OFFICIALS PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE A VALID 09-2010 SIGNED WAIVER AND HAVE PAID YOUR ANNUAL DUES - CLICK HERE

The AOA Provincial Officials’ program is for volunteers interested in supporting the sport of alpine ski racing. The program provides education, certification and standards that are essential for volunteers to become Officials. With the Officials certification and practical experience, volunteers can provide race organization, officiating skills and safety requirements to match the alpine ski competitors’ performance level and the athlete’s program goals.

Who should take the Level 1 Officials course? New parents of course!
The Level I Alpine Officials course is an excellent introduction to the organization, rules and procedures for Alpine ski racing.  It is recommended for all parents who will ever be involved helping out with races (e.g. gate judge, timer or record keeper, or even coat runners to know how the race course is organized and where you can and cannot safely go), and especially for team managers (e.g. involvement in scoring and race DSQs, and generally helping to shift burden away from coaches to let them focus on the racers on-hill).  It is also a critical step to provide both the Alpine Officials and the racers access to the Canadian Snowsports Association’s  comprehensive liability insurance coverage should anything unfortunate happen during the conduct of a race.  It can also be a lot of fun, especially in a year that the Alpine events at the Olympics are expected to draw a lot of widespread interest and coverage.

Look to the Related Documents section to find information about the AOA courses to assist your learning requirements as a certified race official, detailed race organization information, official’s job descriptions and race forms to assist you with your race event. 

Visit the ACA website to ensure you  have the most up to date documentation including Alpine Rules, Course Materials, Timing, Gate Judge Materials and much much more.  http://canski.org/officials-a-procedures 

Objectives of the Officials Program 

• To standardize the methods and techniques of organizing and officiating at ski races
• To ensure that ski competitions are fair, safe and consistent with prescribed standards
• To ensure uniformity with respect to rule interpretations
• To ensure that required numbers of qualified Officials are available at all races.
• To offer opportunities to anyone, anywhere to become an alpine ski Official
• To offer opportunities, through established programs, for Officials to progress from club Officials to International Officials.
• To establish criteria for Officials certification which reflects the current standards in racing
• To offer recognition to Officials for their achievements 
• To offer support to Officials as they apply theory to practice i.e.: The inexperienced become experienced.
  
  
  A special thank you to all Ontario officials and volunteers for adding to a program that would not exist without the dedicated time, knowledge and help of all of you.