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AT/452 - Assistance animals and animal training competencies

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 (4)
Reference Standards description
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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
Adoption of a New Work Item - Creating and sustaining assistance dog teams

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-09-26
Proposal
Published (5)
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The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

BS EN 17984-6:2024 Assistance dogs. Accessibility and universal access

Categories: Aids. Other | Animal husbandry and breeding

Published standard begins : 2024-11-28
Published standard
BS EN 17984-4:2025 Assistance dogs. Pre-training, training and tasks

Categories: Aids. Other | Animal husbandry and breeding

Published standard begins : 2025-08-28
Published standard
BS EN 17984-3:2025 Assistance dogs. Part 3: Competencies for assistance dogs professionals

Categories: Aids. Other

Published standard begins : 2025-12-04
Published standard
BS EN 17984-2:2025 Assistance dogs. Dog lifetime welfare

Categories: Aids. Other | Animal husbandry and breeding

Published standard begins : 2025-08-28
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
Withdrawn (0)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

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