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In november 2008 wordt de Europees erkende hoefsmid een feit. Zie hieronder het orginele persbericht, in het engels, uitegegeven door de EFFA (europese verenging van hoefsmeden).
CERTIFIED EUROFARRIER
In November 2008, The European Federation of Farrier Associations (EFFA) will announce the launch of the Europe-wide qualification Certified Euro-Farrier. Working farriers who have completed a course of formal training and have achieved those national qualifications which are recognised as meeting EFFA’s Basic Standards of Competence will be entitled to put CE-F after their names, will be awarded a certificate and from 1 January 2009 will receive an annual vehicle window sticker.EFFA’s standards were developed by the member nations with assistance from the European Commission’s Leonardo da Vinci project.
Countries currently registered as being eligible are Switzerland, Holland, Austria, Great Britain, Denmark and Finland. Other countries will be accredited as they reach the necessary standard. The farrier associations in each country will be responsible for submitting the names of those eligible and for keeping the record up to date with additions and removals. Names and contact details of CE-Fs will be published on EFFA’s website.
The aims of the Certified Euro-Farrier scheme are to :
- Provide recognition for those who have achieved the necessary standards of competence
- Provide a means of identifying properly trained and qualified farriers from other countries. This is particularly important for horse owners in view of recent EU legislation allowing farriers to practise in other countries purely on the basis of experience
- Encourage countries without qualifications or with lower level qualifications to raise standards of farriery to meet the EFFA standard
Note:Membership of EFFA is open to all farriery associations in all European nations, whether they are members of the EU or not. Current member nations are:Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, France, Austria, Norway, Switzerland, Great Britain, Ireland, Holland, Spain and the Czech Republic.
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