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Who is eligible to be involved in the Class 3
Upgrading Program?
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Who is eligible to be
Upgraded to Class 3 in 2008?
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What is involved in the
Class 3 Upgrading Program?
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What role does the Club Head Referee play?
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What role does the District Referee Coordinator play?
Who is eligible
to be involved in the Class 3 Upgrading Program?
To be eligible to attend the Class 3 Course
and Examination, referees must be at least 15 years of age. Referees
must be at least 16 years of age as of the beginning of the registration
year (ie April 1st) to register as a Class 3 Referee. Underage referees
will not be admitted to the course and examination
Who is eligible
to be Upgraded to Class 3 in 2008?
- completed at least one season as a
competent Class 4 Referee;
- be not less than 16 years of age to
register as C3;
- be in good standing (no outstanding
discipline);
- pass an examination and attend a
course designated by The Association;
- registering as a Class 3 referee
What is
involved in the Class 3 Upgrading Program?
- Mandatory Preparation sessions
- Examinatio
What role does
the Club Head Referee play?
Club Head Referees should review
the list of OSA registered referees in their clubs (available from your
local District Office) to see which referees are eligible to attend.
Beyond the age criteria, the Referees must have shown themselves capable
of handling the responsibilities of being an official such as showing up
on time for game appointments, submitting proper game reports and
showing competent on-field performance.
- Obtain list of Registered Class
4 Referees from the District Office;
- Evaluate which Class 4 Referees
live within the Club catchment area;
- Evaluate which Class 4 Referees
meet the above age requirement;
- Evaluate which Class 4 Referees
should be recommended;
- Contact those Class 4 Referees
who meet both the age requirement and who you are recommending
and see whether he or she is interested in attending the
upgrading course;
- Prepare a list of candidates and
submit this list to the District Referee Coordinator with a club
cheque (payable to "The Ontario Soccer Association") for the
number of candidates at $30.00 per person. Clubs may choose to
pay for the upgrading course or charge back to candidates.
- The list of candidates should
contain the name, OSA Registrant Number (from the registration
list) and the candidates telephone number.
- Circulate
Fact Sheet
to help candidates study for the examination.
- Once the list is submitted to
the DRC, the Club Head Referee should organize preparation
sessions for the candidates to answer questions on the Laws of
the Game.
- Club Head Referees may request
the assistance of local Instructors, senior referees, the local
Referee Association Branch or Group to prepare candidates. The
primary responsibility for preparation, however, is on the Class
4 Referees themselves to prepare for the Examination;
What role does
the District Referee Coordinator play?
- Contact all Club Head Referees
requesting lists of candidates and club cheques;
- Evaluate how many examination
locations will be needed in the District,
- Candidates should not have
to travel much more than one hour by car to an examination
location;
- Examination locations must
be well lit and heated, with tables and chairs and plenty of
space for exam writing. An overhead projector, white board
or chalk board is also needed;
- Examination locations should
have washroom facilities;
- Sessions may be booked as 1
- 6 hour time period or the one hour exam on one day and the
5 hours of instruction on another day.
- District Referee Coordinators
may coordinate test facilities using the assistance of Club,
Referee Association or Group personnel or any other reliable
sources;
- DRC’s to contact one Provincial,
or National Instructor for each examination facility responsible
for delivering education portion and to proctor (supervise)
examination;
- Examination dates and courses to
begin no earlier than December 2.
- It is the responsibility of the
DRC to inform the Club Head Referee of the test location, date(s)
and time after confirming the availability of Instructor;
- Circulate
Fact Sheet
to candidates who need them in order to study.
- It is the responsibility of the
DRC to fax an Information Sheet (905) 264-9445 to OSA Referee
Development Department) with the locations, directions,
Instructor’s name, number of anticipated candidates at each site
as soon as this information is known;
- The DRC must ensure that any
audio-visual aids such as an overhead projector are available to
the Instructor;
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