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If you want to offer a course for one or more uses of biocidal products that require expert knowledge, you must have the course recognized by the competent authority beforehand.

These are courses for carrying out fumigation with pesticides or biocidal products or for certain uses of biocidal products, for example

• in the hygiene sector,
• as pesticides or
• as protective agents to prevent the development of microbes and algae

are used.

In order to be admitted to the course, you must prove that the course meets the legal requirements and that you have qualified teaching staff.

• The course concept fulfills the legal requirements for expertise in accordance with the Hazardous Substances Ordinance
• professionally qualified teaching staff

• Teaching material and documents relating to the course concept, including
  • Course program
  • Course content
  • Instructors and their qualifications
  • Timetable with details of the instructors for the teaching unit
  • Proof of the lecturers' qualifications
  • Contents of the presentations as short contributions
  • Information on the teaching material
  • Draft of a course certificate
  • Examination documents and information on the examination procedure (e.g. an examination sheet with assessment and marking of the correct answers)
  • Exact description of the expertise acquired through the course with reference to the underlying Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances (TRGS)
  • required prior qualification of the course participants

State Office for Occupational Safety, Consumer Protection and Health

• § Section 15c (3) of the Hazardous Substances Ordinance (GefStoffV)
• In conjunction with Annex I Number 4.4 Paragraph 1 Sentence 2 Hazardous Substances Ordinance (GefStoffV)
• § Section 15d (4) of the Hazardous Substances Ordinance (GefStoffV)
• In conjunction with Annex I Number 4.5 Paragraph 1 Hazardous Substances Ordinance (GefStoffV)

• Questions and answers on the new version of the Hazardous Substances Ordinance (GefStoffV) from July 2021 on the website of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
• Information on biocidal products and their use on the website of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
• Technical rules for hazardous substances (TRGS)

Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)