Working as a plumber in Slovakia
What official sources say about working as a plumber in Slovakia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Slovakia, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes plumbers, earns ≈ 1,241 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Plumber is a regulated profession in Slovakia. Foreign qualifications go through: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Act No. 455/1991 Z. z. o živnostenskom podnikaní (živnostenský zákon). In Slovakia, plumbers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers"
- ≈ 1,241 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Act No. 455/1991 Z. z. o živnostenskom podnikaní (živnostenský zákon)
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers" in Slovakia: ≈ 1,241 EUR/month (gross, 2024), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of plumbers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Plumber is a regulated profession in Slovakia.
- Recognition route
- Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Act No. 455/1991 Z. z. o živnostenskom podnikaní (živnostenský zákon) For the Plumbing and Heating trade, obtain formal-education recognition and professional-qualification recognition, then meet the trade-register requirement; exact vocational-training and practice alternatives apply. Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition.
- Recognition authority
- Ministry of Education / CRD for education evidence; District Office / Ministry of Interior for the professional qualification and trade route.
- Language requirement
- Value: Path: /requirements/0/reserved_language · Value: sk
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for plumber in Slovakia: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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