We support and organise exams for all levels of certification in Europe: CTA, CTA Trainer and TSTA
COC Calendar
CTA, CTA Trainer and TSTA Exams
2024
| TYPE OF EXAM | DATE | VENUE | LOCAL EXAM SUPERVISOR | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTA/TSTA | April, 17 – 18 | UKATA, Bradford | LES TSTA: Cathy McQuaid | admin@cathymcquaid.co.uk LES CTA: Julia Tolley | juliatolley65@gmail.com | OK |
| CTA/TSTA | May, 16 – 17 | Italy, Florence | LES TSTA: Eva Sylvie Rossi | esylros@gmail.com LES CTA: Antonella Fornaro | dott.antonellafornaro@gmail.com | OK |
| CTA/TSTA | November, 7 – 8 | DGTA, Rösrath | LES TSTA: Cornelia Willi | co@cornelia-willi.ch LES CTA: Nicole Lenner | nicole.lenner@amae.de | Planned |
| CTA/TSTA | November, 9 – 10 | Assobat, Belgium | LES TSTA: Catherine Pilet | info@cepra.be LES CTA: Beatrice Godlewicz | bg@veillance.be | OK |
Online exam
Due to current agreements between EATA and ITAA, every EATA member can register for an online exam with the ITAA. If the exam is passed, CTA and TSTA certificates are mutually recognised. Please note that the ITAA handbook is the basis for the online exam and it is important that candidates and primary supervisors refer closely to it as there are some differences to EATA’s. To be found at: https://itaaworld.com/certification-in-ta/examination-administration
2025
| TYPE OF EXAM | DATE | VENUE | LOCAL EXAM SUPERVISOR | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTA/TSTA | April, 9 – 10 | UKATA, UK | Planned | |
| CTA/TSTA | June 19-20 | AIAT, Padua | Planned | |
| CTA/TSTA | November, 6 – 7 | DGTA, Rösrath | Planned |
EXAMINATIONS
We support and organise exams for all levels of certification in Europe: CTA, CTA Trainer and TSTA.
Professionally and ethically the challenge is to organise exams that let the candidates grow and have an as objective as possible process. Sometimes that leads to appeals by the candidate, which we need to deal with thoroughly and carefully.
CALL FOR EXAMINERS
Contact persons
| FUNCTION | NAME | |
|---|---|---|
| CTA Written exam | Language Coordinator According your language group | See Language Coordinators |
| CTA Oral exam | Language Coordinator According your language group | See Language Coordinators |
| CTA.TS exam | Patrizia Vinella | coc.supervising.examiner@eatanews.org |
| TSTA exam | Alina Comendant / Exam Administrator | coc.exam.administrator@eatanews.org |
| Appeal | Christoph Seidenfus / COC chairperson | coc.chair@eatanews.org |
| General Questions | Patrizia Vinella / Supervising Examiner | coc.supervising.examiner@eatanews.org |
| PTSC officer for exceptions and expansions | Eva Acs | coc.expansions.exceptions@eatanews.org |
TAKING EXAMS
For full details please see the Handbook on the website.
When you and your Primary Supervisor agree you are ready to go forward to take your CTA exam the first part is the Written exam. This must be submitted to the Language Coordinator (LC) for your language group. The exception here is if you are a member of UKATA, in which case you must submit your written exam to the UKATA written exam coordinator (see UKATA website for more information). The LC will then acknowledge receipt of your exam and paperwork and finds markers for the task. The markers liaise with the LC and send their marking back to them. The LC then informs the candidate of their result. If all goes well they will also check which Oral exam site the candidate wishes to go to and send the paperwork to the appropriate Exam Supervisor for that site.
The deadline to receive your registration is two months before the exam you want to go, date to date. For example if the exam is planned on the 10th of November, the Language Coordinator has to receive your registration by 10th of September. The Exam Supervisors, when the deadline of two months prior to the exam date is reached, write to candidates to confirm they have a place in the Oral Exam and to give them further details of the timings of Candidates’ Meetings that a candidate must attend before the exam.
At the Oral Exam site everyone comes together for the task of certification. Candidates, examiners, exam supervisors and the COC Observer. The Exam Supervisors coordinate this work and organise a celebration where candidates can be congratulated and everyone’s’ contribution can be appreciated.
Please contact Sabine Blumenstein at coc.supervising.examiner@eatanews.org
PROCEDURE / FEES / ITAA EXAMS
- The President/Chair of the National association (or the delegate officer) applies in writing to the Chair of CoC chair@eatanews.org requesting to hold examinations and giving the date and place that has been chosen. He/she also specifies whether it is intended to hold both CTA and TSTA exams or just CTA. This needs to be at least 12 monthsbefore the date of exams with the contract mentioning the local exam supervisor or supervisors.
- CoC will receive the request and confirm it after the next CoC meeting including the approving of the local exam supervisors. If needed, CoC and the Supervising Examiner will provide names of local exam supervisors.
