Liebherr invited ESTA and our European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) to attend the company’s recent customer days event in Ehingen, Germany. ESTA took the opportunity to publicise ECOL to Liebherr’s 3,000 guests as the company showed off its latest mobile and crawler crane models. ESTA marketing manager Connie Lindhoud said: “It was great to be … Read more
Annemie Van de Velde from Sarens is the second woman crane operator to achieve certification with ECOL – the European Crane Operators Licence. Growing up with a father who was a truck driver, she developed an early fascination with cranes and machinery. In 2003, she landed her first job at a crane company, kickstarting her … Read more
Sarens inaugurated its revamped operator training centre in Wolvertem, Belgium, last week, increasing its capacity both for classroom and practical crane training operations. The centre has also included ESTA’s European Crane Operators Licence in its courses. To mark the development, the company organised an open day giving interested individuals and companies the chance to explore … Read more
Switzerland is the latest country to formally recognise the ESTA’s European Crane Operators Licence as the scheme continues to expand its influence. The news was received this week from the authorities at SUVA (Schweizerische Unfallversicherungsanstalt), the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund. Alfred Suter, SUVA health and safety specialist, told ECOL: ” We were pleased to … Read more
Kelly Doruijter from the city of Spijkenisse in the Netherlands has become the first woman to hold an ECOL licence. She joined Mammoet in April 2021 and worked as a rigger before starting crane operator training at the company’s academy in September. Doruijter had previously served as a sergeant in the Dutch army and then … Read more
Official Danish recognition of the European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) has moved a step closer following last week’s meeting between ECOL Supervisory Board members Klaus Meissner and Ton Klijn with senior officials from the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI), the country’s largest business and employers organisation. The meeting discussed the next steps needed in Denmark … Read more
Five more Mammoet crane operators have passed their examinations for a European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL). They take the total number of operators qualified with Mammoet to 25. The total number of ECOL-qualified operators now stands at 48. Wouter van Noort, President of ESTA’s Section Cranes and Mammoet’s Europe Director said: “The ECOL qualification is … Read more
The ECOL online examination system is now up and running in four languages – English, Dutch, Danish and German – and work is underway on a Spanish version.
Crane manufacturers Tadano and Manitowoc are the latest organisations to complete the process of becoming approved European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) training centres and are expected to start their first ECOL courses soon. The companies’ training centres in Germany are expected to receive their ECOL Certificates shortly, after approval from Lloyds Register, the body tasked … Read more
ESTA Director Ton Klijn has called on the construction industry’s major clients and contractors to give public backing to the fast-growing European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) scheme. Klijn said that many clients and contractors – especially those in the energy and civil engineering sectors – have long complained to ESTA that they do not know … Read more