Annex I Minimum requirements as to the skills and knowledge to be covered by the evaluation bodies

The examination referred to in Articles 3(1) and 5(2) shall comprise the following:

1. (a)

   a theoretical test with one or more questions testing that skill or knowledge, as indicated in the column ‘Test type’ by (T);

2. (b)

   a practical test where the applicant shall perform the corresponding task with the relevant material, tools and equipment, as indicated in the column ‘Test type’ by (P).

   No	Minimum knowledge and skills	Test type
   1	Basic knowledge of relevant environmental issues (climate change, Global Warming Potential), the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 and of the relevant implementing acts	T
   2	Physical, chemical and environmental characteristics of SF6	T
   3	Use of SF6 in electric power equipment (insulation, arc quenching)	T
   4	SF6 quality, according to the relevant industrial standards	T
   5	Understanding of the design of electric power equipment	T
   6	Checking the SF6 quality	P
   7	Recovery of SF6 and SF6 mixtures and purification of SF6	P
   8	Storage and transportation of SF6	T
   9	Operation of SF6 recovery equipment	P
   10	Operation of tight drilling systems, if necessary	P
   11	Reuse of SF6 and different reuse categories	T
   12	Working on open SF6 compartments	P
   13	Neutralising SF6 by-products	T
   14	Monitoring of SF6 and appropriate data recording obligations under national or Union legislation, or international agreements	T
   15	Reduction of leakages and leak checks	T
   16	Basic knowledge of relevant technologies to replace or to reduce the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases and their safety handling	T