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# Working as a plumber in Iceland

Plumber is a regulated profession in Iceland. Foreign qualifications go through: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: The Industrial Act no. 42/1978 and Regulation no. 940/1999 on Regulated Industrial Professions.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: The Industrial Act no. 42/1978 and Regulation no. 940/1999 on Regulated Industrial Professions.; Submit foreign vocational credentials, translations and verified experience to ENIC/NARIC Iceland; after a positive assessment, the District Commissioner of East Iceland issues the professional-rights certificate. Master-plumber responsibility for licensed work requires the separate HMS master-craftsman route.
- Recognition authority: ENIC/NARIC Iceland assesses foreign vocational qualifications; the District Commissioner of East Iceland issues professional-rights confirmation nationwide. HMS issues master-craftsman certification for licensed-work responsibility.
- Language requirement: Value: Path: /requirements/0/reserved_language · Value: is

## Sources

/regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6705; record id=657176; /regprof/general generic.title=Plumber; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=657176&lang=EN
Certification of master craftsmen; licensed-work conditions; construction-manager licence lists master plumbers. — https://island.is/en/certification-of-master-craftsmen

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Plumber in Iceland: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 2941bf32a92be0b224dc0852334135cd]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/iceland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_plumber-in-iceland-recognition_255dc22aa53e,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Plumber in Iceland: recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {2941bf32a92be0b224dc0852334135cd},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/iceland/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

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