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EQUASS Assurance

- Status in Norway

Ministry of Labour• The Ministry granted AVRE 700 000 NOK in

2007 for the implementation of EQUASS Assurance

• Representatives from each County in the Labour Administration have been informed about EQUASS and the Directorate of Labour’s demand for a quality assurance system for delivering ”our” labour marked programs

Certified members

•Nopro A/S•Teli A/S•Mølla Kompetanse•Hapro A/S•Origod A/S•2 have ordered certification in January

Preparatory activity

• 90 member companies have attended our introduction courses

• In addition about 100 members of ASVL

• 25 consultancy days at 25 companies

October 2008

October 2008

October 2008

06.01.2009 12:48 www.questback.com

Questback poll AVRE dec. 08 8

How beneficial do you find the process of implementing EQUASS Assurance in your company?

1 Especially beneficial

2 Very beneficial

3 Beneficial

4 Less beneficial

5 Hardly beneficial

6 Not beneficial

N

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06.01.2009 12:48 www.questback.com

Questback poll AVRE dec. 08 9

How beneficial do you think EQUASS Assurance is for our branch?

1 Especially beneficial

2 Very beneficial

3 Beneficial

4 Less beneficial

5 Hardly beneficial

6 Not beneficial

N

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ASVL – activities; from autumn 2008

• About 230 member companies

• Regional introduction courses – 8 in 2008 and 12 in 2009

• 4 days of follow-up/motivation meetings related to each course

The Auditor system

• Today we have 6 external auditors• 7 persons in our member companies are

certified EQUASS Assurance auditors and can run test-certifications and consultancy days, ordered through our secretariat

• New auditor course March 9th and 10th 2009. Hope we will get minimum 10 new auditors situated all over Norway

www.equass.no

AVRE have now registered this website.

Together with ASVL we want to make www.equass.no more branch neutral

We hope to have established this website in February 2009