Aviator_IT

Hello everybody,

I have couple of simple questions for people who are more familiar with Norwegian ATC.

I am 22 years old and just finish my TWR training in England, right now I am in the process of obtaining my OJT and getting my licence. I am doing this in a country in Eastern Europe.

I am considering if possible to continue my carrer in Norway. I got in touch couple of months ago with a person from the Norwegian ANS who told me that the best would be to contact them after I get my European TWR licence.

I was wondering if somebody knew more about the situation in Norway, are new controllers welcome, do they need to know the domestic language, is it enough that I will have only the TWR rating (with a wish to get my radar APP very soon)...

Thank you for your answers.

A.

Guttn

Don`t know, but if you contact Avinor or search www.avinor.no you`ll be looking in the right direction. From what I understand there is a shortage of ATC personnel, has been for some years now, and will still be short for awhile because during the former regime Avinor decided costcutting was equal to a stop in education of new ATCers and some furloughs. So nowadays everybody is trying to catch up but it`s taking veeeeery long to get things back on track. AFIS, though probably not what you`re looking for, is in lack of personnel. One only has to look at the NOTAMs to find "AFIS closed between so-and-so due to lack of personnel"

Good luck jobhunting

JohnnyEagle

You will need to learn norwegian to work in Norway. Most units are combined TWR/APP, but ENGM, ENHD, ENTO and ENRY are only TWR.

Quintilian

What the other poster said; you need to speak Scandinavian to work here.
My knowledge is quite limited considering this issue, but I think the only "foreigners" working as ATCOs in Norway at the present are 5-10 Swedes.

Cheers.
TH

JohnnyEagle

One icelandic and at least one dane also work in Norway.

..and I still think you need to speak norwegian to become an ATCO in Norway according to BSL G 5.1:
(1) Luft-bakke-samband skal normalt foregå på norsk eller engelsk. Det første anrop fra fartøysjefen er bestemmende for hvilket av disse språk som skal benyttes i luft-bakke-sambandet. Imidlertid kan fartøysjefen eller vedkommende luftfartsstasjon på et senere tidspunkt foreslå overgang fra bruk av engelsk til norsk eller omvendt dersom dette synes hensiktsmessig.

MC 1

Hi everyone on heer this is my first post so i hope its a good one as i will pop my posting cherry lol
anyway im 23 years old and for the past few months i have been learning to fly and obtain my ppl , whilst flying i have become realy fond of the way the ATC tower app etc work and would like to now myself become an atc starting my way up ofcourse from TWR and so on.
im a norwegian citizen but for the last 13 years or so i have been living in the uk and i have compleeted my education all the way up to a university degree here.
i was wondering if anyone new who i would need to contact in order to go to a atc school in norway and wheer they would be located. i have family in stavanger currently but would not mind relocating anywheer in norway or anywhere else in scandinavia. my norwegian isnt as good as it used ot be before but within like 3 or 4 months living in norway im sure it would be back to normal
i would also like to know about entry requirements etc. also what the best way i should go about trying to acieve what i have set out my self as a goal . thanks for your help whom evr might reply to this hehehe it would be greatly apreciated if anyone could help with any of the information

Guttn

Avinor, previously known as Luftfartsverket, owns and operates pretty much all airports in Norway. Therefore you should look at www.avinor.no for requirements for ATC education and send them an application. If you`re called in there are some tests you need to pass, but the folks are really pleasant.

Foreigners in Norwegian ATC.... I can think of 1 at Bodø Control who is either of Spanish or Portugese origin (guesstimating from what I`ve heard inflight anyway...). As English is the primary language then it isn`t really an issue if your Norwegian isn`t up to speed. It will be after awhile anyway.

MC 1

^Thank you my friend for you information so i would hav eto get in contact with avinor and ofcourse be in norway ehhe when i do so and its good to knw about the language thing to concidering the aviation language is english, all for me to do know is to pass my ppl here and then of to norway hehhe

JohnnyEagle

Hi, I work at Bodø ATCC. You will need to refresh your norwegian . In a TWR environment most of the communication with cars and coordination between units is in norwegian and as I quoted earlier the pilot choses the language on initial call (99,5% is english though). 2 weeks ago I was censor in RTF for a guy who chose norwegian (and 23 who got a english certificate) for his "mikroplane"(?) certificate, so you must be ready for that one. I'm sure you'll learn norwegian fast since you once knew it , but be sure that you are close to fluent prior to the interview since you will only get one try with Avinor.

During your education Avinor will decide if your going to a TWR, APP or ACC, Its not like in the states where your work your way up to ACC

Everything you need to know should be on this link (in norwegian );
Flygelederutdanning - Avinor.no
They require you to speak fluent norwegian, alternatively danish or swedish. Some of the regulations are still in norwegian only.

I dont know who that might be , maybe Islandic?

Guttn

Could be anywhichway it`s never a problem Good folks up at Bodø ATCC it seems. Keep it up!

JohnnyEagle

Thank you, we do our best for you

MC 1

suuuper mate now time to start speaking norsk again lol