Construction and operation of an alpine or mountaineering school
Short description
General information
An alpine or mountaineering school is an institution in which professional lessons are taught in mountaineering, canyoning, sports climbing or mountain hiking. An alpine or mountaineering school may only be established and operated with permission from the competent authority. The authorisation shall be granted to one or more natural persons as well as to one legal person for a particular location if the necessary personal and factual conditions are met. Foreign vocational training can be recognised.
Prerequisites
Personal requirements:
- Nationality:
- Austria
- EU Member State
- EEA Contracting State
- Third country, to the extent that, under the law of the European Union or on the basis of a state treaty, the same rights for access to the profession are to be granted as nationals
- Reliability: no judicial conviction for deliberate conduct punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or for any other criminal offence against foreign property or morality
- fitness for health
- professional and practical skills:
- School for mountaineering:
- Mountain and ski guide
- Activity at least 5 years full-time or 10 years part-time
- School for Canyoning:
- Canyoning guide
- Activity at least 5 years full-time or 10 years part-time
- School for Sports Climbing
- Sports climbing instructor or mountain and ski guide
- Activity at least 5 years full-time or 10 years part-time
- School for mountain hikers
- Mountain walker guide or mountain and ski guide/mountain and ski guide
- Activity at least 5 years full-time or 10 years part-time
- School for mountaineering:
Factual requirements:
- adequate liability insurance
Competent authority
for the service Construction and operation of an alpine or mountaineering school:
Abteilung 9 Kultur, Europa, Sport
Landhausgasse 7
8010 Graz,01.Bez.:Innere Stadt
Phone: +43 (316) 877-4321
Fax: +43 (316) 877-3156
Email: abteilung9@stmk.gv.at
Web address: http://verwaltung.steiermark.at
Public office hours
Montag bis Freitag von 8:00 bis 12:30 Uhr und nach Terminvereinbarung
Additional information
Office of the State Government of Styria, Division 9 Culture, Europe, Sport
Procedure
The application must be submitted in writing with all necessary supporting documents. If the conditions for authorisation are met, the competent authority shall issue the authorisation with a decision.
If the Authority has all the documents and does not decide within a period of four months, the application shall be deemed approved (authorisation fiction). This is not the case if the applicant has been informed in good time by the authority of an extension of the deadline.
Note: The state government must confirm the approval in writing. The confirmation shall be sent to the party to the proceedings and to the Styrian Mountain Sports Guide Association.
Required documents
Proof of personal and factual requirements, in particular:
- Proof of nationality (for Austrians: Proof of citizenship, birth certificate or valid travel document)
- Extract from criminal records
- medical certificate
- Proof of professional competence
- Proof of practical activity
- Liability insurance certificate (not older than three months)
Costs
1. ENTRY FEE
A fee of EUR 14.30 must be paid for the submission of the application. A fee of EUR 47.30 shall be payable for applications for the grant of power or recognition of a qualification or any other legal requirement to pursue an activity.
2. BEILAGE FEATURES
A fee must be paid for each supplement to be attached to the application. It is EUR 3.90 per din A3 sheet*. If the supplement is larger than a DIN A3 sheet, the fee per sheet of paper is EUR 7.20. The maximum fee is EUR 21.80.
* The law uses the term “arch”, which is paper whose side size does not exceed the size of two by 210 mm x 297 mm in one or both directions.
3. COUNTRY COMMISSION SUPPORT
If official acts of the authorities outside the Office are required for the processing of the application, commission fees shall be paid for this. The amount of the Commission fee for each half hour commenced shall be per participating body.
- for administrative acts of the district administrative authorities: EUR 17.00
- for official acts of other authorities of the country: EUR 23.70
Time required for adjudication
The authorities are obliged to issue the decision whithin six months after the application has been received. If the authority fails to decide within the specified deadline, you have the option of a „Säumnisbeschwerde“ . This Säumnisbeschwerde“ must include the name of the authority whose decision is pending. Additionally, the letter must state the request and provide evidence that the decision deadline of the authority has expired.
Feedback
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Data protection
I have noted that the data provided by me, as well as any data received by the administration over the course of the preliminary investigation, will be automatically processed as per article 6, para. 1 lit. c and e of the General Data Protection Regulation in accordance with the underlying material laws of the legal process. Furthermore, I am aware that this is for the purpose of executing the legal procedure initiated by me, the granting of regulatory approval and also for the purpose of review. I have read the general information regarding:
- the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, withdrawal and objection, as well as on data portability
- the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority
- the responsibilities of the process controller and the data protection officer as per https://datenschutz.stmk.gv.at.
Means of redress or appeal
An appeal is possible against rulings issued by an authority and shall be filed by the party within a 4 weeks term with the authority that issued the ruling of first instance (against rulings without investigation procedure within a two weeks term). The term starts with the receipt of the written copy of the ruling, in the case of oral pronouncement simultaneously with it.
The appeal shall indicate the ruling it contests, the authority that issued the ruling and contain a motion of appeal with the reasons. No more appeal is admissible if the party expressly waived the right of appeal after receipt or pronouncement of the ruling.
Each ruling contains instructions on the right to appeal and indicates the authority and the deadline for submission of such appeal.
Assistance and problem-solving services
Point of Single Contact Styria
Offices of the Provincial government of Styria
Department 12 - economy and innovation
Nikolaiplatz 3
8020 Graz
Telefon: +43 316 877 5905
E-Mail: eap@stmk.gv.at
Homepage: https://eap.stmk.gv.at