Modified Instructor Titles (IGDF)

The International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF) is the industry-elected body responsible for the development, monitoring and evaluation of the standards applied within all IGDF-member organizations, and to which all Enquiring and Applicant organizations aspire, in order to ensure equity of high-quality service to guide dog users and handlers around the world. There are currently 98-member schools and that number continues to grow.

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Guiding Eyes for the Blind has been a member of the IGDF since 2000. In keeping with the terms commonly used by the IGDF and across the industry, Guiding Eyes is adopting the following:

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Apprentice Instructor will now be known as โ€œGuide Dog Mobility Instructor โ€“ Traineeโ€ (GDMI-Trainee)

Qualified Instructor will now be known as โ€œGuide Dog Mobility Instructorโ€ย (GDMI)

Field Representative will now be known as โ€œRegional Guide Dog Mobility Instructorโ€ (RGDMI)

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For more information on the IGDF, visit their website at: igdf.org.uk