JUDGE CERTIFICATION AND AWARD PROGRAM

ETS provides Judge training with the objective to provide a fair standard of scoring,
both locally, and on a national level.

CERTIFICATION AND AWARDS ARE TRACKED IN YOUR ACCOUNT (MY JUDGES PAGE).

CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Step	Activity
1	STUDY THE ETS JUDGE MATERIALS ETS Rule Book Judge Information Sheet ETS Judging Standards - view as a PowerPoint, or print the PDF version Decision Tree - The ETS Scoring Standard
2	COMPLETE THE KNOWLEDGE CHECK
3	ATTEND A JUDGING CLINIC - LIVE OR WEBINAR Check the events page for available clinics. Online registration for the clinic is mandatory and is free.
4	COMPLETE THE PRACTICAL JUDGING EXERCISE (Google Chrome works best) HINT: Print the Decision Tree before starting the Practical Judging Exercise to use as a scoring reference. This step is easiest once you've attended a Judging clinic/webinar.
5	JUDGE 2 ETS EVENTS Adhere to the ETS JUDGE PLEDGE. The host will assign you in the system to your obstacle(s) giving you credit for having judged each obstacle & event.
NOTE: Once the above steps are completed, you will receive an automated email notifying you of your certification.

AWARD PROGRAM
Level*	Award**
Certification	Certification Badge
100 Riders Judged	Lanyard Pin & Lanyard
250 Riders Judged	Lanyard Pin
500 Riders Judged	Lanyard Pin
1000 Riders Judged	Lanyard Pin
1500 Riders Judged	Lanyard Pin
2000 Riders Judged	Lanyard Pin
2500 Riders Judged	Lanyard Pin
3000 Riders Judged	Lanyard Pin
Maximum 2 obstacles per event are calculated into this number. *All awards are shipped to ETS events. The judge can indicate which event to ship their award to in the My Judges page.