Electrical qualification 1 (Electrical Safety Act 1435/2016 Section 66)
The holder of electrical qualification 1 may work as an electrical work supervisor and supervisor of operations in all electrical and operational work.
Limited electrical qualification 1 (Electrical Safety Act 1435/2016 Section 67)
The holder of limited electrical qualification 1 may work as an electrical work supervisor in work involving AC electrical installations not exceeding 1,000 V and DC electrical installations not exceeding 1,500 V, and as a supervisor of operations of electrical installations with a rated voltage not exceeding 20 kV.
Electrical qualification 2 (Electrical Safety Act 1435/2016 Section 68)
The holder of electrical qualification 2 may work as an electrical work supervisor and supervisor of operations of AC electrical equipment and electrical installations not exceeding 1,000 V and DC electrical equipment and electrical installations not exceeding 1,500 V.
Electrical qualification 3 (Electrical Safety Act 1435/2016 Section 69)
The holder of electrical qualification 3 may work as an electrical work supervisor in repairs of electrical equipment intended to be connected with an AC network not exceeding 1,000 V or a DC network not exceeding 1,500 V.
Replacing a single component of electrical installations and the installation of a single feeder line of electrical equipment or set of electrical equipment intended to be repaired or connected to the network as new from the installation box or the building distribution board without any structural changes to the distribution board is considered repair work. The holder of electrical qualification 3 is not, however, qualified to be involved in the construction of other parts of electrical installations in a property.
Limited electrical qualification 3 (Electrical Safety Act 1435/2016 Sections 69 and 70)
The qualification assessment body may, on application, issue a limited certificate for the electrical work sector for which the applicant is qualified showing that the applicant has the qualifications referred to in electrical qualification 3 if the applicant possesses a vocational upper secondary qualification, further vocational qualification, or a specialist vocational qualification for the sector, or a similar earlier qualification and has acquired at least one year’s work experience in electrical work in the sector or has two years’ work experience in the electrical work in question and adequate basic knowledge of the sector.
If the work experience of the person in question is less extensive than what is required, the qualification assessment body may issue a limited qualification certificate for the sector corresponding to the work experience.
Competence certificate (Electrical Safety Act 1135/2016 Section 56, sub-section 5))
You can use the Certificate of competence to carry out electrical work on dwelling or residential building that is owner-occupied by you or close relatives.
Such electrical installation and repair work MUST ALWAYS be subject to a certification inspection by an authorized inspector or body, unless minor electrical work is involved. Minor electrical work that does not require certification inspection may include work that does not require a commissioning inspection report pursuant to Article 5 of the Government Decree (1434/2016). Also, the person performing the minor electrical work must have a certificate of competence. Eligibility requirements are defined in Section 56 of the Electrical Safety Act (1135/2016). The specific content of education and the quality of work experience are defined in Government Decrees (1435/2016 and 804/2019).