Repair of machinery (33.120)

• Small Business Act

In the event that the activity is being pursued as a craft, it is necessary to obtain a craft business permit, meet the  requirements of vocational qualifications and be entered in the register of crafts at the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia.

Applies to the following activities/services:

• engine repairs and maintenance (excluding vehicles);
• repairs and maintenance for machines for the treatment of wood, plastic, stone and other materials;
• metal treatment machine repairs and maintenance;
• construction machinery repairs and maintenance;
• repairs and maintenance of pumps, valves and compressors;
• fluid power device repairs and maintenance;
• repair and maintenance of power transmission systems;
• repair and maintenance of transport devices;
• repair and maintenance of industrial refrigeration equipment and purifying equipment; 
• repair and maintenance of industrial furnaces;
• repair and maintenance of manual machine tools;
• repair and maintenance of general purpose machinery;
• repair and maintenance of agricultural and forestry tractors and other machinery;
• repair and maintenance of metallurgy machinery and devices;
• repair and maintenance of machinery and devices used in mining, and oil and gas extraction;
• repair and maintenance of machinery and devices in food and tobacco industry;
• repair and maintenance of machinery and devices in textile and leather industry;
• repair and maintenance of presses for particle boards and similar;
• repair and maintenance of machinery in the rubber industry;
• repair and maintenance of machinery in the paper industry;
• repair and maintenance of machinery for welding, and soft and hard soldering;
• repair and maintenance of clamps for work pieces and tools and special accessories for machine tools;
• grinding and replacement of blades and saw blades, repair by welding

For completing or supplementing an activity, a craftsman can sell certain goods as retail sale.

The craftsman may sell the goods he/she uses in the provision of services only to persons for whom the service was provided.

Source: Ministry of Economic Development and Technology

• List of activities usually carried out as a craft

  For activities listed on the List of activities usually carried out as a craft, business entities registering these activities must also enter in the register of crafts at the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia (OZS) ex officio.

  This applies for the following activities/services:

  • repairs and maintenance of other machines for special purposes,
  • repairs and maintenance of weighing devices,
  • repairs and maintenance of vending machines,
  • repairs and maintenance of cash registers,
  • repair and maintenance of photocopying devices,
  • repair and maintenance of machines, including electronic machines,
  • repairs of typewriters

  Source: Ministry of Economic Development and Technology

• Rules on minimum technical and other conditions for the maintenance of manual and mobile fire extinguishers

Inspections and service maintenance of manual and transportable fire extinguishers may be carried out by legal or natural entities that acquire an authorisation from the  Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief. The conditions for acquiring the authorisation is set forth by the Rules on minimum technical and other conditions for the maintenance of manual and mobile fire extinguishers.

Source: Ministry of Defence

• engine repairs and maintenance (excluding vehicles);
• repairs and maintenance for machines for the treatment of wood, plastic, stone and other materials;
• metal treatment machine repairs and maintenance;
• construction machinery repairs and maintenance;
• repairs and maintenance of pumps, valves and compressors;
• fluid power device repairs and maintenance;
• repair and maintenance of power transmission systems;
• repair and maintenance of transport devices;
• repair and maintenance of industrial refrigeration equipment and purifying equipment; 
• repair and maintenance of industrial furnaces;
• repair and maintenance of manual machine tools;
• repair and maintenance of general purpose machinery;
• repair and maintenance of agricultural and forestry tractors and other machinery;
• repair and maintenance of metallurgy machinery and devices;
• repair and maintenance of machinery and devices used in mining, and oil and gas extraction;
• repair and maintenance of machinery and devices in food and tobacco industry;
• repair and maintenance of machinery and devices in textile and leather industry;
• repair and maintenance of presses for particle boards and similar;
• repair and maintenance of machinery in the rubber industry;
• repair and maintenance of machinery in the paper industry;
• repair and maintenance of machinery for welding, and soft and hard soldering;
• repair and maintenance of clamps for work pieces and tools and special accessories for machine tools;
• grinding and replacement of blades and saw blades, repair by welding

• brušenje in zamenjava rezil in žagnih listov, popravila z varjenjem

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia – Explanatory notes to the standard classification of activities – SKD 2008.pdf (1.8MB)

• Service/repair of a generation unit;
• chair lift maintenance;
• submersible pump service repair;
• industrial boiler repair;
• repair of track-laying mobile machinery;
• maintenance of valves in food industry machinery;
• repair of a UV bacteria removal system;
• water pipeline and accessory repair;
• purification facility repair and maintenance;
• repair (service) of coffee machines;
• renovation, painting – paper machine maintenance;
• construction and mining machinery repair and maintenance;
• turbine repair and maintenance;
• repair and maintenance of non-household cooling and ventilation devices;
• repair of CNC machines, welding devices, bending machines;
• installation of acrylic glass on the case/freezer (of industrial cooling equipment);
• repair of gearboxes in agricultural machinery

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia - Question and answer table