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working conditions
Practicalities not settled on the market.
working fields
Practicalities not settled on the market.
The main trend still focusses on technical proof of insurance
fraud and technical examination of vehicles after accidents for
repair cost purposes.
We notice that a demand for accident reconstruction studies
is developing on the market. At the moment, GEP is developing a
step by step approach exploring accident reconstruction potential
and concerned services, the results of which will be published on
the internet.
Associations, Institutions, Activities
A non marketed software has been developed (prior to 1998)
by a professor from the Lisbon engineering university “Instituto
Superior Técnico”.
Several associations and institutions act on field of traffic safety,
but none specialized on vehicular accident investigation.
Slovakia
Tibor Kubjatko,
tibor.kubjatko@usi.sk
Qualifications
Co u n t R y R E P o R t S
In order to get certified as a reconstructionist in Slovakia, one
has to fulfil the following prerequisites:
• university degree in traffic or vehicle technology
• 7 years of practice in the field
• a course in legal issues of practising before the court (30
hours minimum)
• post-graduate studies in accident reconstruction (minimum
300 hours with exam)
• a proof that one has the equipment needed to perform this
job, like the software or technical equipment.
Certification
In the Republic of Slovakia, expert opinion is regulated by the
Ministry of Justice.
If he fulfils the requirements, the expert is automatically registered
to the bulletin-board of experts. This list is governed by the
Ministry of Justice and the demands on the registered expert are
rather strong. In case of delayed work he may be fined or even
removed from the list. (A renewed registration is only possible
after three years latency.)
The registration to the bulletin-board is temporally unlimited,
but usually checked every five years. There are three forms in
which experts may practice:
Experts – private persons
Prerequisite for the certification is expertise, practical experience
and technical equipment
Expert organisations
Expert organisations are mostly interested in big assignments,
90% of them being rating and consulting of enterprises. But meanwhile
the first pioneers arrive in the reconstruction sector.
Expert institutes
According to Slovakian law, experts institutes have a special
relevance: They have to guarantee a high scientific and professional
standard and they are obliged to organise special training
for technical experts. They also function as centres in close cooperation
with the Ministry of Justice.
Experts not registered on the bulletin-board are not affected
by this regulations. They are then restricted to offer their work to
private firms, organisations and insurance companies. In general,
they do not reach the skill level of certified experts.
Position in court
The assignments to the expert stem half by half from governmental
institutions (especially courts and the police) on one hands
side and private institutions or persons on the other. Formally, one
has to distinguish whether the expert was assigned by the police
or the court or by one of the litigant parties. In the latter case, the
report counts as a so-called literal proof. In practice however, both
reports are weighted equally as free forms of proof by the judge.