The European Business Handbook for Young ... - MCAST

If you take this certificate, you become a master craftsman, which makes
it easier to start your own business and running it with a quality stamp.
You have to have the craft certificate to have apprentices in your business.
Here craft studies is used as an example, but it can be useful to know
that it is the same system in most of the other vocational studies in
Norway as well, like mechanics, health, drawing and food.
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b) Licenses
You have to consider a number of aspects
before the enterprise is a reality.
Businesses that require special licenses
are:
• Driving instructors
• Doctors
• Physiotherapists
• Auditors
• Accountants
• Lawyers
• Stockbrokers
• Real-estate brokers
You will find more under the associated
topics at www.bedin.no
Some types of businesses require special
licences.
In order to run a catering business, such
as a café or a restaurant, you must have authorization from the municipality
where the business is located. Serving alcohol for payment
requires a special licence from the municipal authorities.
Authorisation as an auditor requires approved theoretical training and
three years of varied experience. Taxi driving, ambulance driving and
bus driving and other types of public transport require special licences.
To run a business arranging travels, you are required to raise guaran-
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