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EUROPEAN UNION THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR,

FAMILY, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND ELDERLY

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European Social Fund POS DRU 2007-2013

Structural Funds 2007 - 2013

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EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND

Sectoral Operational Program for Development of the Human Resources 2007 – 2013

Priority Axis 3 „THE INCREASE OF THE ADAPTABILITY OF WORKERS AND

ENTERPRISES”

The Major Intervention Field 3.3 „The Development of the Partnerships and the Encouraging of the

Initiatives of the Social Partners and the Civil Society"

Title of the Project: “The network of the Competent Authorities for the

Professional Qualifications in Romania (IMI PQ NET România)”

Beneficiary: Ministry of National Education

Agreement no: POSDRU/93/3.3/S/53132

CERTIFICATION AND RECOGNITION GUIDE

FOR THE PROFESSION OF VETERINARY

TECHNICIAN

Author:

Univ.Prof.Dr. Sîrbu Alexandrina

2013



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Content

Introduction 2

I. Solution for regualting the profession of veterinary

technician in Romania and in other member states

of the European Union

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II. Proceedings for validation/certification of the

competences applied by the competent authorities in

which the profession of veterinary technician is

regulated.

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III. Processes for recognition of the qualifications obtained

in the member states of the European Union included in

the study

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IV. Exercising of the profession of veterinary technician in

European Union

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Conclusions 54

Bibliography 56

Appendix: Abreviations 59



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Introduction

For practicing economic activities in another member state than

the one of origin in a profession for which there has been obtained a

professional qualification proven in his national territory, a law

package has been issued at Communitarian level, by which the

professional qualification shall be recognized in order to exercise the

profession, to keep certain services or to provide the detachment of

the workers. In this sense the European legislation in the field1 is

enabling the reciprocal recognition of the professional qualifications

between the member states. But, from juridical point of view, each

member state is free, in the limits of the internal market regulations,

to provide the access to a certain profession conditioned by the

possession of a certain professional qualification or of some specific

requirements, referring to gained or necessary competences.

In concordance with the specific objectives of the project

"The network of the Competent Authorities for the Professional

1 v. Juridical documents (http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/imi-

net/important_documents_ro.html)

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/imi-net/important_documents_ro.html




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Qualifications in Romania (IMI PQ NET România)”2, there has

been elaborated, in its framework, the present guide for certification

and recognition of qualifications for the veterinary technician

profession, aiming:

The assistance of the Competent Authorities (CA) in Romania in

the efforts of standardization the certification and recognition

processes of the regulated professions, which are in their

administration, by informing these authorities (CA) concerning

the practices in other member states of the European Union;

The information of the persons, who obtained qualifications in

veterinary field in Romania, who wish to practice the profession

of veterinary technician in another country of the European

Economic Area.

This guide addresses to competent authorities, social partners

and natural persons interested in the certification and recognition of

the veterinary technician profession within the territory of the

European Union, assuring attention to the following member states:

Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy,

Slovakia and Romania.

2 http://www.imipqnet.ro/ro/despre-proiect/

http://www.imipqnet.ro/ro/despre-proiect/



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In order to realize the guide for certification and recognition of

the qualification for exercising the named profession the following

has be performed:

researches and documentary studies (concerning the European

and national legislative particularities, necesary competences,

qualification titles, etc.) for the veterinary technician profersion in

each countr, the processing of information in the szstem of

information of the internal market, etc.;

field research by gathering information from the competent

authority (ANSVSA).

For the methodology used in the realization of the certification

and recognition guide for the exercising of the veterinary technician

profession the results of the workshops with the working members

of the target group of the project IMI PQ NET have been taken into

consideration.

I. Situation of regulating the profession of veterinary

technician in Romania and in other member states of

the European Union.



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For the exercising the veterinary technician profession in the

European Union in another state (host) than the one of origin, the

interested citizens must verify the situation of the regulation of the

profession in the country in which they wish to work. For this they

must get in touch with the national/Sole Contact Points or direct with

the competent authorities liable for the professions regulated in each

member state. In this sense the can get general pieces of information

concerning the statute of the profession, the national legislation

governing the exercising of those professions or specific pieces of

information concerning the certification of the competences, the

recognition of the professional qualification and the exercising of the

profession in the host country.

Generally speaking, the recognition of the professional

qualifications is not an essential condition for the exercising of the

non regulated professions. The persons, who obtained a professional

qualification in the origin country, can apply for workplaces and can

work on the labor market without recognition of the qualification, by

exercising a non regulated profession.

The exercising of regulated professions in veterinary field is

possible only after the recognition of the professional qualification



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and the registration at the competent professional authority, assigned

by the respective European state. The recognition of the professional

qualifications obtained in other member state of the European Union,

other than the host country, observes the provisions of the Directive

2006/36 concerning the recognition of the professional

qualifications. For the exercising of a regulated profession it is

necessary to validate or certify the competences for the recognition

of the professional qualification and the access of the person on the

labor market. In such case the certification of the competences is

performed by taking into account the results of the education,

defined under form of knowledge, skills and competences.

Also, a difference must be done between the two professions,

the one of veterinary nurse and, respectively, veterinary technician,

due to the fact that these are different, both by competences,

necessary to obtain the qualification, the qualification title, and by

the type of activities, which can be performed. The regulation

situation of the two professions in the European Union is different,

and for that reason each profession will be presented in a separate

guide.

In certain countries, as Austria, Italy, Spain and Germany

the veterinary technician profession is not regulated. There are also



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other veterinary professions which are not regulated and which are

presuming the performance of specific tasks (with activities specific

for veterinary technicians), namely the ones of insemination

technician (for artificial insemination) in Austria or technician for

pets in Romania. The veterinary technician profession is regulated in

five member states of the European Union, namely: Bulgaria, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Slovakia and Romania.3

In Czech Republic there are many professions regulated in

veterinary field, which are assuming the performing of activities

reserved for veterinary technicians, namely:

1. Manager in reproduction programs (technician for artificial

insemination) / Osoba odborně způsobilá pro provádění

inseminace a vpravování embryí inseminační technikou

2. Manager in swine reproduction programs / Osoba odborně

způsobilá pro činnost chovatelského podniku prasat

3. Manager in reproduction programs - associations accredited by

breeders / Osoba odborně způsobilá pro činnost uznaného

chovatelského sdružení

3http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm?action=regprof&id_regprof=21728



http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm



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4. Veterinary technician - for testing and evaluation of animals /

