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Endorsed Membership
An applicant
for Endorsed Membership must have a minimum of 5 years
experience in dog obedience training and 2 years as full-charge
instructor. Group applicants must have a minimum of 104 hours as
full-charge instructor and have worked with a minimum of 100
dog/handler teams. Private applicants must have a minimum of 288
hours instructing and have worked with a minimum of 100
dog/handler teams. All hours for teaching pet manners and/or
competition obedience training may be used to calculate
eligibility.
DOWNLOAD ENDORSED APPLICATION.
Provisional
Membership
To be eligible
for Provisional membership, an applicant must have a minimum of
2 years experience in dog obedience training. Experience as an
instructor of dog obedience is not required of an applicant for
Provisional membership but experience as an instructor or
assistant instructor is recommended.
DOWNLOAD PROVISIONAL APPLICATION.
Formula for Calculating Eligibility
If you are uncertain if you meet the hours requirements, or
if you are close to the minimum, please use the following formula
to figure your hours and return this form along with your application.
If your experience clearly exceeds the minimum, you do not
need to complete the following.
Group Only:
Number of courses taught________X number of hours per course
= ________total hours.
If the total is less than 104, you are not eligible for Endorsed
membership but may be eligible to apply for Provisional membership.
If the total is 104 or more, you are eligible to apply for
Endorsed membership.
Private only:
Number of clients taught________X average number of hours
per client = _______total hours.
If the total is less than 288, you are not eligible for Endorsed
membership but may be eligible to apply for Provisional membership.
If the total is 288 or more, you are eligible to apply for
Endorsed membership.
Combined Group and Private Hours:
Line 1: Enter number of group instructing hours _____
Line 2: Divide the number on line 1 by 104 _____
Line 3: ..... private instructing hours here_____
Line 4: Divide the number on line 3 by 288_____
Line 5: Add Line 2 to Line 4 _____
Line 6: Multiply line 5 by 100 _____%
If line 6 is less than 100%, you are not eligible for Endorsed
membership but may be eligible to apply for Provisional membership.
If line 6 is more than 100%, you are eligible to apply for
Endorsed membership.
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