British Standards Institution

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Categories: Animal husbandry and breeding | Aids. Other | Services. Company organization, management and quality. Administration. Transport. Sociology. | Services. Other

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee is responsible for the UK input into CEN/TC 452 and the work will include animal training, assistance dog and client assessment criteria, animal care and welfare assessment, professional behaviour competences and education. The committee’s work is split between assistance animals and general animal behaviour training competencies

Committee standards activity

In Progress (7)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
CEN/TC 452 - Activation of PWI 00452005	Assistance Dogs - Pre-Training, Training and Tasks Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2023-01-19	Proposal
CEN/TC 452 - Activation of PWI 00452002	Assistance Dogs – Dog Lifetime Welfare Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2023-01-19	Proposal
CEN/TC 452 -	Activation of PWI 00452006 Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2023-06-21	Proposal
BS EN 17984-6:2024	Assistance dogs. - Part 6: Accessibility and Universal Access Categories: Aids. Other \| Animal husbandry and breeding Approval begins :	Approval
BS EN 17984-4	Assistance dogs. - Part 4: Pre-training, training and tasks Categories: Aids. Other \| Animal husbandry and breeding Public comment begins : 2024-04-04	Public comment
BS EN 17984-3:2024	Assistance dogs. - Part 3: Competencies for assistance dogs professionals Categories: Aids. Other Public comment begins : 2024-07-11	Public comment
BS EN 17984-2	Assistance dogs. - Part 2: Dog lifetime welfare Categories: Aids. Other \| Animal husbandry and breeding Public comment begins : 2024-04-18	Public comment

Published (1)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS EN 17984-1:2024	Assistance dogs. Vocabulary Categories: Services. Company organization, management and quality. Administration. Transport. Sociology. \| Services. Other \| Aids. Other \| Animal husbandry and breeding Published standard begins : 2024-10-25	Published standard

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

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Committee members

Nominating organizations

Animal Behaviour and Training Council
Assistance Dog Council
Assistance Dogs UK
Associate Committee Manager
Autism Dogs Charity
CATE UK
Committee Manager
Dog A.I.D (Assistance in Disability)
Dogs for Autism
Dogs for Good
European Guide Dog Federation
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
Medical Detection Dogs
National Association of Security Dog Users
Seeing Dogs
Support Dogs

Liaisons with other committees

Individual Capacity - Assistance dogs
Individual Capacity - Freelance Owner Trainer
Individual Capacity - Owner Trainer
Individual Capacity - Owner Trainers Assistance Dogs
Liaison - B/559

BSI roles

Committee Chair

Standards Development

AT/452 - Assistance animals and animal training competencies

Committee standards activity