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# Working as an electrician in Iceland

Electrician is a regulated profession in Iceland. Foreign qualifications go through: Submit foreign vocational training and supporting evidence to ENIC/NARIC Iceland. After a positive assessment, the District Commissioner of East Iceland issues the professional-rights certificate; defined contractor work also requires HMS certification.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Submit foreign vocational training and supporting evidence to ENIC/NARIC Iceland. After a positive assessment, the District Commissioner of East Iceland issues the professional-rights certificate; defined contractor work also requires HMS certification.; Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition
- Recognition authority: ENIC/NARIC Iceland assesses foreign vocational qualifications; the District Commissioner of East Iceland issues the nationwide confirmation of professional rights. HMS separately certifies electrical contractors.

## Sources

Certification of electrical contractors; education and two-year experience requirements. — https://island.is/en/untitled-entry-2023-11-14-at-09-47-21/apply
JSON list[].id=656719; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=30&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Electrician in Iceland: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 63f9c392a1bb867500babf81af6b0efe]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/iceland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_electrician-in-iceland-recognition_e670a40f3f33,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Electrician in Iceland: recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {63f9c392a1bb867500babf81af6b0efe},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/iceland/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Electrician in Iceland: recognition](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/iceland/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 63f9c392a1bb867500babf81af6b0efe; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/iceland/
- Title: Electrician in Iceland: recognition
- Author: ImmigrationDB
- Publisher: ImmigrationDB
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