Legislation

Breakdown of Positions and Professions According to the Necessary State Language Proficiency Level and Degree

To the Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No 296 of 22 August 2000

Breakdown of positions and professions according to the necessary state language proficiency level and degree is approximated with the description of positions and professions of the Profession Classifier1, taking in consideration the state language proficiency necessary for carrying out the professional duties.

Level 1 Degree A

Necessary for professions and positions which involve unqualified manual work while observing simple work safety, and which are classified by the following codes in the Classifier:

6111, 6112, 6114, 6121, 6122, 6124, 6130, 6142; 9120, 9131-9133, 9142, 9161, 9162, 9211-9213, 9311-9313, 9321-9322, 9333.

Level 1 Degree B

Necessary for professions and positions which involve in working process observance of manuals and technological procedures, exploitation and maintenance of machinery and equipment while observing work safety, and which are classified by the following codes in the Classifier:

3474; 4133 04, 4133 09 – 4133 11, 4141 04, 4141 05, 4141 08; 5143; 6113, 6123, 6129, 6141, 6151-6154; 7111 – 7114, 7121-7124, 7129, 7131-7137, 7141-7143, 7211-7215, 7221-7224, 7231-7233, 7241-7245, 7311-7313, 7321-7324, 7331, 7332, 7341-7346, 7411-7416, 7421-7424, 7431-7437, 7441, 7442, 7451, 7452; 8111-8113, 8121-8124, 8131, 8139, 8141-8143, 8151-8155, 8159, 8161-8163, 8171, 8211, 8212, 8221-8224, 8229, 8231, 8232, 8240, 8251-8253, 8261-8266, 8269, 8271-8279, 8281-8286, 8290, 8311, 8312, 8322 01 – 8322 04, 8322 06, 8323, 8324, 8331 – 8334, 8340; 9141, 9151-9153, 9162 012.

Level 2 Degree A

Necessary for professions and positions, which involve provision of services to the public and which are classified by the following codes in the Classifier:

2452 01 – 2452 05, 2452 07 – 2452 09, 2452 11, 2452 12, 2452 14 – 2452 17, 2452 19 – 2452 33, 2453 05 – 2453 12, 2454 02 – 2454 05, 2455 01 – 2455 04; 3131 – 3133, 3141 01 – 3141 05, 3141 07 – 3141 10, 3226 03, 3226 06, 3226 07, 3227 01 – 3227 03, 3471, 3473 04 – 3473 06, 3473 15, 3473 16, 3476; 4131, 4132, 4133 07, 4133 08, 4133 13, 4142, 4211-4213, 4222 01, 4223; 5111, 5112, 5122, 5123, 5131-5133, 5139, 5141, 5142, 5161, 5163, 5169, 5210, 5220, 5230; 7216; 8322 05; 9111-9113.

Level 2 Degree B

Necessary for professions and positions which involve ensuring public order, implementation and supervision of technological processes, accounting and record keeping, and which are classified by the following codes in the Classifier:

3111-3119, 3121, 3122, 3145 03 – 3145 12, 3211, 3212, 3433, 3434; 4112 – 4114, 4121, 4122, 4133 02, 4133 03, 4190; 5162.

Level 3 Degree A

Necessary for the managers of institutions, organisations, companies, enterprises and their structural units, high level specialists, medical and social care workers, university teaching staff and pedagogues, and whose professions are classified by the following codes in the Classifier:

1121, 1210, 1221-1229, 1231-1237, 1311-1319; 2111-2114, 2121, 2122, 2131, 2132, 2139, 2141-2149, 2211-2213, 2221-2225, 2230, 2310, 2320, 2331, 2332, 2340, 2351-2353, 2359, 2411, 2412, 2419, 2441-2443, 2446, 2447, 2451 07 – 2451 09, 2451 13 – 2451 15, 2451 17, 2451 18, 2452 06, 2452 10, 2452 13, 2452 18, 2452 34, 2453 01 – 2453 04, 2453 13, 2453 15, 2454 06 – 2454 08, 2455 05 – 2455 14, 2460 06, 2470; 3141 06, 3142 – 3144, 3145 01, 3145 02, 3151, 3152, 3213, 3221-3225, 3226 01, 3226 02, 3226 04, 3226 05, 3226 08 – 3226 11, 3227 04, 3228, 3229, 3231, 3232, 3310, 3320, 3330, 3340, 3411-3417, 3421-3423, 3429, 3441-3444, 3449, 3450, 3460, 3472, 3473 01 – 3473 03, 3473 07 – 3473 15, 3477, 3478; 4133 01, 4133 05, 4133 06, 4133 12, 4221 01; 5113, 5121.

Level 3 Degree B

Necessary for the heads of state administration institutions and their structural units, state civil servants (candidates to the posts of civil servants), employees whose work includes work with documents and record keeping, specialists in humanitarian spheres whose work relates to the Latvian language, literature, translators and interpreters, and whose professions are classified by the following codes in the Classifier:

1122, 1123; 2320 013, 2331 013, 2421, 2422, 2429, 2431, 2432, 2444, 2445, 2451 07 – 2451 094, 2451 13 – 2451 154, 2451 174, 2451 184; 3431,3432, 3435, 3436, 3439, 3472 015, 3472 025; 4115, 4141 02, 4141 03, 4141 06, 4141 07, 4143, 4222 02.

1 Professions classifier, Latvijas Vestnesis, 09.10.1998, nr. 299.

2 if the work involves maintenance of residential buildings.

3 if one teaches the Latvian language, literature.

4 if the work involves preparation of texts in the Latvian language.

5 if the work involves reading of texts in the Latvian language on the national radio and TV

Justice Minister I. Labucka

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