make a compensatory measure. This will allow you to compensate for the essential differences.
Compensatory measures
There are several compensatory measures:
- Adaptation course: the adaptation course lasts a maximum of 3 years.
- Aptitude test: In the aptitude test, only those areas in which significant differences have been identified are tested. The aptitude test consists of a practical test combined with an examination interview.
You can choose between an adaptation course or a proficiency test.
If you successfully complete the compensatory measure and meet all other requirements, you will be granted permission to use the occupational title "pharmaceutical technical assistant".
Legal bases
- §§ 18, 18a, 18c Ausbildungs- und Prüfungsverordnung für pharmazeutisch-technische Assistentinnen und pharmazeutisch-technische Assistenten
- § 1 Gesetz über den Beruf des pharmazeutisch-technischen Assistenten
- 2 Abs. 2-4a Gesetz über den Beruf des pharmazeutisch-technischen Assistenten
More information
Freedom to provide services
You would like to offer services in Germany only sometimes and for a short time? Then you usually do not need the state permission. You must meet these requirements:
- You must be established in another state of the EU, EEA or Switzerland.
- You must prove your professional qualification.
- You must notify the competent body of your activity in writing.
The competent body will inform you whether you are allowed to provide services or whether you have to pass an aptitude test.
Equivalency notice
The equivalence examination (recognition procedure) also takes place in the permit procedure. You can apply for a separate decision on the result of the examination.
Procedure for late repatriates
As a late repatriate, you can either go through the recognition procedure according to the laws mentioned here or according to the Federal Expellees Act. You can decide this yourself. The competent office will advise you which procedure suits you.
