The applicant is assessed by a panel appointed by the head of the regional deconcentrated department of the State responsible for sports in the Rhône-Alpes region and comprising:
the delegate from the Pôle national des métiers de l’encadrement du ski et de l’alpinisme or his representative, who chairs the jury;
-a representative from the Ecole nationale de ski et d’alpinisme;
-a representative from the Fédération française de la montagne et de l’escalade;
-representatives from representative professional organisations;
-one or more qualified technicians holding a high mountain guide diploma, a state mountaineering diploma or a state mountaineering-guide diploma.