Examinations
The examinations are conducted by the examiners as appointed. The venue will be such that each candidate can be seated in a well lit room so it is not possible for them to overlook one another.
A separate room with a pool table is required, where each candidate can be called in turn to be presented with practical situations with 6 or more questions being asked.
The written test has around 60 questions covering all rules and procedures. The examiner will have an assistant who will invigilate whilst the Examiner conducts the practical section.
A training seminar for the candidates will be held by the Examiner a maximum of one week before the date of the examination proper, each candidate will be provided with:-
A set of current rules
Guidance for referees
Referees calling procedures
These 3 documents are condensed into one booklet titled 'World 8 Ball Pool Rules & Guidance' a charge of £1.00 is made for this booklet for anyone not taking the Examination
A talk and discussion covering these documents will take around 2 hours, the Examiner will endeavour to cover all points that occur in the examination paper, taking care not to refer explicitly to any question.
The examination fee will include an amount to be retained by the examiner to cover expenses, with any residue going to the County or Regional Association funds. Examination fees due to the EPRA should be paid into the EPRA account, using the paying-in book provided, with a copy of the paying-in slip sent to the
On completion of the examination the Examiner will mark the papers using the model answers and marking regime, the answer papers are then sent to the Examinations Secretary for scrutiny.
The Examinations Secretary will then return the results to the Examiner, together with a letter for each candidate which the Examiner will forward on.
For the successful candidate the letter will indicate if any important point was answered wrongly, (it is possible to reach a pass mark if only one, or at most two, important points were not 100% accurate).
For the unsuccessful candidate the letter will indicate the areas where the candidate was in error, this may encourage the candidate to try again.
The rules of the EPA are their copyright. Therefore any examination paper, guidance for referees, calling procedures, and examination answers must be submitted to the Rules Revision sub-committee of the EPA. The Referee's delegate will normally sit on this committee.