Responsible person for the activity of performing fireworks

A responsible person for performing fireworks is an individual who has appropriate professional competence. This is proven with a certificate of professional competence for work with explosives or pyrotechnic products.

A test of professional competence for work with explosives or pyrotechnic products is performed before an expert commission. It can be performed by an individual who is at least 18 years old and has no public order concerns.

The candidate registers for a test of competence themselves or is registered by the legal entity or entrepreneur with which they are employed, on the form that is an integral part of the Rules on the qualification for handling explosives or pyrotechnic products. The application form is sent to the Ministry of the Interior. The form is published at this link.

A candidate who applies for a test of professional competence for the first time must also submit with the application form a report on the successfully completed practical work for a fireworks operator. A candidate for a fireworks operator is considered to have completed practical training if they submit a certificate of participation in the performance of at least ten fireworks. The certificate is issued by the responsible person of the legal entity or entrepreneur with whom the candidate participated in the performance of the fireworks. The certificate shall be accompanied by reports on the performed individual fireworks prepared in accordance with the Rules on lighting fireworks.

The costs of the test of professional competence are paid by the applicant. The costs of the test of competence amount to 125.19 EUR. The applicant transfers the amount to:

Ministry of the Interior
account number 01100-6370171132
reference number 28 17116-2401002-10104303

Legal basis

• Explosive Substances and Pyrotechnic Products Act (ZEPI)
• Rules on the qualification for handling explosives or pyrotechnical products
• Rules on lighting fireworks

People who perform individual work with pyrotechnic products for a legal entity or entrepreneur must be at least 18 years old.

Legal basis

• Explosive Substances and Pyrotechnic Products Act (ZEPI)

Persons who perform fireworks for a legal entity or entrepreneur must have no public order concerns.

Public order concerns exist when an individual is convicted by a final judgement of committing a premeditated criminal act involving violence that is prosecuted ex officio. For individuals, public order concerns also exist if they are sentenced by a final decision for a minor offence against law and order involving violence.

Legal basis

• Explosive Substances and Pyrotechnic Products Act (ZEPI)

Firework operators must be medically fit.

A medical certificate is issued by a medical institution authorised to carry out medical examinations under the regulations governing carrying of weapons.

Medical examinations can be performed by medical institutions that employ occupational medicine specialists or private occupational medicine specialists who are authorised to perform medical examinations to determine the medical capacity to possess or carry weapons.

A medical certificate issued by an authorised physician is valid for one year.

Legal basis

• Explosive Substances and Pyrotechnic Products Act (ZEPI)
• Rules concerning medical examinations establishing health requirements of an individual carrying orpossessing fire-arms

People employed by a legal entity or entrepreneur who are responsible for the performance of fireworks must demonstrate at least basic knowledge of the Slovenian language. This is proven by a certificate of education in the Slovenian language in the Republic of Slovenia or by proof of a passed test of knowledge of the Slovenian language at the basic level under a publicly approved programme.

Legal basis

• Explosive Substances and Pyrotechnic Products Act (ZEPI)