Welcome to the VKSC Officials page. In here you will find information to start, and continue, your journey as a VKSC Official.

It takes a small army to run a meet. Because of this, clubs require a certain amount of time from the swimmers families in the form of volunteering. The majority of volunteering take the form of officiating at VKSC hosted events. Our club has a volunteer policy in place to ensure we meet the minimum requirements to host a meet. We try to minimize the amount of support we require from other clubs and set a goal of hosting a swim meet with our own families. To do this, we require officials at all levels.

What does this mean? When you start your journey as a swim parent/guardian you might hear things like “timers” and “stroke judges”. These are a couple examples of official positions. We have developed a recommended path to official training that would help the club maintain the right amount of volunteers to fill all positions. You may move up quicker if you feel comfortable doing so.

Entry level/Tier: Grassroots/Junior Development -

• Intro to Officiating (formerly Timing. Also includes Saftey Marshall) (online course)
• Chief Timer (course required)

Tier: Development - By now your swimmer is looking at participating in full meets and you have had some experience with the club

• Inspector of Turns (course required)
• Judge of Stroke (course required)

Tier: Junior Performance, Performance, Senior Performance - By now you have been with the club for a while and your swimmer has had experience in many meets.

• Starter (course required)
• Chief Recorder(course required and mentorship during a meet)
• Admin Desk(course required and mentorship during a meet)
• Electronics (course required and mentorship during a meet)

REGISTRATION AND CLINIC INFORMATION:

Learning Management System (LMS) – Login Page
Officials will need to be registered in the Swim Canada system before they will be able to access the LMS.

All of the online clinics can be found on Swimming Canada’s LMS (Learning Management System) found here: https://edu.swimming.ca/login.php 

eModules: There are 5 clinics that officials can complete on their own (Intro to Swim Officiating, Safety Marshall, Chief Timekeeper, Clerk of Course and Para Swimming eModule).  *Log in to the LMS and click on Status in the top menu bar.

Looking for an Officials Clinic to attend in person?  Log in to the LMS and click on Clinics in the top menu bar.  Listed will be all clinics that you are able to take/attend or if you don't see the clinic you're looking for, reach out to [email protected]

At the start of each season, you have to log into your officials account and answer the question to activate your account. As you progress through your training, you will receive pins denoting your level of official. For example, when you start, you will have a red pin. After you have been trained in a couple positions you receive your white pin. Beyond that, you can start your journey as a referee. 

Here is a good resource for learning how to become an official:
https://swimbc.ca/officials/how-to-become-an-official/ 

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Preview YouTube video How to use the LMS for officials

How to use the LMS for officials

In addition to officials positions, we require these positions filled for meets:

• Meet Manager

• Volunteer Coordinator

• Food Coordinator