Osoba způsobilá pro testování a posuzování hospodářských

zvířat

5. Veterinary technician - testing lab animals / Práce se zvířaty

pro laboranty, techniky a ošetřovatele

6. Veterinary technician / Veterinární technik

In Danemarca there are also many professions regulated in

veterinary field, which are assuming the performing of activities

reserved for veterinary technicians 4, namely:

1. Veterinary technician/ Veterinær tekniker,

2. Inseminator for bovines / Kvæginseminør,

3. Insemniator for animals with fur / Pelsdyrinseminør,

4. Inseminator for swines / Svineinseminør,

5. Inseminator for horses / Hesteinseminør.

As mentioned above, in case in which the profession of

veterinary technician is not regulated in a member state, the previous

recognition of the qualification, respectively the certification of the

professional competences, is not binding. Even if the profession of

veterinary technician is not regulated in certain states, it is preferred

4 The veterinary technician performs all the activities reserved for this profession,

but the inseminator is involved only in technical activities for artificial

inseminations






http://le.iu.dk/Detail.aspx?aIdErhverv=39





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that the professional qualification shall be recognized, as a voluntary

process, this one conferring the national a competitive advantage in

obtaining a job. More than that, if the recognition of the professional

qualification is not binding by a national or European legislative

instrument, the employers in the host states may demand the

validation of the qualification or may enforce other requirements for

the workers (i.e.: professional experience or work test).

As an example, the veterinary technician is a non regulated

profession in Germany, but according to the law concerning the

validation of the professional qualification (BQFG5), any person who

has obtained the professional qualifications in a member state of the

European Union and who intents to perform a paid activity in

Germany, may request the recognition of the qualification, without

being granted a qualification title. It must be mentioned that the

profession of veterinary nurse / assistant in veterinary technique

(veterinärmedizinisch-technische(r) Assistent(in)) is regulated in

Germany, profession which initially has been translated / introduced

5 in original: Gesetz über die Feststellung der

Gleichwertigkeit von Berufsqualifikationen; Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz



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in the Directive 2005/36 concerning the recognition of professional

qualification, as being veterinary technician6.

The situation of the regulation of veterinary technician

profession in Romania and in other member states of the European

Union is presented In Table 1, by mentioning the denomination of

the profession regulated in the origin country and the professional

competent authorities, corresponding for each member state included

in the study, the recognition regime and the qualification level

(according to the Directive 2005/36/EC, concerning the recognition

of the professional qualifications).

6 in IMI sytem appears the formula of veterinary nurse



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Table 1. Situation of the regulation of veterinary technician profession in Romania and in other member

states of the European Union

Denomination

of the

Profession in

Original

Language

Member

State Competent Authority

Recognition

according to Directive

2005/36/EC (National Legislation)

Qualification

Level according

to

Directive

2005/36/EC tehnician

veterinar

(veterinary

technician)

Romania Autoritatea Națională Sanitară

Veterinară şi pentru Siguranţa

Alimentelor

(National Sanitary Veterinary

and Food Safety Authority)

www.ansvsa.ro

General recognition system –

primary application

http://www.ansvsa.ro/



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Denomination

of the

Profession in

Original

Language

Member


Recognition



Qualification

Level according

to

Directive

2005/36/EC Ветеринарен

техник

Bulgaria Ministry of Agriculture and

Forests / Bulgarian Food

Safety Authority

(Director General of the

National Veterinary Service)

Sophia 1606

15А, Pencho Slaveikov blvd


primary application

PS3 - Post-

secondary diploma

(3-4 years)



http://www.nvms.government.bg/

http://www.nvms.government.bg/



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Denomination

of the

Profession in

Original

Language

Member


Recognition



Qualification

Level according

to

Directive

2005/36/EC Veterinární

technik

Osoba odborně

způsobilá pro

provádění

inseminace a

vpravování

embryí

inseminační

technikou,...

Czech

Republic

Komora veterinárních lékařů

Čr/ Chamber of Veterinary

Surgeons of Czech Republic

http://www.vetkom.cz/

(Ministerstvo zemědělství/

Ministry of Agriculture)

www.mze.cz


primary application

SEC - Certificate

attesting the

finalization of

secondary

education cycle











http://www.vetkom.cz/



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Denomination

of the

Profession in

Original

Language

Member


Recognition



Qualification

Level according

to

Directive

2005/36/EC Veterinær

tekniker

Kvæginseminør

Pelsdyr

inseminør

Svineinseminør

Hesteinseminør

Denmark (Fødevarestyrelse/ Danish

Veterinary and Food

Administration – Ministry of

Food, Agriculture and

Fisheries)

www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk


primary application

SEC- Certificate

attesting the

finalization of

secondary

education cycle







http://www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk/



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Denomination

of the

Profession in

Original

Language

Member


Recognition



Qualification

Level according

to

Directive

2005/36/EC Veterinárny

technik

Odborník v

oblasti

inseminácie

hospodárskych

zvierat

Slovakia (Štátny plemenársky ústav /

The State Breeding Institute)

www.spusr.sk

(Štàtna veterinára a

potravinová správa / The State

Veterinary and Food

Administration)

www.svssr.sk

Level which has to be

checked

Indefinite

http://www.spusr.sk/

http://www.svssr.sk/



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As it can be remarked in table 1, there are two professions

regulated in Slovakia, in the field of veterinary technique, namely

the one of veterinary technician (Veterinárny technik) and expert in

artificial insemination of animals (Odborník v oblasti inseminácie

hospodárskych zvierat). Excepting Slovakia, where the checking of

the qualification level corresponding to each veterinary profession is

necessary, the regime of qualification recognition7 is performed in

the other member states, where the profession of veterinary

technician is regulated, by the general recognition system.

Concerning the obtaining / certification of the competences and

the qualification level, the profession of veterinary technician needs

training, for which the education duration is inferior to the duration

of 3 years of higher education.

Excepting Romania and Bulgaria, the minimum level of

qualification corresponds, in the other member states where the

profession of veterinary technician is regulated, with high-school

education and the finalization of a secondary education cycle is

needed. The requirements concerning the professional qualification

7 according to Directive 2005/36/EC pconcerning the recogniciton of professional

qualification rivind recunoaşterea calificărilor profesionale



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varies in Czech Republic based on the craft for which the veterinary

technicians choose to work.

