Employment & Labor

#TRSD2605585AProfessional Certificate for Chemical Industry Equipment Operators Revised

🇫🇷France··Other·Low Impact·View source ↗

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This order renews and updates the French professional certificate for chemical industry equipment operators. The certificate stays registered in the national professional certification register for five years from 31 May 2026 and remains classified at level 3. It matters for chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, cosmetics, food processing, energy and other process industries that hire or train production operators. Training providers and candidates should use the updated three-skill-block structure, while holders of equivalent 2021 certificates can request matching certificates under the revised title.

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Key Changes

  • Renews the professional certificate for chemical industry equipment operators for five years from 31 May 2026
  • Confirms the certificate at level 3 in the national qualifications framework and NSF activity code 222s
  • Defines three skill blocks covering basic physical operations, basic chemical operations, and complex chemical industry operations

Obligations

What this law requires

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Training and examination bodies for the professional title must structure the revised certification around three CCP skill blocks: physical transformation operation, chemical transformation operation, and complex chemical industry operation with parameter adjustment.

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From 31 May 2026 for the five-year registration period
licensing
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Each of the three skill blocks must be certified through certificats de compétences professionnelles (CCP) under the conditions set by the 22 December 2015 order on delivery of professional titles by the Ministry of Employment.

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From 31 May 2026 for the revised title registration period
licensing
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Holders of CCPs issued under the 22 January 2021 version of the same professional title who want the corresponding revised CCPs must apply to the competent territorial representative of the Ministry of Employment for issuance by correspondence.

holders of 2021 CCP certificates for the professional title
licensing
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Certification documentation for the revised title must rely on the employment, activities and skills framework and the evaluation framework made available on www.travail-emploi.gouv.fr.

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Affected Parties

Chemical and process industry employersVocational training providers and examination centers+1 more…

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vocational certification,chemical industry,professional training