All Officiating
Become an Australian Sailing Accredited Official:
Be at the heart of sailing clubs and competition by becoming an Australian Sailing Accredited Official.
Officiating is a fun way to volunteer and contribute to the fair and safe running of sailing competition. The Australian Sailing National Officiating Program (NOP for Race Officials) and the National Equipment Auditors Scheme (NEAS for Equipment Auditors) provide a clear and consistent pathway for volunteers to gain education and become accredited Officials with the national sailing authority.
Australian Sailing (AS) provides education and accreditation that cover the span of Race Officiating and Equipment Auditing skills from entry to advance level.
If you are interested in becoming an Official, AS has the resources to assist you with gaining qualifications or increasing your current level of officiating knowledge, skills and judgment.
Select on any of the following disciplines linked below for a guide to the roles, accreditation requirements (Policy and documents) and educational courses available for each qualification.
AS utilises the following Officiating disciplines:
- Judge: Handles racing protests and appeals.
- Measurer: Checks if competitors boats and equipment are rules compliant.
- Race Officer: Conduct racing by laying racing courses, providing start and finish lines, and scoring competition.
- Umpire: Provides on-water judging of Teams and Match Racing where rules infringements between boats incur instantaneous penalties.
- Club or National level Equipment Auditors: Checks that a boat possesses the correct and current safety equipment necessary to complete racing for either Categories 3-7 or Categories 1-7.
International Race Officials appointments are issued by World Sailing. Select the International Race Officials links at the bottom of the page for further details.
AS Race Officials accreditation, re-accreditation and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Course registrations are directly processed by Australian Sailing in consultation with an independent panel of Nationally or Internationally Qualified Race Officials specific to the applicant’s discipline.
The RPL process enables those who have undertaken relevant training elsewhere, or those with extensive experience to apply and have those experiences recognized.
To aid accreditation, Australian Sailing can also facilitate the presentation of Officials Accreditation seminars and the invigilation of exams and Performance Assessments by senior Race Officials – simply contact the Club Services Officers in your region.
To start your Officiating pathway find an Australian Sailing affiliated club, then:
- Enquire about volunteering as a Race Official at your club.
- Begin your theory training by finding an AS Equipment Auditing or Race Officials Course to complete.
- Gain hands-on practice at your club as often as possible.
To read specific discipline information, click on the below links.
RACE OFFICER
JUDGE
UMPIRE
MEASURER
EQUIPMENT AUDITOR
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Australian Sports Commission - Officials