According to the pieces of information mentioned in table 1,

the veterinary activities are performed either under aegis of the

competent authorities in "Agriculture" field or under the aegis of

authorities in "Health" field. Due to this considerate the veterinary

field is approached, from the point of view of the reserved activities,

exclusively or shred, according to the national veterinary legislations.

The veterinary technicians must have professional

competences, allowing them to perform activities of diagnosis and

assistance in veterinary field, both for prevention and treatment,

under the veterinary surgeons. The veterinary technicians (per se) are

performing al the activities of this profession and the technicians for

artificial insemination (inseminators) are involved only in technical

activities for artificial insemination, eventual for the named

categories (species) of animals.

In Romania a veterinary technician8 is a graduate of high-

school, postgraduate or master workman education, under leading

stuff or specialists/veterinary surgeons. The veterinary technician

8 According to the Job Classification in Romania (COR 2013, http://www.mmuncii.ro/nou/index.php/ro/munca/c-o-r)

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fulfills tasks with technical character and/or connected to research, in

veterinary field (life sciences / veterinary medicine professions). He

can perform activities with technical character in research field and

application of concepts, theories, principles and methods specific to

sciences in veterinary medicine.

The legislative particularities concerning the recognition of

professional qualification and exercising the profession of veterinary

technicians in Romania are established in the following documents:

- Law no. 200/2004 concerning the recognition of diploma

and professional qualifications for professions regulated in Romania

- Governmental Emergency Ordinance no. 109/2007 for

amendment and completion of Law no. 200/2004 concerning the

recognition of diploma and professional qualifications for

professions regulated in Romania,

- Law no. 117/2008 concerning the approval of the

Governmental Emergency Ordinance no. 109/2007 for amendment

and completion of Law no. 200/2004 on the recognition of diploma

and professional qualifications for professions regulated in Romania,

- Law no. 9/2011 for the amendment of Law no. 200/2004,

on the concerning the recognition of diploma and professional

qualifications for professions regulated in Romania



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- Government Decision no. 1.415/2009 on the organization

and functioning of the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety

Authority and of the agencies operating under this one (Official

Gazette, 1st Part, no. 834, dated December 3, 2009, with the

subsequent amendments).

Out of the analysis of Law no. 200/2004 on the recognition

of diploma and professional qualifications for professions regulated

in Romania, with the subsequent amendments 9

we can observe that

the legislative package includes juridical provisions concerning:

access conditions, professional qualifications, regulated training and

professional experience for the recognition of the qualification as

veterinary technician. This law is applied to any citizen of a member

state of the European Union or of the European Economic Area, who

wishes to exercise in Romania the discussed profession.

In table 2 are included pieces of information concerning the

legislative framework of the others member states of the European

Union, where the profession of veterinary technician is regulated.

The national regulations in the member states have been

harmonized with the provisions of the Directive 2005/36/EC

9 Governmental Ordinance no. 1921/2004, Governmental Emergency Ordinance no.

86/2006, Law no. 254/2007, Governmental Emergency Ordinance no. 109/2007,

Law no. 9/2011, etc.



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concerning the recognition of professional qualifications, by

amending and completing accordingly the national legislative

documents.

Table 2. Legislative framework concerning the organization and

exercising the profession of veterinary technician in veterinary field

in other member states of the European Union

Member State Specific National Legislation Bulgaria National Law no. 87 dated November 1,

2005 concerning the veterinary activity, with

the subsequent amendments

Czech Republic Law no. 166/1999 Veterinary Law (Art. 59,

Art. 64, ...), with the subsequent amendments

Law no. 154/2000 concerning the

breeding and registration of animals and

concerning the amendment of certain

connected acts (Breeding Law), with the

subsequent amendments

Notification no. 311/1997 Sb., Art. 23, etc.

Denmark Consolidate Law no. 1101 dated November

30, 2011.

Executive Order no. 1167 dated October 4,

2007, concderning the certification of

veterinary technicians, with the subsequent

amendments.



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Member State Specific National Legislation Slovakia Indefinite

10

It is difficult to estimate the circulation of the workers for the

exercising the veterinary technician profession in the member states

of the European Union and the European Economic Area. At this

moment no adequate statistics are available in the internal marker

information system, concerning the number of demands, respectively

the number of decisions taken for the recognition of the professional

qualifications as veterinary technician.

II. Proceedings for validation/certification of

competences applied by the competent authorities in

the countries where the profession of veterinary

technician is regulated

The certification of the competences can offer a competitive

advantage 11

on the labor market and is necessary in the recognition

10

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm?action=regprof&id_reg

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process of the professional qualification. There are accredited

institutes, which are certifying the fact that a person has professional

competences defined in a certain field (complying with the

requirements foreseen in norms, standards, legislation). The

document, issued following the certification process, is named

certificate or attest of professional competence12

.

The process for certification of professional competences is done by

complying with a series of basic principles, namely:

• the certification of the competences is an optional process,

not a binding one. But there can exist institutional policies

imposing the certification of the competences of their

members as a requirement to be member of the respective

organization;

• the evaluation of the professional competences can be done

by the same organization, which has certified the

competences, or by another organization;

• in general, the professional competence is certified in its

integrity and not parts of it;

• the certification of the professional competences is a

process separate from the professional training, but the

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bodies for professional training may enable the

certification process of professional competences by

partnerships and agreements with the organizations

certifying the competences.

According to Art. 2(1) of Law 200/2004 concerning the

recognition of diplomas and professional qualification for

professions regulated in Romania, the migrant has to have, for the

access or the exercising of the profession of veterinary technician in

Romania, a document attesting the level of professional training.

In Romania, the competent authority for the validation of the

competences and the recognition of the qualification in order to

exercise the profession of veterinary technician is the National

Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (NSVFSA).

Analogically, in Table 1 are mentioned the authorities competent for

the validation / certification of competences and recognition of the

qualification as veterinary technician in the other member states, in

which this profession is regulated.

The education level for the recognition of the profession pf

veterinary technician in Romania is 3, according to the National

Qualifications Framework (NQF). The specific professional training

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and eventual, the completion of the training with post-secondary

education, with an education duration inferior to the 3 years duration

of superior education.

