Judge

Judge Program

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Courses
Accreditation & Re-accreditation Requirements
Application Forms

Courses

Protest Committee Member

Delivery: Online
Length: 4.5 hours study time

Overview
This course will teach you the basics of conducting a fair, procedurally sound hearing at club level.

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Regional Judge

Delivery: Face to face
Length: 1 day course
8 hours study time

Overview
Regional Judges may chair a Protest Committee at club or regional level, conduct arbitrations, and consult with organisers and race officers to review race documents and procedures.

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National Judge

Delivery: Face to face
Length: 1 day course
8 hours study time

Overview
National Judges may chair a Jury, handle complex protests and arbitrations, provide on-water judging and form part of an International Jury.

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Access the online course via the Australian Sailing Learning Centre tile in your Australian Sailing Profile. See Frequently Asked Questions here.

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Accreditation & Re-accreditation

An official's accreditation starts when their application is approved by Australian Sailing, and lasts for four years. The requirements for re-accreditation are explained in the table below and in the Judge Accreditation Policy, available from the Judge Resources page.

Protest Committee Member

Accreditation

- Be a current member of an Australian Sailing affiliated Club.
- Agree to the Officials Code of Conduct.
- Complete the Online Protest Committee Member course.

Re-accreditation

- Complete the re-accreditation process by registering in the Protest Committee Member re-accreditation application form (no study required – registration simply records that you have acknowledged the code of conduct and Updates to the Racing Rules of Sailing Document)
- OR complete the Online Protest Committee Member course every four years or at the change of the Australian Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing.

Regional & National Judge

Accreditation

- Be a current member of an Australian Sailing affiliated Club.
- Agree to the Officials Code of Conduct.
- Attend an Australian Sailing Regional or National Judge course.
- Pass the Regional or National Judge Exam.
- Complete a Practical Assessment.

Re-accreditation

- Be a current member of an Australian Sailing affiliated Club.
- Agree to the Officials Code of Conduct.
- Pass the Regional or National Judge Exam.
- Complete a Practical Assessment.

Application Forms

Note that Accreditation is to be used by candidates that are not already accredited at the level (e.g. Regional Judges accredit for the National Judge accreditation). Re-accreditation instead is to be used by already accredited Judges that want to extend the same level of accreditation they have (e.g. Regional Judges re-accredit for the Regional Judge accreditation).

	Accreditation	Re-accreditation
Regional Judge	Regional Accreditation Form	Regional Re-accreditation Form
National Judge	National Accreditation Form	National Re-accreditation Form

Files available for download

Officials Event Log - Word version docx

Officials Event Log - Excel version xlsx

Judge Accreditation Policy pdf

Judge Performance Assessment Form pdf

Judge Performance Assessment Supplement pdf