Pharmaceutical technical assistant with training from EU/EEA/Switzerland, recognize professional qualification
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You would like to work as a pharmaceutical technical assistant in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To obtain the state permit, you can have your foreign professional qualification recognized.
Basic information
The profession of pharmaceutical technical assistant is regulated in Germany. This means that in order to work as a pharmaceutical technical assistant in Germany, you need a state permit. With the permit, you may use the job title "pharmaceutical-technical assistant" or "pharmaceutical-technical assistant" and work in the profession.
Even with a professional qualification from the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you can obtain the state permit from the competent body in Germany.
To obtain the permit, you must have your foreign professional qualification recognized.
In the recognition procedure, the competent body compares your professional qualification from abroad with the German professional qualification and checks the equivalence. The equivalence of the professional qualification is an important prerequisite for the granting of the state permit.
In addition to the equivalence of the professional qualification, you must fulfill other requirements for the issuance of the permit. Further requirements are, for example, sufficient German language skills and health suitability.
If your professional qualification does not originate from the EU, the EEA or Switzerland, other regulations apply.
You can also submit the application for the procedure from abroad.
Requirements
- You have a professional qualification as a pharmaceutical technical assistant from the EU, the EEA or Switzerland.
- You want to work in Germany as a pharmaceutical-technical assistant.
- Personal suitability: You are reliable for the work as a pharmaceutical-technical assistant:in and have no criminal record.
- Health suitability: You are mentally and physically able to work as a pharmaceutical-technical assistant.
- You have German language skills at the required level. This is normally language level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
