 Additional Semichot — with similar testing requirements — are granted for "Rabbi of the City" (בעל כושר לרבנות שכונה; other relevant areas of "Orach Chayim", "Yoreh De'ah" and "Even Ha'ezer") 
and to Dayanim (laws dealt with in "Choshen Mishpat").The ordination by the Chief Rabbinate is not a monopoly in Israel with many other rabbis and organizations having programs, such as Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg.However in order to gain employed as a rabbi by the state, only Semikhah from the Chief Rabbinate is accepted.