Austrian Tattoo Artists and Piercer Association

1. Austrian Tattoo Artists and Piercer Association

2. Austrian Tattoo Artists and Piercer Association • Since 2017 9 National associations Vienesse, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Burgenland,Styria, Salzburg, Tirol, Carinthia, Vorarlberg holdingorganization ÖTPV

3. Objectives of the Austrian Tattoo Artists and Piercer Association • Cooperation • Betterhandlingofauthorities • Assistance formembers • Trainings, workshops • Cooperation with the Austrian Chamber of Commerce

4. How to become a Tattoo Artist in Austria the regulation/access control for tattooists via qualifying certificate

5. Tattoobranche in Austria • Since 2003 regulated / beforefree • incorporated into the Austrian Chamber of Commerce section cosmetics WKÖ • Regulated by the Federal Law Gazette, exercise rule and access regulation for the tattooing industry

6. Tattooartist'slicense • 18 years • Training course for piercing and tattooing The training course shall be taken at the Institute for Economic Development (Wirtschaftsförderungsinstitut) of a Chamber of Trade and Industry, or at the Institute for Professional Development, or a similar training facility. • qualificationexamination • entrepreneurshipexam • Clean criminalrecord • Nobusinessfailure

7. qualificationexamforTattooartists 4 parts: • Practical • In oral form • ToscriptcatalogueofquestionsisprovidedbyThe Austrian Chamber of commerce • Entrepreneurshipexamination

8. The exerciserules in Austria • Daily work as an Austrian tattoo artist & piercer is regulated by the Federal Law Gazette Exercise Rules for tattooing and Piercing • Even a single, serious infringement of the provisions of § 3 and § 4 (2) may have the effect that the tattoo artist or piercer loses the permission for carrying out his/her profession..

9. clearancecertificate • accreditedinstituteforhygienemicrobiologysterilizationanddisinfection • This controls compliance with the exercise rule