LEVEL 1, 2 & 3 OFFICIAL’S LOGBOOK TRACK & FIELD NAME: URN: COURSE DATE: VENUE: TUTOR NAME: INTRODUCTION CONTENTS Welcome to the UKA Level 1 Officials’ workshop. INTRODUCTION 1 PURPOSE OF THIS LOGBOOK 3 We are sure that you will find this to be an interesting and beneficial MY ATHLETICS PORTAL 4 course that will prepare you to take your place as an athletics official HOW DO I QUALIFY? 5 - 6 with your local club or organisation. Volunteer officials form the LEVEL 1 PATHWAY 7 backbone of competition for all levels of the sport - from youngsters to LEVEL 2 PATHWAY 8 adults, from club based athletes to Olympic standard. LEVEL 3 PATHWAY 9 Without people like yourself the sport would struggle to exist – so in PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 10 Cherry Alexander OBE advance of you officiating may I wish you every success in what you do MENTORING SESSION RECORD 11 Major Events Director and thank you for becoming a Technical Official. RECORD OF EXPERIENCE FORM 12 - 13 UK Athletics LEVEL 1 APPLICATION 14 - 15 You may have already completed the Assistant Officials Award, which LEVEL 2 APPLICATION 16 - 17 consists of an introductory multi-disciplinary workshop, followed by LEVEL 3 APPLICATION 18 - 19 some competition experience. On the other hand, you may already have HOME COUNTRY CONTACTS 20 helped at club events or have been a spectator and know which discipline of the sport you want to concentrate your efforts on, and qualify in. Whichever is the answer, let me welcome you to our fabulous sport. PURPOSE OF THIS LOGBOOK MY ATHLETICS PORTAL This logbook has been designed to help you progress along the Officials Pathway from Level 1 to 3. It will initially enable you to My Athletics Portal document your officiating experiences as you work your way along the officials’ pathway starting with Level 1. https://myathletics.uka.org.uk/portal/members/Login/ As you will see from the pathway below, there is additional dedication, commitment and knowledge required to officiate at Levels 2 and 3. However we are sure that once you have enjoyed the experience of officiating, that you will support athletes by being there as an In the My Athletics Portal you can do the following; official, as they develop. - Update personal information Following course attendance, you will receive access to the course resources for your discipline and information on how to access - Upload passport style photograph these will be outlined in your post course email. Application for Accreditation and Report Forms will also be included with this - Complete online DBS (England and Wales only) information and these forms are also available on the UKA website; - Update subscription/communication preferences - Complete Record of Experience electronically (and export annual record of experience for submission) by https://www.uka.org.uk/competitions/officials/education-and-training/level-1-2-3-track-and-field/ 30th September each year When becoming an athletics official, you will find that there are many people on the same journey as you. There are also many Tech- - View Courses attended nical Officials willing to support you in your development. We have included a sample of the Record of Experience form which should - View qualifications be completed to show your learning as it takes place. This form can be completed electronically via your My Athletics portal or can be downloaded from the UKA website. Other Officials might act in a capacity of a “mentor”. Please feel free to detail those mentoring sessions or occasions that you benefit from. As you work towards Level 3 evidence of mentoring is required. If you would like to develop your officiating further, do get in touch with your Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAFs) and UKA (UK Athletics) should you require any further support. Their details are at the end of this logbook. Full details of the roles of officials and the full range of qualifications can be found in Appendices in the UKA rule book. The pathway to becoming an Athletics Technical Official. There are two starting points to becoming a Technical Official. Volunteers can either start by doing the Assistant Officials award, or Officials Level 1 award. The tiered structure for Officiating and the level they are likely to operate at looks like this: LEVEL 4 National / International Level Events LEVEL 3 Regional Level Events LEVEL 2 County Level Events To log on LEVEL 1 Club Level Meetings Use your URN or email address and password. If password is unknown or forgotten select ‘Forgot your password or need a Assistant Official new one?’