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Head of energy devices
The tasks of the head of energy devices include the management of operations and maintenance of energy devices, registering and analysing the consumption of energy and implementing measures of rational energy consumption in organisations where the basic activity is not the production, transfer or distribution of energy and where energy devices have a total capacity higher than 5 MW and have pressure tanks with total accumulated (pressure) energy exceeding 5 MJ.
The head can perform tasks if they have an appropriate education, work experience and professional qualification.
Conditions
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The work and tasks of the head of energy installations may be carried out by:
- workers with higher professional education in mechanical engineering or electrotechnology (level 6) with at least two years' work experience;
- or workers with secondary professional education in mechanical engineering or electrotechnology (level 5) with at least five years' work experience;
- or workers with at least secondary vocational education (level 4) who have performed the work and tasks of a steam or gas turbine operator, a switching operator in industry, a boiler operator, an internal combustion engine operator, a pump operator, a gas device operator or a compressor and cooling device operator for at least ten years.
Evidence
Copy of evidence of the conclusion of education and certificate of suitable work experience from the employer
Legal basis
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Applicants must undergo a professional training programme and take a test of knowledge.
A professional training programme comprises general and special parts. Applicants' professional competence is verified with a test of knowledge.
The final success of the test is established by the examination board with “pass” or “fail”.
Applicants may retake the test twice. If an applicant fails the test in one or two subjects, only the test in that subject is repeated. If an applicant fails the test for the third time, they must undergo professional training again.
The price of professional training and tests of knowledge is calculated in accordance with the price list.
Applicants who pass the test are issued a certificate of professional competence.
The certificate is valid for five years. After the certificate expires, applicants must occasionally take a written test. When taking the occasional test, applicants receive a test paper with questions from the general and special parts of the programme. The test paper includes three questions from each subject with one correct and two incorrect answers. The test in each part is passed, if the answers to at least two questions are correct.
Evidence
Certificate of professional competence
Legal basis
Competent Authority
Recognition of qualifications acquired abroad
There are following systems for the recognition of professional qualifications acquired in the EU: