Working as an electrician in Greece
What official sources say about working as an electrician in Greece: how foreign qualifications are recognised.
To work as an electrician in Greece on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 31,919 € a year (current). Electrician is a regulated profession in Greece. Foreign qualifications go through: Submit the activity-specific qualification and notification/approval application to the competent Region. Foreign certificates/qualifications and exact technician grade require separate assessment; this is not a single national licence for all adjacent tasks.
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Submit the activity-specific qualification and notification/approval application to the competent Region. Foreign certificates/qualifications and exact technician grade require separate assessment; this is not a single national licence for all adjacent tasks.
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 31,919 €/year
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Greece publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 31,919 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what electricians earn.
Regulation and recognition
Electrician is a regulated profession in Greece.
- Recognition route
- Submit the activity-specific qualification and notification/approval application to the competent Region. Foreign certificates/qualifications and exact technician grade require separate assessment; this is not a single national licence for all adjacent tasks. General system of recognition - primary application.
- Recognition authority
- Ministry of Development; the locally competent Regional Development Directorate/Vocational Department handles the specified technical-activity notification.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Electrician in Greece: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f77869438e747e7a921d8bcbde09c167]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/greece/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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