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Responsible professional of the forest reproductive material supplier

The responsible professional is the natural person responsible for ensuring that the supplier meets its regulatory obligations.

The responsible professional must be a full-time employee of the supplier or perform the tasks of a professional under a contract, and must meet the stipulated qualifications.

Suppliers who are natural persons may simultaneously be the responsible professional if they meet the requirements relating to work experience.

Conditions

  • The conditions relating to the professional qualifications of the responsible professional are as follows:

    • The conditions regarding the education level in accordance with the regulation governing the education and training classification system are:
      • A minimum of a level of education corresponding to a completed undergraduate degree course or a level of education corresponding to that obtained after completion of an undergraduate degree course and classified as level 7 in accordance with the law governing the Slovenian Qualifications Framework; or
      • a minimum of a level of education corresponding to a completed higher education diploma course adopted before 1 January 1994, and classified as level 6 in accordance with the law governing the Slovenian Qualifications Framework;
    • Conditions relating to work experience in producing or marketing reproductive material, as follows:
      • a degree in forestry and hunting (0821): at least 1 year; or
      • a degree in related fields: at least 3 years.

    A degree in related fields includes degrees in the following fields:

    • Biology and related sciences (051),
    • Agricultural sciences (081),
    • Interdisciplinary educational activities, mainly agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary science (088).

    Responsible professionals of a supplier not involved in the production of reproductive material must fulfil the professional competence requirements if they have at least a secondary school education in any field and at least 3 years’ work experience in working as a supplier.

    Evidence

    • Work experience statement

    Legal basis