Registration for the examination
Where can I register for the examination?
According to § 34a of the Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act, proof of expert knowledge must be provided before a Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) be provided. This means that you must also register for the examination directly there. In principle, you are free to choose your chamber of industry and commerce, although the examination is usually taken at the chamber of industry and commerce responsible for your area, either at your place of residence or where you work. However, you should check whether the examination is offered at all by your local IHK. You can find out more about this in the Chapter Examination venues.
The examination may not with a private educational institution, not online from home and also not in a foreign language be filed.
How can I register for the exam?
The application must in good time before and mostly in writing However, some chambers now offer a possibility for the Online registration an. As a rule, the deadline for registering for the examination is 3 weeks before the respective examination date at the latest. You can find further information at Dates. The IHK will provide you with a registration form. You can obtain the form from your local IHK, directly as a download or, more recently, sometimes even as an online registration form via the website of the respective IHK. Registration can be done by post, fax and partly also directly online!
In addition to your address data, information on your birthday and place of birth is also required, as well as your signature for the binding examination registration. As confirmation of your registration, you will receive a reply letter from the IHK with the examination invitation, which will also be accompanied by a fee notice. Please make sure that you Examination fees in good time to transfer. If no money has been received by the examination date, you may not be allowed to take the examination. It is best to enclose a bank transfer confirmation/receipt with your registration.
Can I withdraw from the exam?
Yes! The only question is for what reason or how close you are to the exam. This determines whether you still have to pay your examination fees in full, in part or not at all. The regulations on this vary between the chambers of industry and commerce. What is uniform is that the withdrawal from the examination must be made in writing. If there are more than 2 weeks between the date of your withdrawal and the date of the examination, you will usually receive a large part of the fees paid (70%) or even the full amount back. If the examination invitations have already been sent out and/or there are less than 2 weeks until the date of the examination, a cancellation fee of 50% of the invoice amount is usually due. If you are absent on the day of the exam and do not show up for the exam without an excuse, the full amount will be due. The exam will also be considered as “failed”. If you are absent for an important reason (e.g. illness, confirmed by a doctor’s certificate), the examination will be deemed “failed”. The Chamber of Industry and Commerce decides on the existence of an important reason. More accommodating regulations and exceptions may apply at special times or in exceptional circumstances (e.g. Corona pandemic).
In the following chapter, you will find out what costs you have to expect if you want to become a security officer with a 34a qualification examination!
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