Below you will find a list of people who have gone through the ESSFTA Field Trial Apprentice Program since 1998. If their name is listed below, this means that they have apprenticed at least one AKC Licensed Field Trial. When they have passed the test, a date will show in the 3rd column and they will be eligible to judge All Age ESS field trials.

All may have an AKC number, but unfortunately, the AKC lists anyone who has judged a puppy trial as being "approved" for Field Trials. If you have any questions about the eligibility of an apprentice or new judge, or a foreign judge who has never judged in the USA, please contact Jerry Barrett.  

To check for all judges grandfathered in before the apprentice program started, the AKC provides a judges directory. Click on The AKC Searchable Judges Directory for up-to-date information. Field trial judges must have judged a combination of 12 All-Age stakes between them. The AKC directory should be able to tell you how many championship stakes each have judged. Be aware that the AKC does not separate Cocker Trials from Springer Trials.

IMPORTANT! If you are an Interclub Chair, you MUST approve the apprentice. The recommendations for approving an apprentice are written in the rules provided by the ESSFTA. At this time, it would be a good idea to advise the club requesting approval to read the rules and to make sure they use the correct evaluation forms. Here is a link to the rules and the form: Evaluation. Remember, these are people who are going to be our future judges.