Certifications

Steps to Become an Official

• Become a Stroke and Turn Official updated 03 2020
• Become an Administrative Official  revised 03 2020
  
  • Submit an Administrative Official Recommendation
  • Administrative Official Recommendation Form (print version)
  • Administrative Official Evaluation Form
• Clinics

Steps to Advance Certifications

• Advancing to Starter revised December 2019
  • Starter Evaluation Checklist
• Advancing to Referee with
• Meet Referee and Deck Referee Evaluators
  • Advancing to Deck Referee
    • Deck Referee Advancement Checklist revised January 2020
    • Deck Referee Evaluation Checklist
  • Advancing to Meet Referee
    • Meet Referee Advancement Checklist revised January 2020
    • Meet Referee Evaluation Checklist
• Clinics

Steps for Recertification

• Recertification of Meet Referees revised January 2020
• Recertification of Deck Referees revised January 2020
• Recertification of Starters revised January 2020
• Recertification of Stroke and Turn revised January 2020
• Recertification of Administrative Officials revised 03 2020
• Clinics

Athlete Protection Training - In response to member feedback, beginning September 1, 2019, you may notice the next time you log in that the three courses of the Athlete Protection Training have been streamlined into one. The training course continues to be produced by the U.S. Center for SafeSport and must be completed annually with a renewal date one year from the completion date. All adult athlete and non-athlete members must complete this training. This includes coaches, officials, Junior Coaches and anyone authorized to have regular contact with or authority over a minor athlete. Please direct questions about the Athlete Protection Training to learn@usaswimming.org.   Please note: The APT used to be renewed every 2 years, and everyone expired 12/31.  When USA Swimming transitioned to the U.S. Center for SafeSport course content in February, 2019 to comply with a federal mandate, they affirmed that existing expirations for our non-athlete members would be honored, and the next time they took the APT, they would adopt the new annual rules.  If your APT was completed just prior to the conversion to annual renewal, your APT experation date may extend longer than a year.

• Transfer Officials Certification Policy
• National Certifications
  • Check list
  • Official Qualifying Meets (OQM)