Tim,
Interesting that you should mention judging a competition as something which is regulated via qualifications. Just in order to fight the corner of education if I may, I ask you to consider that the dog-judging must be done fairly and consistently between all judges (I assume not every judge sees every dog) and that judges decisions must be repeatable between instances of the competition, ie. they can't change their view on what is acceptable during or between competitions.
All this points towards criteria under which the judging must take place, which must be disseminated, and therefore you would imagine will be taught, assessed and therefore accredited.
I for one can see the link between the need for "quality" judging and the need to certify the people who are doing the judging.
Of course this isn't the situation in all cases and I would never suggest that qualifications replace experience and genuine expertise, but nevertheless they have a place in dog-judging, DP and many other disciplines.
I will also make the point that even working for an FE college, I don't blindly promise people employment on qualifications alone. If I did, that balloon would quickly burst when people left my courses and went out in to the real world.
Ian
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This runs from The Kennel Club now insisting that dog judges have qualifications in judging dogs (and creating a revenue stream form it)
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