For the time being the professional training as veterinary

technician in Romania is performed in profile high-schools, the

education plan being approved by the Ministry of National

Education. In the field of veterinary technicians can perform their

professional activities both the veterinary technicians (defined in

general sense) and technicians for pets. In Table 3 are presented the

specialty study modules corresponding to the qualifications as

veterinary technicians.13

Table 3. Aspects concerning the training of technicians in veterinary

field in Romania14

Technician for Pets Veterinary Technician

Specialty culture and weekly practice

1st Module: Total number of hours/year 93

out of which: tecvhnological lab 62

13 according to the education plan for 12th grade of technical high-schools - direct

route in the curricula area Technologies 14 Processed according to data out of Appendix 2 of Ordinance no. 3423/March 18,

2009, concerning the approval of education plans for specialty culture, practice and

strategies for practical training, from curricular area Technologies, for 11th, 12th and

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Obstetrical Pathology Surgical Pathology

2nd

Module:

Ethics and Professional

Legislation

Total hours/year 31

out of which: technologic lab 31

Obstetrical Pathology

Total hours/year 124


3rd

Module: Total hours/year 62


Management of Quality in

Veterinary - Sanitary Field

Management and Economic

Evidence

4th Module:

Management and Economic

Evidence

Total hours/year 93


Stages of practical training

5th

Module:

Surgical Techniques

Total hours/year 90


6th

Module: Ethics and Professional

Legislation

Total hours/year 60


6th Module: Cosmetics,

Hygiene and clothing of pets

Total hours/year 60


5th

Module: Sanitary -

Veterinary Control of Food

Total hours/year 90


Curriculum in local development

7th Module: Infectious Pathology

Total hours/year 62


6th

Module:

Infectious Pathology

Total hours/year 62




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TOTAL GENERAL 491 hours / year

The professional training consists in other countries out of theoretical

training (specialty culture) and practical training 15

in education units

/ veterinary profile high-schools or at work. This kind of professional

training is performed in Germany in dual system.

In case in which the profession of veterinary technician is not

regulated in a member state of the European Union (i.e.: in

Germany), the certification of professional competences is optional.

This means that the training of the persons in order to perform

veterinary activities, respectively in order to obtain the professional

competences specific for veterinary technician, needs a theoretical

and practical training, but not a certification of the competences by a

diploma or qualification title in the host country.

Excepting Bulgaria and Romania, where the education level

for veterinary technician is equal to postgraduate training in

veterinary profile, in the other member states of the European Union,

where the profession is regulated16

a secondary qualification level is

15

the training can be under form of practical training stage 16

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needed, which is proved by a competence certificate, issued by a

competent authority in the respective countries.

A different kind of approach of veterinary technician is in

Czech Republic; according to what veterinary profession is chosen,

respectively recognized, the technician has to prove in Czech

Republic that he has a qualification level appropriate to the

respective profession: graduation of secondary education completed

according to a technical specialty course, graduation of postgraduate

education or graduation of up to 4 years education equivalent to

superior education.

For the certification of professional competences appropriate

to the qualification level foreseen in legal norms, in Bulgaria is

issued a diploma attesting a training at postgraduate education level

with a duration of at least three years and no more than four years or

with an equivalent duration in case of partial attendance, within a

superior education institute / universities and the professional

training, which is eventual supplementary needed in comparison with

the respective cycle of postgraduate education.

The conditions for recognition are foreseeing, also, that the

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be at least equal with the immediately inferior level of the one

needed in the host country.

Workers in veterinary field who are performing activities

specific to veterinary technician must have professional competences

adequate to the profession. Aspects concerning the proceeding for

validation of professional competences equal to the regulated

profession o veterinary technician in Romania are stipulated in Table

4.

Table 4 Job description of the regulated profession as veterinary

technician in Romania

Regulated Profession Veterinary Techician

Regulation competent

authority

National Sanitary Veterinary and Food

Safety Authority (NSVFSA)

Access file a)application form

b) copy of the document attesting the

qualification;

c)copy of ID;

d) criminal record certificate, issued with

no more than 15 days before tha date of

submitting the application;

e) medical certificate attesting the physical

and psychical status, issued by a

specialized unit;

f) one ¾ photo;

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Description of

proceeding stages

1. file submitting

2. file evaluation

3. validation

4. registration date

Logical schedule of

authorization

According to the proceeding stages

Issued document Certificate

Fees free of charge

Evidence register In elaboration (for IMI access)

Valability of the

document

not the case

Maintaining /

renewing proceeding

not the case

Other involved

organizations

Competent authorities (MEN, ANC)

Affiliation to

professional

organizations

not the case

Suggestions for

improvement from the

competent authority

Elaboration and implementation of the

proceeding for the recognition of veterinary

technician diplomas, approved by the order

of NSVFSA President.

Suggestions for

improvement from

experts

Validation / certification of competences

for the recognition of the qualification

based on professional experience (obtained

following to a evaluation of competences) .

The proceeding of validation or certification of competences

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the European Union, where the profession is regulated, contains

certain commune elements, namely:

1. The assignment of some persons of the Competent Authority,

who will be liable for the process of validation / certification of

competences or the setting up of a Committee for attesting /

validation, by order of the leader of the respective competent

authority;

2. The elaboration by the applicant (migrant) of a file and its

submitting to the Competent Authority

3. The analyzes by the committee (persons assigned for this) of the

file's documents and the requirement to complete it (if necessary);

4. The examination of the attesting / validation decision based on the

existent competence proofs;

5. Presentation of a contestation in case the application is rejected,

followed by the examination of the contestation and the

announcement of the final result.

After issuing the document by which the competences as

veterinary technician are certified / validated, a registration in a

register will be performed.



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III. Processes for recognition of the qualifications

obtained in member states of the European Union used

in the study

The process for recognition of the qualifications obtained in

other member states of the European Union17

for the exercising the

profession of veterinary technician in another country of the

European Union (named host country) is binding in host countries in

which the profession is regulated and is optional in the other member

states, where the profession is not regulated. If the profession is not

regulated, the recognition of the qualification is not necessary in the

host country. The profession can be exercised under the same

conditions as the ones for the citizens of the host country.

Therefore, in order to exercise the profession of veterinary

technician in Austria, Germany and Italy, countries where the

profession is not regulated, the recognition of the qualification is not

regulated, but the process can be done upon the request of the

migrant, without being granted a qualification title.

