The ministerial decision 29331/1135/27-12-2012 has been issued to determine the terms and conditions of this training. Self-employed employers who do not employ staff are entitled to training if they have the other qualifications required, but they have no obligation to attend such a programme.
It should be noted that it is entirely at the discretion of employers to choose to delegate the tasks of the safety technician to persons within or outside the company, or to contract with a safety technician, or to train employees of their company, or to train themselves.
If you choose to train yourself or train an employee of your company, you may apply to our organisation to participate in such training programmes by completing the application form attached to this letter.
If the examination of the information in your application shows that you do not meet the necessary training requirements, we will inform you accordingly and refund your advance payment.

For the purpose of determining the qualifications of the safety technician and calculating his/her working time, companies are classified into three categories A, B, C (high, medium and low risk).
The length of employment of the safety technician depends on the number of employees and the risk of the undertaking. In order to meet the above obligation, employers have the possibility to outsource these tasks:

• to persons in the company (graduates of higher education institutions or TEI with the intended specialisation) or
• to persons outside the company (graduates of higher education institutions (HEI or TEI) with the intended specialisation) or
• in an SID, or
• to an employee of the enterprise (holder of a technical high school diploma or secondary technical school or other recognized technical vocational school in the country or equivalent schools abroad or holder of a license to practice the profession of an expert and with eight years of experience counted from the acquisition of the diploma or license, but if he/she is employed full-time in the enterprise) after appropriate training of at least 35 hours and if the enterprise belongs to the B or C category of risk and employ up to 50 people.

In some companies, employers are also given the option to take on the duties of safety technician themselves if they are suitably qualified.
These cases are :

• In companies that fall under category C and employ up to 50 people, provided that they have received appropriate training (article 12 §4, subparagraph c) of the Code of Laws on the Health and Safety of Workers (Law 3850/2010)).
  Ministerial Decision 29331/1135/27-12-2012 has been issued to determine the terms and conditions of this training.
• In companies that fall under categories B or C and employ fewer than 50 employees, if the employer is a graduate (TEI) or (TEI) and has one of the technical safety specialisations provided for the sector of economic activity to which the company belongs (article 12 §5 of the Code of Laws on the Health and Safety of Workers (Law 3850/2010)).
• In companies that fall under category B and employ fewer than 20 employees, if the employer is a graduate (TEI) or (TEI) and has one of the specialisations of safety technicians that is not provided for the sector of economic activity to which his company belongs, provided that he has received at least 35 hours of appropriate training (Article 12 §5 of the Code of Laws on the Health and Safety of Workers (Law 3850/2010)).
• In companies that fall under category B and employ up to 6 employees, provided that the employer is a graduate of a technical specialization of a Technical Vocational School or Vocational Training Institute or other recognized technical vocational school and the subject of his/her studies is related to the activity of his/her company (article 12 §6 of the Code of Laws for the Health and Safety of Workers (Law 3850/2010)).
• In enterprises falling under category B and employing up to 3 employees, provided that they have received at least 35 hours of appropriate training and that the employer is licensed as a technical expert and the subject of his/her licence is related to the activity of his/her enterprise or has been demonstrably engaged for more than 10 years in the economic activity for which he/she will assume the obligations of a safety technician.
  (Article 12 §6 of the Code of Laws on Health and Safety of Workers (Law 3850/2010)).

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