Conformation - Trainee Judges Program
Dogs Victoria Conformation Judges Training Program 2025
All conformation judges training paperwork emailed to the office to be sent to etimewell@dogsvictoria.org.au
Click here to access the Dogs Victoria Conformation Judges Training Process Flow Chart
Click on the following link to access the 'Glossary of Canine Terms'
Aspiring Judges Training Program 2025
The required six (6) stewarding appointments must be completed in the two years prior to enrolling.
Dogs Australia Regulation 4.1.1.6
(a) Where a Member Body requires formal training to become a Steward, a Member must successfully complete that training in the two (2) years prior to applying to become an Aspiring Judge.
(b) In any State where no formal training is required, in the two years prior to enrolling, an Aspiring Judge must officiate as a ring steward on no less than six (6) occasions of which three (3) must be full groups.
CRITIQUES 2025
Candidates must complete 15 intensive critiques over two years OR seven intensive critiques for a resit practical exam.
Please note: NO OTHER TYPES OF CRITIQUES WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE 2025 PROGRAM ONWARDS
These critiques can be completed throughout Australia but MUST be on the Dogs Victoria Intensive Critique form.
Only a Dogs Australia Accredited Assessor (AA) can sign off on an intensive critique.
PLEASE NOTE: accredited assessors who are NOT in the judges training scheme can sign off on critiques.
- 15 single breed intensive critiques are required to sit a practical exam.
- All must be a different breed,
- Only one per variety, e.g. one Poodle, one Chihuahua (Long or Smooth Coat) etc.
- Including one specialty critique
However, you can do as many critiques as you wish and submit your best 15 single breed Intensive Critiques with your practical exam application.
These Intensive Critiques serve as mini practical exams. The more you complete, the better prepared you will be for your real practical exam.
Dogs Australia Regulation 6.1.2 Module 2. Practical Experience
50 dogs must be judged. These dogs must be judged with only one (1) trainee judge in the ring and the exhibits must be physical placed, discussed and signed off by an accredited assessor ONLY.
There will be a written record kept by the Trainee Judge with the Date, Fixture and number of dogs judged. The Trainee Judge’s Judging Record Card must be signed by the accredited assessor after a discussion on the placings with the number of dogs recorded. (Not by a Show Official)
Approval to conduct a judging class must be obtained from the Affiliate conducting the Show.
List of accredited assessors Click here (amended 15/11/2024)
ASPIRING/TRAINEE PROGRAM INFORMATION
Trainee Manual
2025 Conformation Judges Training Manual - Click here (amended 29/11/2024)
Lecture Dates for 2025 can be found here
ASPIRING PROGRAM APPLICATIONS
Please click HERE
TRAINEE JUDGES PROGRAM APPLICATIONS
Please click HERE
For the Club Member Declaration form please click HERE
SUB GROUP ONE THEORY EXAM APPLICATIONS
Applications have CLOSED
Sub Group One Theory Exam - TBA
SUB GROUP TWO THEORY EXAM APPLICATIONS
Applications have CLOSED
Sub Group Two Theory Exam - TBA
ASPIRING/ENTRANCE EXAM APPLICATIONS
Applications have CLOSED
Aspiring Theory Exam - TBA
BREED & GROUP PRACTICAL EXAM APPLICATIONS
Applications have CLOSED
BREED & GROUP PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT DATES
Conducted at Bulla Exhibition Centre
TBA - Utility
TBA - Toys, Working Dogs
TBA - Terriers, Hounds
TBA - Gundogs, Non Sporting
Missed a Lecture?
You must forward a 1000 word essay on the breed/s dealt with in the lectures you have missed this year, as per Dogs Australia Regulations Part 3 Judges Training & Examination Program Regulation 6.1.1b which states:
Should a Trainee miss any breed lecture, they must within 14 days, of the lecture, submit to the member body, a minimum one thousand (1000) word essay on the breed/s dealt with in the missed lectures.
Essays on a maximum of 25 percent of the breeds within the group may be submitted over the period of the lecture series for missed lectures.
Trainees must send a total of 3 copies of essays to:
1. The group leader for checking
2. Dogs Victoria office
3. CJC Chair
2025 Group Leader Details
| Chairperson Cathy Camac Ph: 0415 990 422 conformationjudgestraining@gmail.com |
Deputy Chair Esther Joseph Ph: 0407 330 270 triseter@bigpond.com |
| Toys (Group 1) Jacqui Weekes Ph: 0432 722 223 jacs44@mail.com |
Terriers (Group 2) Glenys Alexander Ph: 0423 403 205 glenalexander972@gmail.com |
| Gundogs (Group 3) Stephanie Rickard Ph: 0402 318 638 srickard4@bigpond.com |
Hounds (Group 4) Judy Oliver Ph: 5428 1444 or 0417 368 621 judyoliver2@bigpond.com |
| Working Dogs (Group 5) Barbra Doyle |
Utility (Group 6) & Aspiring Program Julie Keenan Ph: 0407 830 710 newf@aussiebb.com.au |
| Non Sporting (Group 7) Shellie Marshall Ph: 0433 796 333 shellie@pampard.com.au |
Exam Quality Control and Group Support Person Andrew Burt Ph: 0419 545 938 kkazumi2000@gmail.com |
Forms
- Stewarding Record Card (amended 24/08/2023)
- Lecture Attendance Record (amended 15/01/2024)
- Trainee Judging Record (amended 30/11/2023)
- Intensive Critique & Acccredited Assessor Observation Form (amended 19/11/2024)
- Special Provision Application Form 2025 (amended 19/11/2024)
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