12Prescribed requirements for training of persons to provide dog obedience training

12 Prescribed requirements for training of persons to provide dog obedience training

(1) A dog obedience trainer assessment program must adequately train a person in the following skills—

(a) use of appropriate dog training equipment;

(b) obedience training of dogs.

(2) A dog obedience trainer assessment program must include—

(a) a written or oral examination on the theory of dog training; and

(b) a practical examination of the person's dog training skills.

(3) A dog obedience trainer assessment program must include a probationary or learning period of at least 100 hours in which the person is under the supervision of a qualified dog obedience trainer.

(4) An approved dog obedience training organisation must give to a person who has satisfactorily completed a dog obedience trainer assessment program a certificate stating that the person has passed the program.