In addition, some people who give lessons on noh songs to amateurs and so on receive certain qualifications from schools, such as the honorary master (shite-kata of Kanze school) or the commissioned instructor (shite-kata of Hosho school), but these qualifications are nothing more than for nonprofessionals and do not allow the holders to be recognized as the professionals (noh actors) in the world of noh.
それ以外にも素人への謡曲教授などを行い、名誉師範（シテ方観世流）や教授嘱託（シテ方宝生流）など、流儀から一定の資格を得ている人々もいるが、あくまで素人としての称号であって、能楽界においては玄人（能楽師）として認識されない。