Ziviltechniker#

Engineering Consultant (German: Ziviltechniker): Exercising the profession of an "Engineering Consultant authorised and sworn by the state" (Federal Law of 1957) is conditional on licensing by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs; the profession comprises the following branches: architects (project work, town and country planning, works supervision), consulting engineers ("Ingenieurkonsulent", with the additional functions of consulting and representing clients), and patent engineers (whose functions also include technical testing and expert opinions). Engineering consultants have to meet the following criteria: completion of engineering studies, 5 years of practice, and passing the engineering consultant examination. Expertises, plans and certificates drawn up by engineering consultants are held to be public documents.

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