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It must be mentioned, that there is a difference between the

professional recognition and the academic recognition, these

processes having different objectives, imposing different approaches

and instruments. Further, we will refer ourselves only to the

recognition of the qualification having as aim the exercising of the

profession of veterinary technician in another state than the one in

which the named qualification has been obtained.

In order to work as a veterinary technician on any of the host

countries Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Slovakia or

Romania, the migrant has to submit an application to the competent

authority responsible for the profession in the respective country,

offering the proof of his qualifications. The authorities responsible

with the recognition of the professional qualifications, obtained in

the member states of the European Union, the European Economic

Area and in the Swiss Confederation by the citizens of these states,

who wish to exercise the regulated profession of veterinary

technician in another member state (i.e.: in Romania), have been

mentioned under Table 1.

The professional recognition is performed according to a

methodology. The evaluation process for the recognition of the

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in the diploma / qualification title and the obtained or needed

professional experience. The general system of recognition of

professional qualifications is applied for this profession, based on the

following principles:

- principle of reciprocal trust between the member states of the

European Union;

- absence of harmonization of the professional training for exercising

the mentioned profession. Each member state decides the access

conditions for exercising of the profession in its territory, the content

and training level for exercising of the mentioned profession;

- the existence of compensatory measures in case of substantial

differences between the content of professional training of different

member states. The compensatory measures usually target the

promotion of a skills tests (work test) or of finalization of the test

period (adaptation stage) of the applicant. The decision of

recognition shall be taken after the application of the compensatory

measures.

- the evaluation process must be impartially and the evaluation

mechanisms must be conceived so that every type of conflict of

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The process for recognition of qualification as veterinary

technician can be divided in several sub-processes. The map of the

sub-processes, offering the pieces of information necessary for the

optimal development of the recognition process, targets:

- the fulfilling of the requirements for the access to the evaluation

in order to obtain the recognition of the professional qualification

(conditions for initial training, specific training modules, seniority

conditions, etc.);

- the elaboration and submitting of the application file (application,

education documents, fees, medical investigations, special

requirements, etc.)

- the per se evaluation (includes specific tests, inclusively the part of

contesting the evaluation - reevaluation, as the case may be)

- the certification (issuing of a document which certifies that the

person promoting the evaluation tests is able to practice the

respective regulated profession, inclusively the validity period of the

document);

- the application for continuous training according to the legal

provisions and the code of good practices of other similar competent

authorities of the European Union countries.



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In case of a favorable decision of the recognition of the

veterinary technician qualification, following the development of the

process for recognition of professional qualification, the applicant

will receive a document / conformity certificate or a certificate from

the competent authorities and the person will be registered at the

respective professional authority.

The comparative study concerning the recognition of

professional qualification obtained for the exercising of the

veterinary technician profession in other member stated of the

European Union, where the profession is regulated, has evidenced

certain similarities and differences concerning the development of

this process.

A) Similarities concerning the recognition of professional

qualifications for exercising the regulated profession as

veterinary technician in the 5 member states of the European

Union (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Slovakia and

Romania):

The process of recognition of the professional qualification as

veterinary technician is performed in all the countries of the study

according to the same proceeding, consisting out of the following

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a) information of the migrant

b) transmission / submitting of the application file / application at the

competent authority appointed for the solving / recognition of the

qualification;

c) processing of the file (per se evaluation by checking the content of

the file, analysis of the documents, validation, etc.);

d) elaboration of the decision of recognition or rejection and, as the

case may be, the application of compensatory measures;

e) issuance of the certificate / conformity certificate, in case of a

favorable decision of the recognition of the qualification, and the

registration in the register of the respective authority.

As an example: if you, as citizen of the European Union,

have obtained the qualification title as veterinary technician in the

origin country (Romania), and if you wish to exercise the profession

in another member state of the European Union / European

Economic Area (host), you have you inform yourself, at the national

contact points concerning the regulation situation in that state, the

competent professional authorities which you have to contact and,

subsequent, the legislative framework indicating the access

conditions for the recognition of the professional qualification (as the

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After getting these pieces of information and if you find out

that you are fulfilling the access conditions, you have to elaborate the

application file and to submit the documents according to the

requirements stipulated by the competent authority of the host

country. The documents required by each member state can be

different as form and content (see point B). Your application file for

the recognition of the qualification, containing the documents

required by the competent authority, will be submitted in electronic

form or by mail.

The representatives of the competent authority will verify the

content of the file (if this one includes all the documents in the

required form) and will analyze your application. If the file is not

complete the missing documents or those proofs, necessary for a

adequate processing of the data, will be required. In this sense, the

per se evaluation consists out of the analysis of the documents /

proofs in the file and the comparison of your professional training

with the professional training required in the host country,

inclusively the professional experience. If significant differences are

established between the qualifications you have and the ones which

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some compensatory measures (adaptation stage or skills / work

tests).

In the stage of processing the application can appear at least

two situations: the profession is not regulated in the origin country

(i.e.: Italy), but it is regulated in the host country (i.e.: Denmark); the

profession is regulated both in the origin country and in the host

country (i.e.: Romania and Czech Republic). If neither the exercising

of the profession, nor the training in the profession, for which the

recognition is required, are not regulated in the origin country, the

Competent Authority may require the applicant to have a

professional experience of at least 2 years in the last 10 years. This

requirement is not valid anymore in case in which the diploma or the

qualification title proves a regulated training (meaning a training

supervised / regulated by an authority) or completed by a

supplementary training or professional practice stage.

Concerning the professional experience, the representatives

of the competent authorities, who must analyze your file, must check

if the eventual professional experience can cover totally or partially

the knowledge, skills, abilities necessary for the validation and

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A veterinary technician must observe the requirements

imposed by the sanitary - veterinary legislation in the host country,

due to the fact that by practicing this profession he can influence the

health of animals, the public health and the consumers' protection.

This is why, in such case, the checking of the qualification shall be

done also for temporary or occasionally services, for persons who are

able to prove they have at least 2 years of relevant professional

experience in the last 10 years or for who the profession is regulated

in the origin country.

The competent authority has at its disposal 1 month to solve

the application and to take a favorable, neutral decision or to reject it.

The decision will be communicated to the applicant (to you) and the

response will be transmitted in IMI system.

In case in which the Competent Authority gives a favorable

answer for the recognition of the qualification, it will issue a

certificate and you will be registered in the register of the respective

authority.

