The project
What is it about?
European Chainsaw Certificate started as a 24-month long project focused on creating a standardised chainsaw examination and certification procedure aimed at chainsaw users. The project is funded by the European Commission, DG Education and Culture under the Lifelong Learning Leonardo da Vinci Programme. The original name of the project is 'Evaluation and implementation of chainsaw operators certification', abbreviated as EAIOCOC, but for communication reasons we refer to the project as the European Chainsaw Certificate or ECC.
ECC started of with 8 project partners in the beginning of October 2009 and will last until the end of September 2010. Though a lot more partners from different nationalities have joined the project of ECC since the kick-off the 8 core partners are in charge of the management of the project. If you are a partner in the project, you can enter with your log-in.
Project partners:
ECC project is being implemented by a partnership of 6 countries and 8 partners. The partnership consists of a combination of training centres already offering a chainsaw operating course, though be it on different levels and with different standards, two partners of the UK who are familiar with the English certification system and a European organisation of forestry entrepreneurs. They are members of a large, unofficial network of training centres and entrepreneurs in the forestry sector. The umbrella organisation of European forestry entrepreneurs, ENFE, cooperates in this project as a partner to coordinate the consultation of the industry. KWF as an experienced quality assessor will supervise that every outcome of this project meets the minimum quality standards.
- A1 Arborists Ltd (UK) - project manager
- NPTC, City & Guilds Landbased Services/National Proficiency Tests Committee (UK)
- ENFE, European Network of Forest Entrepreneurs (head office in Germany)
- KWF, Kuratorium fur Waldarbeit und Forsttechnik (Germany)
- IPC-Groene Ruimte (Netherlands)
- Inverde-part of OC-ANB (Belgium)
- CTFC, Tecnologic Forestry Center of Catalonia (Spain)
- Skovskolen, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
Past events
8th International ECC meeting in Brussels - Outcome
With representatives of 15 different countries of which 3 'new' countries we can call this last edition of the ECC-gatherings another achievement to add to the list. The main items on the agenda were the legal structure of EFESC, the accreditation of national agencies and the results of the trainers' week I and II. Some interesting results were produced: establishment of a sound financial plan for the longer term development of EFESC (beyond the project end date), revue and refinement of an accreditation handbook for national certification bodies, establishment of a core team to develop the legal entity of EFESC for constitutional voting in Spring 2011 and further refinement on auditing requirements of the chainsaw assessment process and pre-conditions to maintain quality safety standards. The next international meeting is set on 16-17th March in Brno, Czech Republic. The central theme will be the establishment of EFESC and National Agency accreditations. The report of the meeting will be available on the 'downloads' page soon.
ECC Trainers’ week II, 20th -22nd September, 2010
Skovskolen, Denmark Only accessible for trainers who attended the 1st trainers’ week in Vidrà, Spain! This 2nd trainers’ week will take place in the forestry school Skov & Landskab in Skovskolen, Denmark, of our Danish partner in the Leonardo-project. The focus will be on the levels ECC 3 and 4, but the meeting will also provide an opportunity to reflect on the outcomes of the first trainers’ week in Spain and to put together the complete picture of the assessment methodology.
ECC - Trainers’ week I was a success!
In a small village in the north-east of Catalonia, Spain, 16 chainsaw trainers and 6 project co-ordinators of 6 countries met during one week to discuss about the methodology to assess chainsaw trainees in an exam situation. Based on the European chainsaw standards we set during previous meetings we discussed the various methods used in the different countries and tried to simplify some aspects in order to make it efficient and cost-effective for all players. Though 5 days to discuss chainsaw assessments may seem a lot, we only managed to cover ECC1 and ECC2, therefore we are organising a second trainers’ week to deal with ECC 3 and ECC4.
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