Stop Smoking Practitioner Training and Assessment: Wales Our Training and Assessment Programme is based on the competences (knowledge and skills) required by stop smoking practitioners. 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 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. NCSCT Specialty Modules Our specialty modules give practitioners working in specialised areas the additional knowledge and skills to work with particular groups of smokers. The courses are open to NCSCT Certified Stop Smoking Practitioners, who have taken the training and passed the assessment. If you would like to undertake the pregnancy and mental health specialty modules, please click on the links on the right.