WELCOME!

 

USA Swimming provides fully online, self-guided courses for Administrative Official. The Administrative Official course has been released and is the only way to become an Administrative Official. Please follow these instructions to become an Administrative Official.

For all other certifications, please return to the Training Information page

Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions during this process.

While we are here to help and are happy to do so, we are volunteers with day jobs so we may not respond immediately.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL CLINICS (USA SWIMMING RUN)

 

BECOME A NON-ATHLETE OFFICIAL MEMBER OF USA SWIMMING:

1. Please request the USA Swimming registration link directly from your club - ONLY use that link to create your non-athlete profile (if you do it directly from the USA Swimming site, you will have duplicate accounts that will require additional work for merging). Please be certain to register as an Official, NOT as a Member or Parent.

2. Complete your required additional certifications PRIOR to starting your on-deck training

**This process makes you eligible to be on deck with the athletes and is commonly just known as your non-athlete Officials registration.

3. The clinic is on the USA Swimming site at USA Swimming University. It is self-directed, so there is no need to register ahead of time. Set aside about 3 hours and take it at your convenience. To get there navigate to usaswimming.org, then hover over “Officials”, then click “USA Swimming University”. If you are logged in to your account, click “Education”, then “Course Catalog”. Once you are in USA Swimming University click “Officials”.  

The two courses required to become an Administrative Official are called “Foundations of Officiating” (take this first), and “Administrative Official Certification Course”. Current officials who have not yet taken Foundations of Officiating must take this course to add a new certification. If you have already taken Foundations of Officiating, you do not need to take it a seond time (this is a one and done course/module). If you have further questions, please contact us at [email protected].

4. If you have registered properly, completed athlete protection, your background check, concussion protocol training, and both online clinics, you will receive an email within about a week informing you about next steps. If you believe you have completed this properly and do not hear from us within a week, please email [email protected] for assistance.

ON-DECK TRAINING

Once you’ve completed your clinic training and registration requirements and have received your email 'approval' from the IL Officials Clinic team, you’re ready to start your on-deck training. You will need to bring a copy of the on-deck training form to be completed by your trainer. The forms are available online here.

On-deck training consists of 4 sessions (with a completed card for each) completed over 2 meets and with at least 2 different trainers who have been certified Administrative Officials for a minimum of 12 months, or the most qualified official available. 

The complete guidelines are available at Illinois Swimming Officials Training and Certification Standards.

SUBMIT YOUR MATERIALS OR CERTIFICATION

Once your training sessions are complete and you’ve completed your online test, email to: [email protected]:

1.Certification Requirements Checklist Form for your position 

2.Your 4 training evaluation sheets

Once processed, you’ll receive an email response when your certification is reviewed and approved. You’re an Administrative Official!

QUESTIONS?

Questions for the Committee? Questions about Officiating? Contact [email protected]. 

***Please allow a few days for a response as the mailbox is staffed by volunteers.