- The budget form has to be sent to finance.coc@eatanews.org
9 months before the date of exams and COC will give an answer after its next meeting (once a month). - After the exams, the national association will send the budget form adapted with the real figures and the reimbursement form
For payments fees and bank account click here
All completed and signed contracts are to be sent as PDFs via email to Marianne Rauter in the EATA office, address: office@eatanews.org
To be an examiner for an ITAA/IBOC exam:
Examiners must be at least a CTA for a CTA exam or a TSTA for a TSTA exam, they must also be a member of EATA or ITAA.
To arrange to take an ITAA exam (IBOC) please send your application to: Janet Chin, Training & Certification Administrator, iboc@itaaworld.org
More information about IBOC exams can be found on the ITAA website (www.itaaworld.org )
Some important notes on exams
Exams are subject to availability of examiners/exam supervisors. COC/IBOC are not responsible for expenses incurred when unavailability of examiners/exam supervisors causes exams to be cancelled or postponed.
EATA / COC CTA exam candidates who are doing the COC written case study must submit it no later than six months before the oral exam date. Details/application available from the COC Language Coordinators.
EATA LANGUAGE COORDINATORS
Dutch
English
French 
German
Italian
Scandinavian
Serbian 
Croatian 
Spanish COMMISSION OF CERTIFICATION
COC (Commission of Certification) – is making exams all over Europe by (co-) organizing them, sending observers to every exam, evaluating the process and stimulating and implementing improvements.
Members of COC
Chairperson of the COC
Christoph Seidenfus
coc.chair@eatanews.org
COC Supervising examiner
Patrizia Vinella
coc.supervising.examiner@eatanews.org
Chairperson PTSC
Cathy McQuaid
ptsc.chair@eatanews.org
Regular members
Bernard Gentelet
Mayke Wagner
Tin Vanderhoeven
Valérie Cionca
Nikki Millard
Exam Administrator
Alina Comendant
coc.exam.administrator@eatanews.org
COC Medals
The Commission of Certification (COC) of EATA honored with the silver medal as senior examiners, during the General Assembly on July 6th, 2011 in Bilbao, these colleagues who have generously served our Certification System in different roles, like supervising examiners, COC chairpersons, examiners’ trainers, long term language coordinators, and long term local exam supervisor.
In the table you can find the professionals honoured to the present day.
| Place/Year | Colleagues Honoured |
|---|---|
| Bilbao 2011 | Stefan Sandström |
| Charlotte Sills | |
| Barbara Classen | |
| Trudi Newton | |
| Sabine Klingenberg | |
| Dave Spenceley | |
| Sue Eusden | |
| Jill Hunt | |
| Ilse Brab | |
| Anne Kohlhaas-Reith | |
| Uta Höhl | |
| Marina Banic | |
| Ian Stewart | |
| Isabelle Crespelle | |
| Marco Mazzetti | |
| Annika Björk | |
| Matthias Sell | |
| Cathy McQuaid | |
| Agnès Le Guernic | |
| Raffaele Mastromarino | |
| Mary Cox | |
| Marijke Arendsen Hein | |
| Gudrun Jecht-Hennig | |
| Liselotte Fassbind-Kech | |
| Jacqueline Dossenbach | |
| Georg Pelz | |
| Bucharest 2012 | Alessandra Pierini |
| Jesus Quadra | |
| Resi Tosi | |
| Jan Hennig | |
| Adrienne Lee | |
| Oslo 2013 | Bernd Kreuzberg |
| Nelly Micholt | |
| Berlin 2014 | Gordon Law |
| Milly de Micheli | |
| Rome 2015 | Christine Chevalier |
| Sari van Poelje | |
| Geneva 2016 | Elena Soboleva |
| Berlin 2017 | Elyane Alleysson |
| Thorsten Geck | |
| Evelyne Papaux | |
| Linda Tongue | |
| London 2018 | - - |
| Cherkasi 2019 | Theresia Büettn |
| Mayke Wagner | |
| Augusta Wolff | |
| Birmingham 2020 cancelled (corona) | Barbara Clarkson |
| Online 2021 | Ulf Hedqvist |
| Nevenka Miljkovic | |
| Sylvie Nay Bernard | |
| Silvia Romanini | |
| Enea Slavic | |
| Frances Townsend | |
| Belgrade 2022 | Christine Chevalier |
EATA Training and Examination Handbook
New updated version / April 2023
This manual contains all the information regarding the requirements / rules / forms and guidelines related to TA training and TA examinations in all the four fields.
The official language of EATA is English it is the English handbook which contains the “official” version of the handbook.
The English Handbook and supplements: From time to time PTSC updates the handbook… These changes are published in the PTSC telegram.
- The Chairperson of PTSC is Cathy McQuaid
- The Chairperson of the CoC is Christoph Seidenfus
- The PTSC administrator for exceptions and expansions is Eva Acs
Job descriptions for EATA officers
- Role of EATA observer– EATA / COC sends an official observer to exam venues.
- EATA supervising examiner
- Local Exam Supervisors June 2020
- Language coordinator