||~ Rating ||~ Title||~ Description || ||**0**||Untrained||You have no training.|| ||**1**||Novice||You are a casual hobbyist or beginning student.|| ||**2**||Novice||You are a very interested hobbyist or a mid-level student.|| ||**3**||Novice||You are a serious hobbyist or a senior student.|| ||**4**||Proficient||You are a rookie - competent enough to be considered a professional, but lacking experience and finesse.|| ||**5**||Proficient||You are no longer the 'rook' and have learned some of the tricks of the trade.|| ||**6**||Proficient||You are a thoroughly competent professional with a several years of experience.|| ||**7-9**||Veteran||You are a highly skilled, senior professional with many years of experience. The subtle differences in these levels speak breadth or depth of knowledge, and greater finesse or efficiency.|| ||**10**||Master||You are elite – highly trained with lots of experience.|| ||**11**||Master||You are a true master in your field. You probably have some degree of renown. || ||**12**||Master||You are one of the best in the world (alive today, not necessarily ‘best of all time’).|| Note: Although the chart talks about “experience”, talented newcomers can have higher skill levels than their years of training might ordinarily call for, and even someone who's been doing a job for a decade can suck at it.