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Becoming accredited as EPB boiler technician L

A natural person accredited to check fuel oil boilers must be accredited by Brussels Environment. Requirements include competence attestation, compliance with decrees, and civil rights. The application involves completing training, submitting forms and documents, and paying a 50-euro fee. Processing takes up to 30 working days, with an appeal option available.

  1. Audience: Residents in Brussels who are EPB boiler technicians
  2. Cost: 50 euros
  3. Duration: 40 working days (10 days to send receipt of complete dossier + 30 days from receipt of complete dossier to send decision)
  4. Response: 10 working days to declare the application complete or incomplete
  5. Documents: Application form, competence attestation, judicial record, proof of payment
  6. Mode: Digital and physical
  7. Validity: FR, NL

Natural person accredited to periodically check fuel oil boilers. To be able to exercise this profession, the EPB boiler technician L needs to be officially accredited by Brussels Environment.


The accreditation is valid lifelong (however, the accreditation can be suspended and withdrawn if the person does not meet the obligations, among other things passing a examination during an obligatory in-service training).


Conditions

  • The approval as a PEB boiler technician is granted, depending on the type of boiler on which he acts, to natural persons who meet the following conditions:
  • Holding a valid attestation of competence as an EPB boiler technician L, GI or GII, delivered after having successfully completed a recognised training or holding a valid attestation that Brussels Environment recognises as equivalent;
  • Undertaking to comply with the obligations imposed by the decree;
  • Enjoying full civil and political rights.


Procedure 


Required documents

1) The application form for your accreditation(s), of which the template is decided and made available by Brussels Environment, fully completed, dated and signed by the applicant;

2) A copy of the valid attestation(s) of competence, a copy of the degree (if applicable) and a document supporting the professional experience corresponding with the requested accreditation(s);

3) An extract from the judicial record that is less than a year old;

4) A copy of the dossier fee's proof of payment (copy of the bank statement, with the name of the bank, the account numbers and the amount of the transfer).


Cost

50 euros


Average time

  • 10 working days to examine the complete fil;
  • 30 working days for the decision, counting from the date the receipt notification is sent for a file declared complete.


Appeal

Appeal to the Environmental College within 30 days after being notified of the decision

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