Procedure:

Candidates who meet all the pre-requisites contact the IKO Office which will provide details about the candidature together with the Examiner Candidate Application Form.
Candidates send the Examiner Candidate Application Form duly completed along with a resume and a motivation letter.
Documents are reviewed by the Training Department. The Training Department investigates on the Candidate profile, evaluate the application, and approve the application or not.
If approved, Candidates are interviewed on Skype by the Training Department and present their project.
When the application has been fully approved by the Training Department, it is presented to the CEO who is in charge of the final decision.

Selection Process:

Since there is only a limited number of Examiner positions available, the Candidates are selected from a pool of qualified applicants. The mentioned prerequisites are not the only criteria for selection; IKO also checks on past behavior (if candidates were and are a good role model for the sport, if there were no issues with local regulation where they worked, that their behavior are not contentious, that they have maturity, ability to manage a group, etc.) and that they can be an asset to the sport development by their motivation and availability to do ITC and to open new markets.

Training to become Examiner takes time, and is done by steps to check that candidates can assimilate the information and use the training effectively.

Candidates’ applications that are not accepted for training will be kept and may be reevaluated later according to IKO’s needs.

Training Procedure:

If selected for the Examiner Training Course, the IKO office will schedule it according to the trainer Training Master and Candidate’s availabilities. The Training Master will contact candidates to work out the details.

ETC Week 1	Candidates attend an ITC; they assist the Training Master (who is the official Examiner) and prepare each day’s lesson plan with him. Candidates are evaluated on their capacities to become an Examiner. Daily feedback is organized throughout the training. Based on the feedback of the TM, the Training Department approves or not the Candidates to continue their training If approved, they will schedule ETC Week 2 and 3 with the Training Department. If not approved, ETC Weeks 2 and 3 are cancelled and Candidates will not receive any more training, nor refund.
ETC Week 2	Candidates prepare each day’s lesson plan of the ITC and present them to the Training Master. Candidates run the ITC as an Examiner with the guidance of the Training Master. If Candidates do not feel comfortable with some parts of the ITC the Training Master will cover them so they can learn and improve their knowledge. Daily feedback is organized throughout the training. Candidates are evaluated and are invited to attend ETC Week 3.
ETC Week 3	Candidates are asked to run the whole ITC while the Training Master acts as an observer. Candidates are evaluated. If they pass, they will be validated as Examiner. If they fail, they will be requested to perform a fourth ETC week following the same format as Week 3. In case they fail Week 4, there will not be any other opportunity to become Examiner. No Refund will be done.

Evaluation Criteria to be certified:

The Examiner Candidates are certified if they show the ability to:

Organize and run ITCs according to IKO standards.
Evaluate the Instructor Candidates according to their skills.
Show good group management abilities and communication skills.
Observe and uphold IKO standards and show impeccable conduct.

Note: Candidates may not automatically be certified at the end of the training. Certification depends on their result and feedbacks throughout all the ETC process. The Training Department will inform candidates of the results.

Total Cost:

Examiner Training Course total cost: $2,400 USD plus personal expenses to attend at least 3 ETCs.

Each ETC Week

$800 USD to be paid before the beginning of each week.

The currency applied is the one of the zone in which the training is held. To find out which currency applies, please contact the IKO.

Note: Examiner Candidates do not receive compensation during the training. The TM receives the Examiner’s salary.

Get started! To apply, contact the IKO Office

Examiner - Training Procedure