. An email will be sent to the email address you registered with and this will contain information on how to reset your password. At Level 1 we ask Officials to choose or opt for a specific discipline to specialise in initially. These are: Track Judging Field Judging Timekeeping Photo Finish Starter / Starter’s Assistant Race Walking Judging If you wish to cover a broad range of disciplines, you can attend an additional module later. 3 4 HOW DO I QUALIFY? HOW DO I QUALIFY? Now that you have completed the Level 1 Discipline Specific Course, you should complete the following actions to become a licensed 5. Once you have undertaken the minimum 4 meetings, send the application form (available in the post course resources Technical Official: and on the UKA website) preferably via email to your HCAF. Do ensure your personal details are on the form. Provided all is satisfactory they will update your record to show you 1. Arrange to get your police records check done as instructed by your HCAF. have completed the award. A licence will be issued within 4-6 weeks provided your police records check has been received and is satisfactory, and you have supplied a passport photograph. For individuals in England and Wales you can do this through your ‘My Athletics Portal - https://myathletics.uka.org.uk/portal/members/ Login/ In the personal details box you will see a line for DBS and this will allow you to complete the DBS process if it needs to be completed. The email addresses for each Home Country Athletics Federation (HCAF) can be found on pages 7-9 and page 20 of this Individuals from Scotland or ANI should contact Scottish Athletics or Athletics Northern Ireland for further information on how to complete document. the PVG (Scotland) and Access NI (NI). 6. Continue to officiate and record your experience – this will contribute to you progressing to the next level. 2. Complete a Health and Safety Course. These are now available to complete online. Go to https://athleticshub.co.uk and login (login is the same as for your My Athletics Portal). Click on the Qualifications and CPD tab. Then in the course search box select ‘Online Health and Safety Course’ from the drop down menu and click Book now. 3. Arrange to officiate at some athletics meetings where you can be supported by licensed Technical Officials. To find meetings within England please visit the following link; www.englandathletics.org/officiating/officiating-journey/ and scroll down to Step 2. Wales - please go to the following website; www.welshathletics.org/en/page/official-s-resources then scroll down to Event Availablity and complete the availablity form. Scotland - please go to https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/officials/officials-availability/ and complete the form on this page. Northern Ireland - for help with finding events to gain competition experience please email [email protected]. You will need to officiate at aminimum of four meetings under the supervision of a qualified licensed official and undertake the following: Track Judge Judge and umpire a range of differing events at 4 track meetings Timekeeper Time a range of differing distances and places at 4 track meetings Starter / Starter’s Assistant To qualify as a starter/starters’ assistant you must have had 4 experiences in each role either for a complete meeting or a substantial part of a meeting. You cannot qualify as a Starter without also being a Starters’ Assistant Starter’s Assistant Act as a Starters’ Assistant at 4 meetings Field Judge Ensure you judge a variety of field events undertaking differing roles (e.g. zero end of tape, pull through, call up) at a minimum of 4 meetings. These must include vertical and horizon- tal jumps, long throws and shot Photo Finish Work as a member of a Photo Finish team at 4 meetings Race Walk Judge Shadow or work under the supervision of a qualified official at a minimum of 4 meetings/ events at least 1 of which must be an “A” race under full IAAF rules. They may be on the track or road 4. After each meeting document the events and roles you undertook whilst officiating and name the Officials who supported you. You may wish to note down some key learning that will help you do something better next time or, something that you should do again as you did it very well but that is not compulsory at Level 1. The Record of Experience form is where that can be done. The record of experience can also be completed electronically in your ‘My Athletics portal’ and can be exported to be submitted with your application for accreditation. Once logged in the Record of Experience tab can be found in the left hand navigation panel towards the bottom of the page. Also available in the post course resources and on the UKA website. 5 6 UKA LEVEL 1 OFFICIAL UKA LEVEL 2 OFFICIAL Officiate at aminimum of 6 additional athletics meetings which Complete Health & Safety All steps at LEVEL 1 must be completed after attending Attend Level 1 Officials Course online course.