Efesc

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About Efesc

The European Forestry and Environmental Skills Council (EFESC) is a membership organization of industry representatives and organisations which manage and monitor the skills and competence certification processes on national level.

Video tutorial

Check out our tutorial video's that will give you a complete and chronological walkthrough of the exams for ECC1, ECC2, ECC3 and ECC4.

9 national agencies

The National Agencies are entitled to issue European Chainsaw Certificates to the assessment centres and assessors that comply with EFESC Standards.

Search for an assessor or certificate owner

If you are trying to find an assessor or certificate owner, you can check our databases.

News

EFESC General Assembly 2019

The 2019 General Assembly took place in Gross-Umstadt, Germany. It was hosted by the Kuratorium fuer Waldarbeit und Forsttechnik e.V. (KWF e.V.) which is also the seat of the German National Agency and, most recently, the official EFESC secretariat.

EFESC General assembly 2017

The EFESC General assembly took place at Arnhem, the Netherlands. The hosting organization was IPC Groene Ruimte the largest education centre in the Netherlands for the whole green sector.