ARCHIVE - EFFA 2009

April 2009 - Forge Magazine

 

Archive - Forge Magazine - April 2009
Register of Certified Euro-Farriers

The Register of Certified Euro-Farriers has got off to a good start, with initial registrations of:
Austria 57, Denmark 102, Finland 60, Great Britain 493, Holland 263 and Switzerland 214
All UK farriers who applied and were eligible should now have received their certificates and vehicle window stickers.
Applications for national accreditation in 2009 have been received from the Czech Republic and Sweden, with Germany seeking accreditation in 2010. Two countries which did not reach the necessary standard for accreditation on their first attempt may also be revisited in 2010 or 2011.
Work is now under way registering the certificate as an EU trademark, and getting national associations and regulatory bodies to recognise the qualification formally. The Registration Committee of the FRC will be debating at its meeting in May whether to recommend to Council the acceptance of the CE-F standard for registration purposes subject to consideration of each individual qualification by the Visitation Panel.
It must be stressed that the CE-F is not and never has been intended to be a replacement for the NVQ and DipWCF for those training in Great Britain. Those who achieve the NVQ and DipWCF will be entitled to become CE-Fs, but it is not an alternative training and qualification system for British citizens who must still complete the Advanced Apprenticeship in order to qualify for entry to the Register.