Officials

Certification

The following standards have been established to provide a clear and uniform path for members who wish to become officials at the local leval and enable LSCs to develop and conduct programs to recruit, certify, educate, train and mentor USA Swimming officials and to provide competent and consisten officiating for our athletes.

USA Swimming Certification Standards

FAQs

This FAQ Document is intended to help as we implement the new certification standards.

LSC Certification and Recertification

North Texas (NT) Swimming certifies officials in the following positions. Candidates working toward new certifications should track their apprenticeship by using the corresponding Certification Log (use one page per meet worked).

Certifiers

An official who can certify training is complete.  For a list of our current certifiers, please visit our Contact List.

National Certification Program

The Officials Committee encourages all NT-certified officials to grow their knowledge and experience by participating in USA Swimming's National Officials Certification Program. This Program aims to expand the education of officials through mentoring, participation and evaluation as well [as recognize] those officials who have demonstrated their knowledge of swim officiating at each level and position.

The Program defines two levels of certification—N2 and N3—that augment LSC certification in the following positions:

• Stroke & Turn Judge
• Chief Judge
• Starter
• Deck Referee
• Administrative Official (N2 only)
• Administrative Referee

You can find more information on the USA Swimming website.