World Competitions Education Program 7/12 – 11/12

What is WCEP?

WCEP stands for World Competitions Education Program. The WCEP was developed by World Coffee Events’ Instructional Design Sub-Committee (IDSC) to provide in-depth instruction about world competitions.

The WCEP is specifically focused on Competitions Training, to improve the understanding of this and includes reviewing current rules and regulations, competition procedures, judging skills, and how competitions are judged. These modules are suited for anyone interested in competition, as a judge, competitor or coach. They are also geared toward developing the competencies tested in the Judge Certification, which is a partner program from World Coffee Events.

As such, these modules are not meant to be taught directly preceding any competition in order to allow time for practice and habituation of the materials. It is recommended that these modules are taught at least one month prior to the Judge Certification or three months prior to the national competition to allow attendees to hone their skills before attempting certification (if they so desire) or to fully prepare for competition either as a judge or a barista.

Who is it right for?

The WCEP is NOT a test. It is competition training, done in the safety of a classroom, with room for questions and discussion, and it can be used for many purposes. The beauty of WCEP is that it goes deep with the information, training skills and is transparent. It essentially raises the perceived curtain on competitions, and allows anyone to deeply understand how competition works—from an expert’s perspective.

How do you prepare for WCEP?

Read/learn and print out the Rules and Regulations and score-sheets of the competitions you are attending. Prepare any questions you might have at this moment and check if they are answered during the training. If not, ask them at the end of the respective competition training.

How much does it cost?

Price for the WCEP is 600 euros for SCAE Members and 800 euros for not members to be paid in advance.

More information and registration:

Please fill in the registration form and send to info@scaehellas.com

SCHEDULE

Monday 7 December 2015

9am Welcome coffee
9.30am Introductions
10am WBC S1 Sensory Judge Score-sheets
1pm Lunch
2pm WBC S2 Sensory Skills Application
ca 5.30pm End of the day
All times are estimates and can be changed at the discretion of the organisers, regular breaks will be scheduled as appropriate

Tuesday 8 December 2015
9am Coffee to ease in the day and prepare your palate
9.30am WBC S3 Sensory Judge Stage Behaviour
1pm Lunch
2pm UNV T1 Technical Judge Score-sheets
3pm UNV T2 Technical Judge Stage Behaviour
ca 5.30pm End of the day
All times are estimates and can be changed at the discretion of the organisers, regular breaks will be scheduled as appropriate

Wednesday 9 December 2015
9am Coffee to ease in the day
9.30am WLAC V1 Visual Judge Scoresheet and Stage Behaviour
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm WLAC V2 Visual Judge Calibration
3.30pm UNV D1 Deliberation
5.30 End of the day
All times are estimates and can be changed at the discretion of the organisers, regular breaks will be scheduled as appropriate

Thursday 10 December 2015
9am Coffee to ease in the day and prepare your palate
9.30am WBrC S1 Scoresheet and Calibration
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm WBrC S2 Stage Behaviour
5pm End of the day
All times are estimates and can be changed at the discretion of the organisers, regular breaks will be scheduled as appropriate

Friday 11 December
9am Coffee to ease in the day
9.30am CIGS Judge Scoresheet and Stage Behaviour
12.30pm Lunch
13.30pm UNV C1 Competitor Debriefing
3pm End of the day
All times are estimates and can be changed at the discretion of the organisers, regular breaks will be scheduled as appropriate

There is an additional extra day on the new R&R for the Cezve/ Ibrik Competition on Saturday 12 December at no extra costs.
Stavros Lambrinidis and Annemarie Tiemes will explain the new rules and will give you the opportunity to practice with support.

Download the registration form from here