NCSCT training and assessment: Ireland Our Training and Assessment Programme is based on the competences (knowledge and skills) required by stop smoking practitioners in Ireland. The Training Programme will provide you with a good understanding of the factors involved in smoking and smoking cessation, and will link this theoretical understanding to professional practice. The training programme includes the information required to pass the practitioner assessment and to achieve full NCSCT certification. In addition we have three training modules that are open to all: Very Brief Advice on smoking Very Brief Advice on secondhand smoke Stop smoking medications. To view them, click on the icons. Specialty Modules Practitioners who have passed the practitioner assessment are able to access specialty training in both working with smokers with mental health problems, and working with pregnant smokers.