#TRSD2605817ARevised professional certification for laboratory technicians
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This order renews and updates France’s professional title for laboratory technicians for five years from 4 June 2026. The title remains registered in the national professional certification register at level 4 and covers technicians who handle sampling, storage, microbiology tests, and chemistry or biochemistry tests. Training providers, examination centers, employers, and candidates should use the revised competency blocks and assessment references. People who already hold the 2021 version’s competency certificates or specialization certificates can request matching certificates under the new version.
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Key Changes
- Renews the laboratory technician professional title for five years from 4 June 2026
- Defines three core competency blocks covering sampling, microbiology, and chemistry/biochemistry tests
- Keeps two specialization certificates and allows holders of 2021 certificates to request equivalent certificates
Obligations
What this law requires
Use the revised professional title 'Technicien de laboratoire' registered in the RNCP at level 4, NSF code 222r, for certification actions starting from its renewed registration period.
Assess candidates for the professional title using the three competency blocks: sampling/conditioning/storage of samples; microbiology testing; chemistry and biochemistry testing.
Issue certificates of professional competence (CCP) for each of the three competency blocks only under the conditions set by the 22 December 2015 order on delivery of professional titles.
Deliver the two complementary specialization certificates associated with the title—specialized chemistry/biochemistry tests and specialized plant, cellular, molecular biology and immunology tests—under the conditions of the 22 December 2015 order, regardless of the year the title was obtained.
Make and use the revised employment, activities, competencies, and assessment references published on www.travail-emploi.gouv.fr for the professional title.