A registrar is an individual who has passed a series of tests and acquired a rabbit or cavy registrar license with the American Rabbit Breeders Association. They serve an important purpose in the rabbit hobby by registering rabbits with ARBA. This requires a good amount of knowledge of the breed standards for every breed.
In order to apply for a registrar license, you must have been an ARBA member for a minimum of 3 consecutive years. You must then contact the ARBA office to ask for an application. On this application, you will need to get the written endorsement of 20 current ARBA members with their signatures and ARBA membership numbers. Interestingly, while an ARBA member of any age (adult or youth) can apply for a registrar license, only adult ARBA members can sign your endorsement form. It's often a good idea to get a couple of extra signatures in addition to the 20 required. This is because someone may have accidentally let their membership lapse, which would negate their endorsement. This would mean you would have to get a second application and repeat the whole process.
After ARBA has received and approved your initial application, you then have a total of 2 years to complete the entire testing process. You will first be required to take an oral test and a written test with an examining ARBA judge present. You must receive a score of at least 70% in both tests in order to pass. If you do not receive a passing score on either of those tests, you must wait at least 6 months to re-test.
After you have passed your oral and written tests, you will then be required to complete 'assists' under 3 ARBA judges and 1 ARBA registrar. Both the judges and the registrar must have had their license for a minimum of 2 years. An assist is essentially what it sounds like - you get to help out a judge or registrar for the day, ask questions, prove your knowledge, and learn from them! Working under the three judges was my personal favorite of the testing process. As with any test, it was a little stressful, but overall I had a great time and learned a ton! Before you complete your assists, ARBA will mail you four envelopes - one for each of the judges/registrar. These envelopes contain a form that the judges/registrar will fill out with their decision on whether you passed the assists. You must get the endorsement of the registrar and at least two of the judges.
Once the ARBA office has received all of the envelopes back from the judges and registrar under whom you worked, you will get a letter which will tell you if you obtained your license. After you have paid the necessary annual fees for your license, you will be an official ARBA licensed registrar!
In order to apply for a registrar license, you must have been an ARBA member for a minimum of 3 consecutive years. You must then contact the ARBA office to ask for an application. On this application, you will need to get the written endorsement of 20 current ARBA members with their signatures and ARBA membership numbers. Interestingly, while an ARBA member of any age (adult or youth) can apply for a registrar license, only adult ARBA members can sign your endorsement form. It's often a good idea to get a couple of extra signatures in addition to the 20 required. This is because someone may have accidentally let their membership lapse, which would negate their endorsement. This would mean you would have to get a second application and repeat the whole process.
After ARBA has received and approved your initial application, you then have a total of 2 years to complete the entire testing process. You will first be required to take an oral test and a written test with an examining ARBA judge present. You must receive a score of at least 70% in both tests in order to pass. If you do not receive a passing score on either of those tests, you must wait at least 6 months to re-test.
After you have passed your oral and written tests, you will then be required to complete 'assists' under 3 ARBA judges and 1 ARBA registrar. Both the judges and the registrar must have had their license for a minimum of 2 years. An assist is essentially what it sounds like - you get to help out a judge or registrar for the day, ask questions, prove your knowledge, and learn from them! Working under the three judges was my personal favorite of the testing process. As with any test, it was a little stressful, but overall I had a great time and learned a ton! Before you complete your assists, ARBA will mail you four envelopes - one for each of the judges/registrar. These envelopes contain a form that the judges/registrar will fill out with their decision on whether you passed the assists. You must get the endorsement of the registrar and at least two of the judges.
Once the ARBA office has received all of the envelopes back from the judges and registrar under whom you worked, you will get a letter which will tell you if you obtained your license. After you have paid the necessary annual fees for your license, you will be an official ARBA licensed registrar!