ECOL online exam system available in four languages
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.
Tadano and Manitowoc become ECOL training centres
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…
ESTA calls on clients to publicly back ECOL licence
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…
ECOL announces new in-company training scheme.
ESTA’s growing European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) has adopted a new in-company apprentice training structure which the organisation’s leaders hope will make it easier for countries with a strong tradition…
In memory of René van der Steen
It is with great sadness that the ECOL Foundation has to announce the sudden death of Supervisory Board member René van der Steen. He was 64 years old. René had…
ECOL in talks over rigger training
ESTA’s European Crane Operator Licence is in talks about the possibility of developing a rigger training scheme to run alongside its increasingly popular operator training courses. The move was revealed…
Sarens runs its first ECOL training course
Sarens – the Belgium-based international heavy lift and transportation company – has run its first training course for the European Crane Operators Licence just weeks after becoming the latest organisation…
Sarens receives ECOL training centre approval
Sarens is the latest organisation to complete the process of becoming an approved European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) training centre and is expected to start its first ECOL courses shortly….
ECOL exams available in three languages
The online examination system for ESTA’s European Crane Operators Licence project is now up and running in three languages – English, Dutch and Danish – and work is underway on…
More training institutes apply to join ECOL
Five more training institutes have applied to join the European Crane Operators Licence system – three from Belgium and two from Germany. If their application is accepted, they will join the…