If the Competent Authority establishes significant

differences between the qualifications level and/or the

required/necessary professional experience and the ones gained by

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qualification is dependent to a compensatory measure; such a

decision for compensatory measure must be very good justified. The

competent authority can impose only one of the compensatory

measures, subject to your individual situation, namely: proof of a

professional experience, finalization of a practice stage or skills

(work) test. On a regular bases, the compensatory measures foreseen

for the veterinary technician profession are: work (skills) test or

professional experience obtained in the origin state or in another

member state.

After fulfilling the compensatory measures the application

will be reanalyzed in order to take the final decision - favorable or

reject.

The decision with rejecting the recognition of the

qualification must be very good motivated and it must be able to be

sustainable in case of appeal.

In case of misunderstandings generated by the not adequate

application of the Communitarian / internal market legislation by the

public authorities, referring to the certification of the competences,

concerning the professional qualification d or the performed services,

every European citizen (from the European Union / European

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these problems, without addressing to a court. SOLVIT is handling

certain cross-border problems 18

between an enterprise or a citizen,

on one side, and a public authority on the other side. The national

SOLVIT centers of the eight member states of the European Union

used in the study are mentioned in Table 5.

Table 5. National SOLVIT centers in the member states of the

European Unit used in the study19

Member State SOLVIT Center Contact persons

Romania Ministerul Afacerilor Europene,

Guvernul României

Bvd. Aviatorilor nr. 50A, Sector

1,

Bucureşti 011854,

Tel. +40 21 308 53 40; +4021

308 53 71; +40 37 410 45 23;

Fax. +40 21 308 53 96

[email protected]

Romulus BENA

Karina STAN

Ramona-Maria

CIUCĂ

Austria Bundesministerium für

Wirtschaft,

Familie und Jugend, SOLVIT

Center,

Abteilung C1/2, Stubenring 1

AT – 1010 Wien, Tel. +43 1

71100-5119

Tel. +43 1 71100 – 5293

Tel. +43 1 71100-5187

Fax. +43 1 71100-2207

Sylvia Vana

Alexandra

Gaudmann-

Heber

Christian Müller

18 the above mentioned, etc. 19 Source: http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/site/centres/index_en.htm,

mailto:[email protected]

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[email protected]

Bulgaria бул. „Дондуков” 1

Администрация на

Министерския

съвет Дирекция „Координация

по

въпросите на Европейския

съюз и

международните финансови

институции”

1594 София

България

Тел.: (+359 2) 940 33 64

Факс: (+359 2) 980 77 07

Електронна поща (e-mail):

[email protected]

Kaloyan Simeonov

Vesela Kirova

Hristiana

Grozdanova

Valentina

Stoyanova

Czech Republic

Odbor vnitřního trhu a služeb

EU, Ministerstvo průmyslu a

obchodu Na Františku 32 CZ –

11015 Praha 1, Tel.

+420 22 422 1701

Fax. +420 22 485 3079,

[email protected]

Barbora Hanáková

Zuzana Bakotová

Tomáš Stehlík

Denmark

Danish Business Authority

(Internal Market Centre)

Langelinie Allé 17 DK – 2100

Copenhagen,

Tel. +45 35 46 62 00 (the

hotline)

Tel. +45 35 46 66 16

Tel. +45 35 46 66 73,

[email protected]

Jens Kasper

Rasmussen

Sofie Freilev

Karin Kragshave

Kristian Yde

Agerbo







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Germany

Bundesministerium für

Wirtschaft

und Technologie, Scharnhorststr.

34-37

DE – 10115 Berlin, Fax. +49

3018 615 5379

[email protected]

Lisa Teichmann

Italy

Presidenza Consiglio Ministri

Dipartimento Politiche

Comunitarie, Piazza

Nicosia 20, IT – 00186 Roma,

Tel. +39 06 677 95 844

Fax. +39 06 677 95 044,

[email protected]

Giuseppina

VALENTE

Francesco CIPRI

Massimo

SANTORELLI

Slovakia

Solvit centrum Slovensko

odbor aproximácie práva

sekcia vládnej legislatívy

Úrad vlády SR

Nám. Slobody 1/29

813 70 Bratislava

Tel. +421 2 572 95 610

Tel: +421 2 572 95 604

Fax. +421 2 5441 3909

[email protected]

Lucia Petrušková

Roman Suchý

B) Particularities concerning the recognition

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veterinary technician in the member states

of the European Union:

Further are presented the particularities of the processes for

recognition of qualifications obtained in other member states in the

European Union. The main differences are at the establishing of the

access conditions and/or necessary proofs.

Usually, at the submitting of the application file, proofs of

identity and/or citizenship, obtained qualification or other documents

attesting the accumulation of competences through professional

training and professional experience, medical certificate, linguistic

competences, payment documents for processing fess are requested.

In the case of this profession no member state demands the

obligation to set-up or participation at a financial guarantee or the

conclusion of insurance.

1. Pieces of information concerning the simplified

proceeding and the access conditions for the professional recognition

of qualification as veterinary technician for exercising the profession

in Romania are synthesized in logical schedule from figure 1.



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The way to recognize the qualification is simplified in

comparison to the proceedings applied in other member states, but it

has certain limits.

START

File

evaluation

FILE

SUBMITTNACE

RECOGNITION OF

QUALIFICATION

REGISTRATION

STOP

a)application form b) copy of the document attesting the

qualification;

c)copy of ID; d) criminal record certificate, issued with

no more than 15 days before tha date of

submitting the application; e) medical certificate attesting the

physical and psychical status, issued by a

specialized unit; f) one ¾ photo;

g) file folder;

Yes

NO



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Fig 1. Logical simplified schedule for the recognition of the

qualification as veterinary technician in Romania

The documents necessary for the validation of the competences

and recognition of the qualification by the Competent Authority

(NSVFSA) are:

a) application form

b) the copy of the document which attests the holding of the

qualification

c) copy of the identity card;

d) Criminal Record Certificate;

e) medical certificate which attest the physical and mental

condition;

f) a color photo format ¾;

g) a file folder

In the case of the application for the recognition of the

qualification for the long time exercising of the profession (for

establishing) there are not special requirements for: citizenship,

domicile, exam of Romanian language of national legislation. There

are automatically accepted the certificates issued in other member

states in which the profession is regulated, based on a non-certified

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2. The exercising of the profession of veterinary technician in

Bulgaria is performed based on the National Law no. 87 on

November 1st, 2005 on the veterinary activity, with the subsequent

amendments. 20 The professional recognition process of the

qualification of veterinary technician is performed based on the

Bulgarian law, observing the provisions of the Directive

2005/36 on the professional qualifications recognition.

