Prerequisites
- You wish to supply hazardous substances and mixtures to consumers on a commercial basis.
- You would like to work in the trade or distribution of toxic substances.
- You demonstrate your required expertise by:
- Passing an examination conducted by the competent authority or a recognized institution.
- You will demonstrate knowledge of the properties, hazards and regulations of the substances and mixtures.
- Alternatively, you have a recognized qualification, for example as
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacist assistant
- Pharmaceutical engineer
- pharmaceutical technical assistant or pharmacy assistant or pharmaceutical technical assistant or pharmacy assistant
- pharmacist or druggist
- Pest controller
- Recognized certificates or degrees replace the examination.
- You must attend a continuing education course no later than six years after passing the exam. Otherwise, your certificate of competency will expire, and you will have to take the exam again.
- You can take the training either
- one day (if it was made within the last six years) or
- half-day (if it occurred within the last three years)
- at the competent authority or a recognized institution.
- If you have equivalent proof from another Member State of the European Union or a signatory state to the European Economic Area, have the equivalence checked and recognized by the competent authority.
Documents required
If you already have any evidence of your qualifications, please submit it.
Please note
You can take the competency test at the Altona District Office – Department of Consumer Protection, Trade and Environment. The exams are held twice a year, in March and October. Please inquire at the Altona District Office – Department of Consumer Protection, Trade and Environment for the exact date.
If you would like to provide evidence of a recognized qualification for a notification or permit procedure in accordance with Sections 6 and 7 of the Chemicals Prohibition Ordinance, for example by passing a specialist examination or having equivalent vocational training (for example as a pharmacist or pest controller), please contact the Altona District Office – Department of Consumer Protection, Trade and Environment directly to verify your recognition.
Deadlines
- You need proof of expertise before you are allowed to supply hazardous substances or mixtures to consumers on a commercial basis.
- No later than six years after passing the competency examination or acquiring a recognized qualification, you must regularly attend a continuing education course to maintain your competency. You must submit the certificate of participation to the responsible body or a recognized institution. You do not need to take the competency examination again.
- In this case, please contact the Altona District Office – Department of Consumer Protection, Trade and Environment directly.
