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• SVH Diploma in Social Hygiene (issued from 1 January 2016)
• SVH Declaration of Social Hygiene (issued until 31 December 2015)
• Diplomas and certificates obtained at recognised MBO and HBO courses and electives
• Foreign diplomas: your application based on a foreign diploma will be assessed by the Lcsh. See below for more information.
• Based on foreign work experience that complies with the European directive on the recognition of professional qualifications: your application based on work experience will be assessed by the Lcsh. See below for more information.

As soon as new diplomas are recognised, they will appear on this page.

Mandatory documents foreign diploma

Do you want to be registered in the Register of Social Hygiene with a foreign diploma? Then this is only possible if your diploma is equivalent to a Dutch diploma in terms of content and level. To determine this, your diploma must be officially recognised. Here you will find an overview of the documents (evidence) you need. You can also read here when a translation of the documents is necessary and what requirements this translation must have.

• An original diploma or an original certified copy of the diploma.
• A diploma supplement (also called syllabus or curriculum).
• A copy of a valid ID.
• A curriculum vitae (cv).

Translations of the documents

If your diploma supplement is in a language other than Dutch, German or English, you must attach both the document in the original language and an original translation. The translation must be done by a sworn translator. If you send a copy of the translation, you must have it certified by the authority that issued the document or by an authority authorized to certify.

Demonstrating work experience

If you do not have an official foreign diploma. Then you can only be admitted if you can prove that you have sufficient work experience.

Demonstrating of foreign work experience can be done in the following ways:

1. You have been self-employed or manager for three consecutive years;
2. You have been employed for two consecutive years as a self-employed person or as a manager and you can prove that you have followed a training course for this purpose, which has been completed with a certificate recognised by the Member State or which has been fully recognised by a competent professional body;
3. You have been self-employed or manager for two consecutive years and you can prove that you have been employed as an employee for at least three years;
4. You have worked as a worker for three consecutive years and you can prove that you have followed a training for this purpose, which has been completed by a certificate recognised by the Member State or which has been fully recognised by a competent professional body.

In cases 1 and 3, work may not have been completed more than ten years before the date of submission of this application. Demonstrating the work experience is form-free.