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# Working as a plumber in Croatia

To work as a plumber in Croatia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,288 € a year (current). Plumber is a regulated profession in Croatia. Foreign qualifications go through: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Zakon o obrtu (NN 143/13); Trades and Crafts Act. In Croatia, plumbers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Zakon o obrtu (NN 143/13); Trades and Crafts Act; Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition
- Language requirement: For a third-country national who has resided in Croatia for at least one year on an Article 97 stay-and-work permit (or the specific Article 110(32) route), amended Foreigners Act Article 92.a requires a standardised Croatian-language and Latin-script test at basic A1.1 level, with proof for a new/renewed covered permit. The Act identifies approved language schools, universities and authorised adult-education providers as test providers; exemptions include Croatian-educated applicants, speakers of a South-Slavic-subgroup language, and seasonal workers. This is an immigration-permit condition, not a profession-licensing language rule.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 36,288 €/year (current)

## Sources

/regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6705; record id=659156; /regprof/general generic.title=Plumber; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=659156&lang=EN
Croatian regulated-professions database entry: Plumber — http://reguliraneprofesije.azvo.hr/en/professions/?profession=261
JSON list[].id=655971; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=84&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en
Country work-route threshold — https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/full/2025_03_40_545.html

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Plumber in Croatia: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b158c625ce99d213ffbf14cc4c6ca791]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/croatia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_plumber-in-croatia-recognition-and-shortage-status_caf5644feb49,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Plumber in Croatia: recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {b158c625ce99d213ffbf14cc4c6ca791},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/croatia/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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- Title: Plumber in Croatia: recognition and shortage status
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