Substantive preparation and the professional nature of the veterinary civil service

Abstract

The first of the constitutional guarantors of the quality of the civil service is its professional nature. It is the first, but not the only guarantor of the quality of the civil service. However, it is the professional qualifications of people performing public service that directly influence the authority of the State. The professional attribute of the functioning of the civil service, on the one hand, affects the way it is organized, and on the other hand, it can be related to the method of qualifying and recruiting corps members, based on the criterion of substantive preparation: education, knowledge, skills and experience. In the areas of operation of public administration related to the need to use specialized knowledge and experience, the professional condition is met with is met with higher requirements for special substantive preparation. The Veterinary Inspection is an example of a government institution whose personnel are subject to high specialist requirements directly determining the professional nature of its services.