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about ABA International

ABA International evolved from the 2009 European Chainsaw Certificate (ECC) project which was undertaken in response to a demand for international recognition of qualifications within this sector.

WHAT WE DO.

ABA provide standard setting training, assessment and certification that trancend national and continental borders.

WHAT WE ACHIEVE.

ABA qualifications breakdown national barriers to empolyment opportities for our candidates and provide peace of mind for employers of international workers.

AT THE END.

ABA aim to raise the bar for training and certification excellance and provide an industry step change in standards and best practice.

Expert Groups

To keep in line with latest advances ABA makes use of leading industry experts in domain specific Qualification Technical Committies (QTC)

Chainsaw

Chainsaw QTC

Rob Blake

Allen Lim

Razvan Campu

Josip Maljevac

Dwayne Neustaeter

Pavel Nevrkla

Machinery

Machinery QTC

Philip Wood (Chairman)

Graeme Bain

Hana Kaplanova

Nick Obern

Talis Dixon

Arborist

Arborist QTC

Jindrich Prazak (Chairman)

Carl Jones

Andrej Cec

Frederik Juul Simon

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Assessors

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As an ECC chainsaw operator David has proven to be safe & skilled in felling small trees competently on the estate

Simon Jones, Factor - Ayton Castle
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The ABA European chainsaw certificate is an efficient way for employees to show their qualifications electronically (e-passport on the ABA website), and for employers to check them. As a company using different contractors on a regular basis, we can easily check an arborist's certification, and are reassured of the high quality standard of training

Esther Livesey, Precision Tree Services

News

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GA 2017 - HUNGARY

Nov 09, 2017Posted by ABA Admin

The 2017 annual GA was held in Budapest-Hungary and hosted by ABA Qualification Centre-Pandokrator. Elections were held for Board & Committee positions, Board discussions held & an overview of the continuing progress of ABA was provided by the President which included:

Increased membership & qualification centres
New high quality occupational safety standards
Continuing success of the European Chainsaw Certification (ECC) & ECC at Heights
Progress with the new European Tree Climbing Certification (ETC)

The Vet-Safety project was presented and the current status of the new European safety standards for work at heights discussed. Innovative research work included new information on forestry sector accident analysis in Spain and collaborative occupational safety & health research reports submitted from ABA members & partner organisations.

40 Assessors, 3 Continents

Jul 16, 2017Posted by ABA Admin

ABA Skills Instructors & Assessors from Europe, Asia and Australia recently completed a busy week of training, assessment and verifications demonstrating international standards in a range of forestry & arborist skills. 40 assessors participated during the five day event hosted by ABA Qualification Centre (University of Mendel), Brno, Czech Republic.

In addition, the Vet-Safety project team participated and made further progress on a review of the new European & International standards for the safe use of chainsaws at heights which aim to increase operator safety in this hazardous work environment.