Endurance Officials
Endurance Officials
Level 1 – Endurance Officials
Following attendance at this course, candidates will have knowledge and understanding in the following areas:
- Appropriate attire/equipment
- How endurance officials operate at road and cross country races.
- The requisite skills to be an endurance official
- The key officials who operate at an endurance event and their responsibilities
- Knowledge and application of rules
- Relationship with other officials
- Relationship with athletes
- The tools to do the job
- UKA endurance officials pathway
- A working knowledge of the start, finish and course of an endurance event.
Following completion of the course candidates will then be required to operate under the supervision of a qualified technical official, read the Endurance Officials Welcome Pack to understand your journey to formal technical officials qualification levels.
Level 1 – officials who have attended the Level 1 course and have four recognised experiences at an endurance event in their log book will progress to Level 1.
Level 2 – officials who have studied three compulsory modules:
- Sector Marshals
- Results/ Recording (Laps/Times/Finish)
- Race Referee/Race Judge
- And show a further six successful experiences in their log book will progress to become a Level 2 official.
Level 3 – officials who have studied the three remaining modules from the following
- Start/Finish Director (Basic)
- Clerk of Course/Course Director
- 10 further compeitition experiences in their log book plus one positive report on their competence will progress to become a Level 3 official.
Risk Awareness
Following attendance at this course candidates will have knowledge and understanding in the following areas:
- Reasons for undertaking a risk assessment
- Risk Awareness methodology and content
- Identify hazards, risks and how to control them
- Who is at risk from an event
- Who is responsible for Risk Awareness and who needs to be involved
- Appreciation of the production of a Risk Assessment document
- Timetable for the production of a Risk Assessment
- Practical considerations in the production of Risk Assessment
For more information and to book courses please email officials@welshathletics.org
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