Til Nordiske mesterskaber i Nordiske discipliner konkurreres i fem hoved discipliner: Forsvar, spor, rundering, rapport og IPO.
In the Nordic Championships for Working Dogs (NOM), dogs compete in five main categories: Nordic protection, tracking, messenger dog, search and IPO trials.
 
For forsvarshundene består konkurrencen af fire delelementer: Lydighed, sporsøg, frit søg og forsvar. De øvrige grupper konkurrerer ud over hovedmomentet, der afvikles to gange på to dage, også i lydighed og frit søg. IPO konkurrencen organiseres i henhold til internationale retningslinjer for IPO3.
The Nordic protection trial consists of four parts; obedience, tracking, article search and protection work. The tracking, messenger dog and search trials consist of four parts; the main event is carried out on two separate days, the obedience part and the article search each on one day. The IPO trial is organised at level 3 in compliance with the international IPO rules.
 
Hvert deltagende land kan stille med 3 hunde i hver disciplin. Der kæmpes om titlen som nordisk mester både for bedste individuelle præstation samt bedste nationshold. Holdresultatet beregnes ud fra holdets 2 bedste individuelle resultater.
Each participating country can enter three dogs in each category. In each category the championship is awarded to both the best individual dog handler team and the best national team. The results of the best two dog handler teams are calculated into the result of the national team.
 
Med undtagelse af IPO konkurrencen, bedømmes den enkelte diciplin ud fra skalaen 0-5-5.5-6-6.5-7-7.5-8-8.5-9-9.5-10. Denne karakter ganges med en forudbestemt kvotient i hver enkelt disciplin.
With the exception of the IPO trial, the performances are evaluated using a score scale of 0-5-5.5-6-6.5-7-7.5-8-8.5-9-9.5-10. The average score of the judges is multiplied with the coefficient defined for each trial phase or exercise.
 
Hvert land udpeger en dommer til hver disciplin. Dommeren i gruppe C i IPO skal repræsentere det kommende års værtsland, og dommeren i gruppe A i IPO skal repræsentere dette års værtsland.
Each country appoints one judge to each trial. The judge for IPO Part C shall represent the country, which organises NOM the following year and the judge for IPO Part A shall represent the organising country.
 
De Nationale Kendelklubber i de deltagende lande er blevet enige om at udstede et “working certifikat” til den hund og fører, der i konkurrencen opnår 90% af maksimumpoint. Hvis der ikke er nogen der opnår 90%, men konkurrencen vindes med mere end 80% af maksimumpoint ,udstedes certifikatet til den vindende hund og føre, men ikke til andre hunde der ligeledes har opnået over 80%.
The national Kennel Clubs of the participating countries have agreed that dogs obtaining more than 90% of the maximum points will be awarded a "working certificate". If none of the dogs in some trial obtain 90% of the points, but the winner obtains at least 80%, the "working certificate" will be awarded to the winner, but not to any other dogs possibly obtaining more than 80%.
 
Deltagerne i hver disciplin deles op i tre grupper bestående af en hundefører fra hver land og der trækkes lod om startrækkefølgen. Holdlederen fra det enkelte land bestemmer efterfølgende hvilken gruppe den enkelte hundefører placeres i. I Sporgruppen trækkes der endvidere lod om startrækkefølgen på sporene, således at der er helt tilfældigt hvilken hun der går det enkelte spor.
In each trial, the dog-handler teams are divided into three groups and the starting order of the countries within the groups is drawn. After the drawing, the team leaders for the national teams announce the names of the dogs in each group (if the national team does not include three dogs in some trial, the team leader may decide in which group(s) the dog(s) participate). In the Nordic trials the starting order of the groups is 1-2-3 on the first day and 2-3-1 on the second day. In the tracking trial the individual tracks are drawn within each group on both days.