Emergency vehicle driver
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.
Find the form at vegvesen.no (in Norwegian only)
Applications can only be submitted by the professional/individual. Please submit your application with attachments by mail to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
Establishment:
If you wish to establish yourself or work permanetly 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. This is because the practice of the profession may have imminent and serious implications for the safety and health of the service recipient, and the competent authorities may therefore check your qualifications prior to the first provision of services.
Documentation requirements for establishment and temporary provision of services:
- Information about what the applicant hopes to achieve by applying.
- Certified copy of evidence of formal qualifications issued by the competent authority in a member state.
- If relevant, documentation of professional experience with emergency vehicle driving.
- Approved medical certificate. The medical certificate must not be older than three months.
- Copy of documentation of right to drive/valid class B driving licence (both sides of the driving licence).
- Documentation from employer of a real need/affiliation to drive emergency vehicles in Norway. The statement must not be older than six months.
- Copy of valid passport.
Comments
- The original medical certificate must be submitted and can therefore only be submitted by letter.
- The Norwegian Public Roads Administration's regional office may demand further documentation and translation of documents if necessary.
The application will be processed in two steps:
- Assessment of whether the competence can be approved: Here, competence certificates / qualification certificates, relevant work experience and a valid driver's license are assessed.
- Assessment of a certificate of competence can be issued: An approved health certificate and work affiliation is required here, which requires emergency driving in Norway.
If your application is approved, you will get code 160 on your Norwegian driver's license. If you do not live in Norway, you will receive a confirmation from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration of approved competence.
Language requirements:
No.
Norwegian language skills are not a requirement for recognition of the professional qualification as such, but if compensation measures are imposed, they will be in Norwegian. It is expected that the professional has the language skills in Norwegian necessary to practice the regulated profession in Norway.
Criteria/conditions for recognition:
If you acquired your professional qualifications in an EEA country or Switzerland, you may have the right to have your application processed in accordance with the Professional Qualifications Act and Regulations on the approval of professional qualifications. In addition, there are national regulations related to the practice of the profession as stipulated in the Regulations relating to training, tests and competence for emergency driving (the Emergency Driving Regulations) and the Road Traffic Act.
The statutory qualification requirements related to the practice of the profession are stipulated in the Regulations relating to training, tests and competence for emergency driving (the Emergency Driving Regulations) and 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 does not charge a fee for processing applications for recognition for emergency vehicle driver.
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
Postal address:
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration,
P.O.Box 1010 Nordre Ål
2605 LILLEHAMMER
E-mail: firmapost@vegvesen.no
Phone: +47 22 07 30 00