Anerkennung einer ausländischen Berufsqualifikation für eine Ausbildung oder Weiterbildung im Bereich der Landwirtschaft beantragen

Have you acquired your professional qualification in the field of agriculture and home economics abroad and would like to work in Germany in the profession you have learned? Then you can have your foreign qualification recognized.

Have you acquired your professional qualification in the field of agriculture and home economics abroad and would like to work in Germany in the profession you have learned? For the following professional qualifications

• Specialist in herd management
• Certified professional specialist for organic farming
• Specialist agronomist for organic farming
• Agricultural assistant
• Horticultural worker
• Specialist in housekeeping
• Specialist practitioner for personal services

as well as for the following school qualifications

• State-certified economist specializing in agriculture or horticulture or gardening and landscaping
• State-certified agricultural business economist specializing in agriculture
• State-certified technician specializing in horticulture or horticulture and landscaping

you can have your foreign qualification recognized.

In the area of agricultural training professions (non-regulated professions), the recognition notices - unlike in the area of regulated professions - are not a prerequisite for permission to practice the profession, but primarily a "transparency instrument". A certificate of recognition makes it easier for employers to assess foreign qualifications and thus improves the labor market opportunities of those qualified abroad."

As a rule, you will need the following documents

• a table listing the training courses you have completed and the jobs you have held
• Details of your current place of residence
• Proof of identity
• Proof of training acquired abroad
• Proof of relevant professional experience or other certificates of qualification, if these are required to determine equivalence
• Declaration as to whether and to which body you have already submitted an application for determination of equivalence
• If applicable, notification of the determination of equivalence

Depending on the respective profession, further documents may be required. Please contact the responsible office. As a rule, you must submit all documents as copies or electronically. All documents must be submitted in German. If the documents are written in another language, you will also need a translation. It may also be necessary to submit all documents in the original. Please contact the responsible office.

• You have a state-recognized professional qualification from abroad.
• Your qualification must match a German training qualification or further training qualification in the field of agriculture.
• You want to work in Germany.

For recognition, the competent body will check, on the basis of an informal signed application and your enclosed certificates, whether or to what extent your foreign qualification corresponds to a German qualification for the profession you intend to practise. This assessment is based on defined formal criteria, such as the content and duration of the training. Your proven relevant professional experience is also taken into account, as are other relevant qualifications. As soon as your application documents are complete, the competent body will carry out the examination and may request further documents. You will receive written notification of the result of the examination. This will also contain information on which qualifications you may lack for full recognition and how you can make up for this.

Before submitting your application, ask the staff at theThuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas(TLLLR) before you apply. The consultations are free of charge and confidential.

No deadlines need to be observed.

Procedure for ethnic German repatriates

As a late repatriate, you can go through the recognition procedure either in accordance with the laws mentioned here or in accordance with the Federal Expellees Act. You can decide for yourself. The responsible office will advise you on which procedure is right for you.

Qualification analysis

You no longer have all the documents required for the application? Then recognition is still possible. You can prove your professional qualification with a qualification analysis, for example through a technical interview or a work sample.

You can take legal action against the decision of the competent authority within a certain period of time (for example, by lodging an objection). The decision will then be reviewed. Details can be found in the information on legal remedies at the end of your decision. You should first speak to the responsible office before taking legal action against the decision.

• Determining the equivalence of foreign professional qualifications in agricultural professions
• No specific professional qualification is required to work in the agricultural sector. However, you have the right to a recognition procedure.
• The procedure is called "equivalence assessment".
• The application for recognition can also be submitted from abroad.
• Responsible in Thuringia:
  • for the recognition of professional qualifications in the field of agriculture and home economics
  • the Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas.

Please contact the responsible office at the Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas (TLLLR).

Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas (TLLLR)

You can submit your application informally in writing or electronically to the responsible office.