The recognition procedure of the qualification of

veterinary technician in Bulgaria is applied based on the

general recognition system, the application file being sent

directly to the competent authority or to the Sole Contact Point

and it will be subsequently processed at the National

Veterinary Service in the framework of the Bulgarian Agency

for Food Safety / Ministry of Agriculture and Forests.

3. In the Czech Republic, there are 6 regulated professions in

the field of the veterinary technique, which need the recognition of

the qualification (see the information from tables 1 and 2): manager

in reproduction programs (technician for artificial insemination),

20

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manager in reproduction programs of the swine, manager in

reproduction programs - associations accredited by breeders,

veterinary technician – for the testing and evaluation of the animals,

veterinary technician – laboratory animal testing, veterinary

technician.

For the veterinary technician per se the competent authority is

the Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons of Czech Republic. For the

technicians involved in artificial insemination activities (managers in

reproduction programs) and the veterinary technicians for the

laboratory animals testing, respectively for the testing and evaluation

of the animals, the responsible authority is the Ministry of

Agriculture.

The documents necessary for the recognition of the veterinary

qualifications of technicians in the Czech Republic are:

a) application form

b) copy of the document which attests the holding of the

qualification and /or the evidence of other acquired

competences – with the clear specification of the qualification

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except the case in which an international treaty or the Czech

legislation establishes otherwise).

c) copy of the identity card / proof of the citizenship;

d) Criminal Record Certificate (only for the veterinary

technician),

e) the document which confirms the payment of the

administrative fees.

In the case of the veterinary technician (per se), for the

recognition of the professional qualification there are requested

evidences of the professional performance under the form of

documents of veterinary expert, obtained based on the decisions of

the veterinary regional administration and under the supervision of a

veterinary surgeon.

Compared to other countries (Romania, Denmark), in the

Czech Republic, it is not requested a medical certificate or other

documents regarding the right to practice, etc. In the eligibility

criteria there are no requirements in order to have a certain

professional experience. Also, for the veterinary professions of

technician in the Czech Republic, it takes place no suspension or

forbidden of the exercising of the profession in case of professional

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4. In Denmark, the recognition procedure of the professional

qualification differs for the situation in which the respective

profession is regulated only in Denmark or in Denmark and in the

country of origin, in this case Romania. In the concrete case of the

discussed domain, the profession of veterinary technician being

regulated both in Romania and also in Denmark, the recognition

procedure is simplified.

The recognition of the qualification of veterinary technician is

performed based on the Order of the Minister no. 1167 on October 4,

2007 on the authorization of the veterinary technicians, amended

through the Order of the Minister no. 1323 on December 15, 2009

(see table 2), considering also the Danish Law no. 433 / 2004 on the

veterinary surgeon, amended through Laws no. 401/2010 and

402/2010. And for the workers in the insemination of the animals it

is applied the Danish legislation regarding the artificial insemination,

namely: Order no. 1292 on December 15, 2009 regarding the

permission for insemination of the farm animals for the inseminators

from certain countries, Order 1270 on December 13, 2004 on the

insemination of the bovines, Order no. 598 on June 29, 1992 on the

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The documents necessary for the recognition of the

qualifications of veterinary technician and inseminator technician in

Denmark are:

a) copy of the identity card / citizenship proof;

b) documents (copies of the certificates) which attest the

holding of the qualification (certificates, diplomas) (the

documents must be translated in Danish / English, excepting

the documents issued in the English, Norway or Swedish

language, sometimes there are accepted also translations in

French or German).

c) any relevant proofs for the acquired professional

competences or information which may influence the

evaluation of the professional education or experience

regarding the qualification of veterinary technician (Curriculum

Vitae, etc).

d) information regarding the contact personal data (surname,

name, address, telephone or e-mail) or the contact data of the

person / company which sends the application file in the name

of the applicant (you).

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that you have the legal right to work in the profession of veterinary

technician („Certificate of Current Statuts Professional/Good

Standing”), a document which will be sent directly to the Danish

competent authority from the competent authority from the country

of origin (or where you previously worked) (the validity of the

document – 3 months).

Compared to other states, in Denmark there is no application

form, and the application file which contains the justifying

documents must be accompanied by a letter of intent in which you

mention the profession for which you request the recognition and

explain that you want to exercise the profession of veterinary

technician through the permanent settlement in Denmark. The

submission of the file can be performed at the Danish Veterinary and

Food Agency (the competent authority for the veterinary professions)

or at the Sole Contact Point. No fees are paid.

5. In Slovakia it is necessary the application of the recognition

procedure of the professional qualification for the regulated

profession of veterinary technician. The performed comparative

study underlined the fact that in Slovakia, compared to other member

states of the European Union (Romania, Czech Republic, etc), there

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technician and, respectively, of veterinary technician nurse; also,

there are other regulated veterinary professions, as the one of expert

in the artificial insemination of the farm animals. This is why, at the

moment of the recognition of the professional qualification it is

verified the qualification level, starting from the recognition and

validation of the diplomas / graduation certificates of the studies

from the education system.

The recognition procedure of the qualifications of veterinary

technician and expert in the artificial insemination in Slovakia is

performed based on the national legislation, observing the provisions

of the Directive 2005/36 on the recognition of the professional

qualifications. The application file for the request of the recognition

of the professional qualification is submitted through the Sole

Contact Point or is sent directly to the competent authorities (1-3):

1. The State Breeding institute (Štátny plemenársky ústav);

2. The State Veterinary and Food Administration (Štàtna

veterinára a potravinová správa);

3. Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic, Centre for

Recognition of Evidence of Education (Ministerstvo školstva SR,

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IV. The exercising of the profession of veterinary

technician in the European Union

As it was noticed from the previous chapters, the profession of

veterinary technician is regulated in certain member states of the

European Union (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Slovakia and

Romania), while in other European countries (Austria, Germany,

Italy, Spain, etc) this profession is not regulated. In the member

states from the European area in which the profession of veterinary

technician is not regulated, it is not necessary the recognition of the

professional qualification, but this recognition process is compulsory

for the exercising of the profession in the countries in which the

veterinary technician is a regulated profession.

