Apply for appointment as an authorised district chimney sweep

Authorised district chimney sweep and authorised district chimney sweep (bBSF) is anyone appointed by the competent authority for a district. According to the Chimney Sweep Crafts Act (SchfHwG), vacant or vacant districts and status offices are publicly advertised and filled by the competent authority under state law within the framework of the tendering and selection procedure. The Land governments shall be empowered to issue details of the tendering and selection procedure by ordinance.

The selection procedure and the appointment to the bBSF is based in principle on §§ 9, 9a, 9b and 10 SchfHwG. Accordingly, the relevant competent authority must select between the applicants on the basis of their suitability, competence and professional performance and make the appointment public.

The appointment is limited to seven years.

The advertised districts are published on the website of the respective district or under the following links:

Regierungspräsidium Kassel: Responsible for the occupation of the districts in the city of Kassel, as well as in the districts of Kassel, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Werra-Meißner and Fulda

Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt: Responsible for the occupation of the districts in the cities of Darmstadt, Frankfurt/Main, Offenbach and Wiesbaden as well as the districts Bergstraße, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Gießen, Groß-Gerau, Hochtaunus, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Main-Kinzig, Main-Taunus, Odenwald, Offenbach, Rheingau-Taunus, Vogelsberg and Wetterau

As an applicant, you must:

• possess the requirements under craft law for the independent exercise of the chimney sweep trade (§ 9a Abs. 1 SchfHwG). This is the case for persons who are entered in the register of craftsmen with the chimney sweep trade or who could easily be entered in the register of craftsmen pursuant to §§ 7 to 9 HwO,
• possess the necessary legal knowledge necessary for the performance of the duties of authorised district chimney sweep,
• have a command of the German language, both spoken and written, to an extent necessary for the performance of the activity of the authorised district chimney sweep,
• be medically suitable to be able to reliably perform the tasks of the authorised district chimney sweep,
• possess the necessary personal and professional reliability to ensure that the tasks and obligations to be delegated are fulfilled in accordance with the statutory provisions for the purpose of maintaining operational and fire safety.

According to VwGO, you can file a lawsuit against the order within one month of receiving the refusal. The action shall not have suspensory effect.

• Vacancies or vacancies as well as status offices are advertised online;
• You can send your application as part of an online application procedure or send your application as a PDF file with the supporting documents to the responsible office;
• After you have submitted your application, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt with a request for payment;
• The competent authority shall select candidates on the basis of their suitability, competence and professional performance and shall rank them on the basis of the number of points obtained;
• If necessary, selection interviews are conducted;
• If the selection is based on the calculation of the points and an ev. subsequent selection interview, you will receive a confirmation for the appointment. You must then declare that you will actually take over the sweeping district.
• If the selection has not fallen on you, you will receive a rejection;
• The order will be made public.