Last revised: 12th of January 2023
Professional qualifications acquired in a third country
Professional qualifications from a third country always need to be recognised if the work area or profession is subject to education or training requirements in Denmark. Check below to see in what situations you will be required to submit an application to the Danish Working Environment Authority.
If the professional qualifications are from a third country, they will need to be recognised by the authorities if the work area or profession is subject to training or education requirements in Denmark.
Professional qualifications can include courses of education or training, certificates or work experience.
Work areas which require the recognition of qualifications by the Danish Working Environment Authority:
- work involving the interior demolition of asbestos
- work with asphalt materials
- work with epoxy and isocyanates
- work with styrene
- work at a natural gas installation
- work involving the inspection, maintenance and repair of lifts, etc.
- work as a boiler operator
- work as a crane operator, forklift driver or the driver of a telescopic loader or stacker
- work as a refrigeration engineer
- work involving the erection of scaffolding
- work with welding
- training as a coordinator for safety and health procedures at the construction and installation site.
The company may not employ or engage persons for the work above unless they have undertaken the relevant Danish training or education programme or otherwise attained evidence of formal qualifications, a certificate or a letter of recognition from the Danish Working Environment Authority.
An application to have qualifications recognised can be submitted either by the company or the individual.
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Information in other languages
You can read more about the recognition of foreign qualifications at workplacedenmark.dk in English, German, Polish and Danish.