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
• Chief Judge
• 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 Official 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

• 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.   ​

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

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.

Don't forget to update the Officials Committee 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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