Workshop manager
If you have a foreign education or professional qualification and wish to practice your profession in Norway, you generally need approval or authorisation. You will find information about documentation requirements, the application process and regulations here. The competent authority will assess whether you meet the requirements to practice the profession and use the professional title in Norway. If you intend to establish in Norway and work permanently in your chosen profession, the rules below apply to you. However, if you wish to work in Norway for shorter periods of time within your chosen profession, the rules for temporary provision of services apply.
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You need to register with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in order to be authorised as a workshop manager.
Registration can be made online at vegvesen.no (in Norwegian only), and send the required documentation to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration by post.
Establishment:
If you wish to establish yourself or work for an extended period in Norway within your profession, you must apply for recognition from the competent recognition authority before you can practice this profession in Norway.
Temporary provision of services:
You can work temporarily in this profession if you are already legally established in an EEA country or Switzerland and can practice the same profession in that country. To be able to work in this profession temporarily in Norway, you must submit a prior declaration to the competent authority (by applying for temporary recognition). This is because the practice of the profession may have serious implications for safety and health of the recipient of the service, and the competent authorities need to be able to verify that you are qualified to practice the profession before you start working.
The competent authority will assess whether they will allow professional practice without further scrutiny or conduct further scrutiny of your professional qualifications.
Documentation requirements for establishment:
- Information about which workshop category you are applying for approval as a workshop manager for.
- A certified copy of the evidence of formal qualifications issued by the competent authority in another EEA member state or Switzerland.
Comments
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration's regional office may demand further documentation and translation of documents if necessary.
Documentation requirements for temporary provision of services:
- Information about which workshop category you are applying for approval as a workshop manager for.
The authorisation of a technical manager at an approved workshop is personal. The application to become a technical manager is therefore contingent on secure identification and requires that you register in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration's register. For secure identification, you need to be registered in the Norwegian National Registry.
Having obtained personal authorisation as a technical manager is a prerequisite for becoming a technical manager at a workshop.
Language requirements:
Norwegian language skills are not a prerequisite for the recognition of professional qualification, but you will be required to have sufficient Norwegian skills to be able to carry out your responsibilities as a workshop manager.
Criteria/conditions for recognition:
The statutory qualification requirements related to the practice of the profession are stipulated in the Regulations relating to vehicle repair shops and Regulations relating to recognition of professional qualifications from other EEA states under the scope of the Road Traffic Act.
The statutory requirements for being entitled to recognition of professional qualification from abroad are stipulated in the Act on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Professional Qualifications Act) and the Regulation on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Professional Qualifications Regulation).
Case processing deadlines:
Establishment:
The competent authority must acknowledge receipt of your application within one month of receiving it and inform you of any missing or incomplete documentation.
Following the submission of a complete application, the competent authority should complete processing your application within three months.
Temporary provision of services:
The competent authority shall, within one month of receiving the notification, determine whether you can start working without further scrutiny of your qualifications, or if you need to undergo a compensation measure.
If the competent authority needs more than one month to determine this, you shall be notified of the reason for the delay within one month after the notification was received. In such cases, the competent authority shall make a decision within two months after the reason for the delay has been resolved.
If the competent authority has not processed the application within these deadlines, you may practice the profession.
Fees:
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration charges a fee of 5.420 kroner for processing applications for recognition.
The fee claim is sent by separate dispatch together with the decision from the competent authority.
Right of appeal:
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the decision, you may appeal in writing, pursuant to Chapter VI of the Public Administration Act. If your application is processed in accordance with the Professional Qualifications Act, the right of appeal also applies if the competent authority has exceeded the case processing deadlines (see Case processing deadlines above).
Competent authority
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration,
P.O.Box 1010 Nordre Ål
2605 LILLEHAMMER
E-mail: firmapost@vegvesen.no
Phone: +47 22 07 30 00
