Organisers can offer Nosework Games as an assessment in a non-competitive environment.

Skill assessments and competitions are entirely different and completion of one does not affect eligibility for another.

From 1^st September 2024 handlers wishing to be assessed at Levels 2 or above must be members of Nosework Games.

Handlers can choose which games they wished to be assessed on. They will need to start at level 1 and complete each level for that game, before they can start the next level for that game. They can do the skills assessment for as many or as few games as they wish. Handlers will be required to keep a simple logbook where organisers will sign off games levels as they are completed. This will be required to be shown when entering any assessment above level 1. It is suggested photographic evidence of this is also kept in case of loss.

If a team successfully completes 8 different games skill assessments within a level, they will become a Nosework Games Skill team for that level and can apply to Nosework Games admin for a certificate and for a small fee a Nosework Games skills level rosette.

Organisers will provide a rosette for each level of each game successfully completed. This rosette will have the name of the game and the level printed on it. A certificate template will be on noseworkgames.org for the handler to print if they wish.

 All guidelines for Nosework Games apply to the skills assessment, except that 1 wrong alert will be allowed in each skill assessment and all target odours must be successfully located.

In a game with unknown hides the handler must call the area clear before the time allowed ends.

Teams cannot be assessed,  and also compete in a competition, but organisers can run both assessments and competitions on the same day. If this is the case teams will be entered either for assessment or competition, not both.

Skill assessment costs are:

1 Game Skill Assessment £15

2 Game Skill Assessment £20 (taken same day)

3 Game Skill Assessment £25 (taken same day)