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Prerequisites for All K-9 Tests
NSDA Standards - Current Approved Standards
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Area
Area Field Qualification Tests
Area Daytime Acreage Adjustment Chart
Area Nighttime Acreage Adjustment Chart
Avalanche
Avalanche Pre-test Requirements
Avalanche Field Qualification Test
Avalanche Pool of Test Questions
Back Tracking
K9 Backtracking Team Certification
Land HRD Standard
NSDA Land Human Remains Detection Field Test
NSDA Standards - Standards currently under review
Status of NSDA Testing Standards as of June 1, 2009
Avalanche Standard
- Completed and posted above.
Area Standard
- Completed and posted above.
Backtracking
- Completed and posted above.
Disaster Standard
- Peer Review Process completed.
- Revised document approved by Board for Beta testing.
- Beta testing pending.
Water HRD Standard
- Beta testing completed.
- Evaluator Workshop under development.
Trailing Standard
- Peer Review completed.
- Beta testing process begun.
NSDA Standards - Testing Fees
Testing Fees will be as follows:
Written Test: Members $ 5.00 Non-members $10.00
Field Test: Members $10.00 Non-members $25.00
When the written test is available online, the fee will be $5.00 for everyone.
Standards Evaluator information and forms
NSDA K9 Standards Evaluator Application (Under Revision)