All courses are free and easy to follow. For each website you will have to create a username and password and often complete a registration form as certificates will be sent to Swimming Victoria for recognition on Swim Central.
Swimming Australia - Technical Officials
Becoming a technical official is rewarding and an excellent way to contribute to the sport, spend time with your children, create great friendships and gain professional development. Swimming relies heavily on volunteers.
Competitions and events are important to the development of our athletes and technical officials are critical for their delivery.
All technical official information is now available via a dedicated hub. Visit the technical official hub, and as a starting point the Club Night Basics enables clubs to run their own time trials and swim meets.
Club Night Basics covers all the basics to run a club night!
- Officiating basics
- Timekeeping
- Assembling swimmers
All the theory is right here via the link New Officials' Program | Australian Swimming Technical Officials.
Watch the short video clips and print the 1-page quick reference guides to remind you and teach others when on pool deck.
Learn as much theory as possible from the resources on this page then simply get started helping out!
Swimming Australia - Learning Platform
Swimming Australia has a learning platform that has the following courses recognised:
- General Principles of Officiating.
- Technical Officials – Introduction Course
- Clerk of Course
- Check Starter
- Play by the Rules – Child Protection and Safeguarding
- Play by the Rules – Bullying and Harassment
General Principles of Officiating is a mandatory requirement to becoming a Technical Official and this should be made as a priority to complete.
Swimming NSW - Officials
Swimming NSW has a training website to become an Official. You don’t need any amazing skills but with a little education and experience several roles are easily within the reach of a complete beginner.
- Timekeeper/Chief Timekeeper
- Judge of Stroke (JOS)
- Inspector of turns (IOT)
- Recorder
- Starter
Further Education and Self Development
- Child Safe Modules: https://vicsport.etrainu.com
- Sport Integrity Australia: https://elearning.sportintegrity.gov.au