There are 4 phases in becoming a judge:

1. Application
2. Apprentice Judge
3. Written Examination
4. Certification

I.  APPLICATION
To enter the judging program, an individual must complete all of the following parts of the application package:

1. Be a Phil. Canine Club, Inc. (PCCI) member and PMRAI voting member in good standing

2. Complete the PMRAI judge’s application.

3. Submit a resume of dog sport experience.

4. Have two written recommendations from active PMRAI voting members, one of which should be from a current member of the PMRAI Board of Directors.

5. Have trained and titled either
1. A dog from Level 1 to 3 and have competed in Level 3
2. Two (2) dogs in Level 1 and have competed in Level 2.

6. Send a letter of intent stating why you want to be a judge;

7. Be a member in good standing of a PMRAI affiliate club.

8. The candidate will retain copies of all application materials and send the originals to the PMRAI Secretary who will assemble the complete package for review.

9. Individuals whose package was deemed incomplete will be not be authorized to start their apprenticeship and will be notified in writing as to what part/s of the package is missing. The applicant may then either withdraw the application or reapply by correcting the deficiencies.

II. APPRENTICE JUDGE
Applicants having completed the application may enter their apprenticeship.

1. To complete the apprenticeship the applicant must apprentice judge two (2) times under a certified Mondio Ring judge. The apprenticeship should provide the applicant sufficient experience in learning how to perform all the functions of a judge. The apprentice judge will give to the primary judge an evaluation form to be completed and with assessment. The original will given to the Trial Secretary to be mailed to the PMRAI Secretary with the trial paperwork, and the copy will be given to the apprentice judge.

2. The apprentice judge will have a record sheet to be completed and signed by the qualified judge at each trial with his assessment of his performance of duty.

3. More trials may be required if the Judge’s Committee notes the assessments are too low or insufficient.

4. Any applicant not fulfilling the requirements for, the application process, the written examination, or the apprenticeship with the requisite number of trials in 2 years time will have to begin anew with the application process.

5. An apprentice judge may be suspended by the same due process as revoking the certification of a judge.

III. WRITTEN EXAMINATION
The apprentice judge, after assisting a certified judge in at least 2 trials, will take the examination. The written examination will evaluate the following:

1. The applicant’s knowledge of the rules – 30 questions

2. The applicant’s knowledge of decoy’s work – 15 questions

3. The applicant’s knowledge and understanding of setting up a field for the event and the needed materials for a successful event.

4. The applicant’s capability to fill a score sheet – 2 score sheets

The written examination will only be conducted to aspiring judges once a year.

IV. CERTIFICATION
The apprentice judge, having passed the written examination, will be allowed to officially judge an event in Levels 1 and 2 only. He will be only a qualified judge after 2 years (at least 10 trials) of practice and liable to pass a Level 3 judge status.

V. MAINTENANCE AND REVOCATION OF JUDGES CERTIFICATION
Below are some reminders of the judge’s ethics in and out of the field, and rights and duties of a judge.

1. Misconduct and infractions will be distinguished by the level of severity.
1. Major infractions or acts of misconduct may include, but not be limited to:

1. Any act considered intentionally dangerous for the handler and or his/her dog;
2. Flagrant disregard for the Mondio Ring rules, policies and procedures;
3. Judging that demonstrates flagrant bias for or against an entered competitor.

2. A judge may not judge more than one or two trial weekend in a row for a club. After that the club must have another judge before engaging an PMRAI certified judge again.

3. The Judges Committee will review each judge’s file on an annual basis.

4. A judge may judge for 9 hours including breaks, as written in the international rules.

VI. OFFICIATION AT TRIALS
Judges will complete a trial evaluation report and mail it to the Chair of the Judges Committee. The PMRAI Secretary will mail the report directly to the judge before the trial with a stamped envelope addressed to the Chair of the Judge’s Committee. PMRAI judges must complete the form and mail it within 2 weeks of the trial.

VII. LIST OF JUDGES
PMRA will maintain on the website a list of judges and trials at which they have officiated, including foreign judges who have already judged at PMRAI sanctioned trials.

VIII. PROCESS OF RULE REVISION
These regulations may be reviewed and revised as needed by the Judge’s Committee according to the evolution of Mondio Ring in the Philippines

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