Certification Information

CERTIFICATION POLICY AND PROCEDURES

Certification Forms (to be sent in with training cards via email):

• 2024 Certification Standards
• 2024 Certification Requirements Checklist
• Open Water Requirements Checklist pdf | word
• Referee Recertification Form 
• 2024 Officials Recertification Standards
• 2024 Official Recertification Form 

ON-DECK TRAINING CARDS

• Stroke and Turn Judge
• Administrative Official
• Starter
• Referee
• Open Water Judge
• Open Water Referee

OTHER CERTIFICATION INFORMATION AND POLICIES

• Out of LSC Training Policy
• Officials Re-Entry Policy
• Officials Transfer Policy
• YMCA Reciprocity

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Become a Non-Athlete Officials 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).

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

• Complete a Background Check
• Complete Athlete Protection Training (APT) through the USAS Education tab 
  • Log into your USAS membership account and click on the Education tab. 
  • APT is mandatory for all Officials, Coaches, and athletes 18 and older
• Obtain a concussion training certificate from either the National Federation of High Schools or the Center for Disease Control and email it to the Illinois Swimming Office for updating of your USAS Officials membership card.

3. Send a screenshot of your completed USAS membership card to: [email protected] so you can be added to the IL Officials List for deck access.

NEED TO CHANGE YOUR CLUB AFFILIATION?

Are you an official who needs to change your club affiliation?

Here are the instructions to update your club affiliation in your USA Swimming membership account.

Dn't forget to update the Officials Committe at: [email protected] as OTS reporting is liminted at this time.

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.

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