Ola Andersson wrote,.......; : Thanks for the congrats Ola, perhaps we can now start a local chapter. Bjørn Villanger also made the exam so we are 6 Autorisert Pianostemmer now. I kinda want to get started a local chapter ala' the americans. Oslo is too far for monthy meetings for us Vestlendinger. If it gets off its feet I would be pleased if you showed up. Perhaps there is something we can offer you in the way of help getting started. As far as the foot zone therapy thing. Actually thats the 50 Dollar question. They can theoretically be fined and put in jail for practicing outside the legal scope of there proffesion, or practicing without certification. But whether the law is enforced or not or to which degree, I do not know. And this is the crux of my skeptisim to such a law being applied to piano techs. No sense passing a law if no one is going to pay attention to it, probably make things worse. > I´m swedish myself and know alot of foreigners having problems to get cleared. I know > people moving from Norway after not getting job here even if Norway needs them. Doctors > from Joguslavia are collecting garbage. One Icelandic guy have to go jail because working > as a psykaitris with foregn education not good enough for the goverment. He also have to > pay his money back. Even if the employer was fully aware of the situation. This doesn´t > mean Norwigian education is good. It´s really bad Ask me I´m been there. Well, these things do indeed happen here. Tho I suspect the worst of it has to do with the "hidden" racist tendencies here. As far as the Icelandic guy is concerned, he must have known that he had to be approved. So if he worked anyways well what should he expect. Every country does this, Sweeden not the least, and it is really difficult to make such approvals systems work well with regard to -foreign educations- Further it allows for misuse and we have the situation you mention about Norway needing qualified folks, but not useing those "outsiders" we have that are qualified. But no system is perfect, and the only thing we can do is try to influence for positive change. My own experience in being "accepted" into Norwegian society does not jive with your description. I took care to do all what the authorites asked of me, and had no problems of any kind. > > > There are to much musical people in the goverment to go for such a law. Grin.. it is the music proffesionals who seem to want most this law. And the proposal comes from their initiative. It may not pass Ola, but I would not underestimate its chances either. Either way, its not really such a big deal if you really want to become a piano tuner. It just makes the process a bit more demanding, and as a result you may find you bump into a lot of knowledge you otherwise might oversee. Perhaps not tho, I havent met you yet. grin > > > > I mean hey.. whats the harm in learning new things ?? > > Thats why we are on the list. I don´t think anybody is on the list without that reason. The list is of course a valuable source amoung many. > > Sincerely yours > Ola Andersson > Bergen, Norway Richard Brekne I.C.P.T.G N.P.T.F
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