Endurance Officials

Level 1 – Endurance Officials

Following attendance at this course, candidates will have knowledge and understanding in the following areas:

• Appropriate attire/equipment
• How endurance officials operate at road and cross country races.
• The requisite skills to be an endurance official
• The key officials who operate at an endurance event and their responsibilities
• Knowledge and application of rules
• Relationship with other officials
• Relationship with athletes
• The tools to do the job
• UKA endurance officials pathway 
• A working knowledge of the start, finish and course of an endurance event.

Following completion of the course candidates will then be required to operate under the supervision of a qualified technical official, read the Endurance Officials Welcome Pack to understand your journey to formal technical officials qualification levels. 

Level 1 – officials who have attended the Level 1 course and have four recognised experiences at an endurance event in their log book will progress to Level 1.

Level 2 – officials who have studied three compulsory modules:

• Sector Marshals
• Results/ Recording (Laps/Times/Finish)
• Race Referee/Race Judge
• And show a further six successful experiences in their log book will progress to become a Level 2 official.

Level 3 – officials who have studied the three remaining modules from the following

• Start/Finish Director (Basic)
• Clerk of Course/Course Director
• 10 further compeitition experiences in their log book plus one positive report on their competence will progress to become a Level 3 official.

Risk Awareness

Following attendance at this course candidates will have knowledge and understanding in the following areas:

• Reasons for undertaking a risk assessment
• Risk Awareness methodology and content
• Identify hazards, risks and how to control them
• Who is at risk from an event
• Who is responsible for Risk Awareness and who needs to be involved
• Appreciation of the production of a Risk Assessment document
• Timetable for the production of a Risk Assessment
• Practical considerations in the production of Risk Assessment

For more information and to book courses please email officials@welshathletics.org