For instance, in Italy, the profession of „veterinary technician”

is not regulated, not being a certain legislative act which includes the

requirement for the exercising of this profession. In this case, the

professional competences for the profession of „veterinary

technician” are described only at the educational offers of the

education institutions or on the websites for manpower request. The

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is similar to the one in our country. In Italy are especially needed

technicians for pets, which work in private veterinary cabinets.

In most of the countries in which the profession is not

regulated, the employers (the representatives of the veterinary

cabinets) are the ones who establish the professional competences,

respectively the qualification level their future employees must have

– veterinary technicians.

Even if certain regulated professions in the veterinary technique

are similar from the point of view of the access conditions, the

effective exercising of the technician profession in the veterinary

field may involve different specific tasks; for instance, the Czech list

is explicit in this sense.

In the Czech Republic, in Denmark and in Romania, there are

no special requirements regarding the professional experience for the

recognition of the qualification of veterinary technician. However, at

the moment of the exercising of the profession, most of the

employers prefer workers with experience or the employment is

conditioned by a work test.

In the member states in which the profession of veterinary

technician is regulated, the establishing conditions for the exercising

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in the registers of the competent authorities from the countries where

they exercise their profession.

The exercising of the profession of veterinary technician may

have an impact over the health of the animals, public health and food

safety. From this cause, the workers from this field must observe the

requirements imposed by the sanitary-veterinary legislation from the

host country, the movement of the veterinary technicians being

subjected to certain specific access conditions, additionally to the

legal labor conditions21

form the respective host country.

Even if in the process of recognition of the professional

qualification of veterinary technician there are not specified the

requirements regarding the language competences, no matter if the

profession is regulated or not in a certain host country, for the

exercising of the profession it is necessary to know the official

language from the respective country.

The profession of veterinary technician may be exercised by an

European citizen from another member state of the European

Economic Area than the one in which he obtained the professional

qualification as employee. The veterinary technicians work under the

21 for a instance, in Denmark, for the access on the labor market you must have a

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supervision of the veterinary surgeons in veterinary clinics, in

education institutions and/or veterinary research institutions, in

sanitary-veterinary laboratories.

For the veterinary technicians there are no additional conditions

of performance, as: obligations regarding fees, professional

insurances, compulsory courses, etc.

Any citizen who is legally settled in a member state of the

European Union, may perform veterinary services with temporary or

occasional character in other member state, with his original

professional title, without being necessary to request the recognition

of the qualifications it has. In the case of the veterinary technician, at

the first performance of the veterinary services in a host country in

which the profession is regulated (Czech Republic, Denmark,

Romania, etc), it is necessary for the national to inform the

competent authority from the host country through a written

statement. In the statement it must be indicated the profession and it

must be explained the intent to perform temporary and occasional

services in the host country. Usually, the written statement (which is

usually renewed) is accompanied by a file consisting of:

contact data (surname, name, legal domicile, phone and e-mail),

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certified copies of the professional qualification documents

(qualification title, competence certificate and/or professional

experience certificate, etc).

In countries as Denmark it is additionally requested a document

which proves that you are legally settled in the host country and a

certification of the professional practice right22

.

The documents are sent to the competent authority, but it is not

compulsory for the competent authority to verify the professional

qualifications of the services provider.

If the host member state requests a pro forma registration at the

competent professional association, this is automatically done. At the

receiving of the previous statement, the competent authority must

send the file of the applicant to the professional organization or body.

In the case of the performance of veterinary services with

temporary or occasionally character in a host state in which the

profession of veterinary technician is not regulated, the national must

prove the professional experience of two years in the last 10 years.

Conclusions

22 document which must show that you have no interdiction of practice at the

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This guide of certification and recognition of the qualification

for the profession of veterinary technician includes a study regarding

the main aspects with respect to:

the situation of the regulation of the profession of veterinary

technician in 8 member states of the European Union, namely,

Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy,

Slovakia and Romania.

the validation or certification of the professional competences

by the competent authorities from the countries in which the

profession of veterinary technician is regulated;

the similarities and particularities of the recognition processes

of the professional qualifications of veterinary technicians in the

member states of the European Union in which the profession is

regulated;

the exercising of the profession of veterinary technician in the

European Union, for the studied countries.

The analysis regarding the aspects of the regulation of the

veterinary technician profession in the eight studied European

member states underlined the legislative particularities at national



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level, the legal framework being harmonized with the principles of

the Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of the professional

qualification, which would facilitate the free movement of the

veterinary technicians in the European Economic Area, for the

exercising of the profession in another member state than in the one

in which he obtained the respective qualification title. However, the

existing statistics show a very reduced mobility of the workers from

this sector.

The veterinary technician profession is regulated only in 5

European countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Slovakia

and Romania23

), the recognition of the professional qualification

being performed based on the general recognition system. The

training level differs from a country to another and depends on the

specific tasks / activities a technician must fulfill (per se veterinary,

veterinary for pets, for artificial insemination.

The qualification level for the veterinary technicians

corresponds to level 3 CEC, the proof of the qualification being

23 even if the profession of veterinary technician is regulated in Romania, it is not

registered, for now, in the database of the regulated professions in the Internal

Market Information System

(http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm )




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underlined through diplomas or graduation certificates of the

secondary studies or post-graduate studies of veterinary profile. The

validation / certification procedures of the professional competences

are simplified, the responsible authorities being different.

The recognition process of the professional qualification of

veterinary technician was approached from the perspective of the

framework procedure of recognition of the qualification, being

underlined the particularities regarding the access conditions or the

documents necessary for the recognition of the qualification in the

host countries. Also, it is mentioned the SOLVIT network and the

specific requirements for the exercising of the profession of

veterinary technician or veterinary services performance in the

studied countries.



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[drafted: July]

Appendix:

Abbreviations CA Competent Authority NQA National Qualifications Authority

NSVFSA National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety

Authority CEC European Qualification Framework IMI PQ NET the acronym of the project „The Network of the

Competent Authorities for the Professional

Qualifications in Romania” O.G. Official Gazette

MNE Ministry Of National Education

SCP Sole Contact Point EEA European Economic Area IMI System Internal Market Information System EU European Union


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