Referee Overview

Current Referee Level	Previous Reference
Community Sport Referee	Regional Referee
Provincial Competition Referee	Provincial Referee
National Competition Referee	National A, B, C
World Aquatics Referee	FINA(R)

Certification Level	Pre-Requisites	Training Standards	Evaluation Standards
Community	14 Years of Age for Training 16 Years of Age for Certification	6 Hours of Classroom Training 3.5 Hours of Practical Experience	Written Exam* 20 Hours of Practical Experience (i.e. scrimmages and games) 3 Evaluations at 12U or older Events
Provincial	16 Years of Age for Training 18 Years of Age for Certification Certified Community Sport Referee	6 Hours of Classroom Training 5.5 Hours of Practical Training	Written Exam* 30 Hours of Practical Experience (i.e. scrimmages and games) 6 Evaluations at 15U, 17U or older Events
National	18 Years of Age	6.5 Hours of Classroom Training 6.5 Hours of Practical Training	Written Exam* Forty Hours of Verified Practical Experience (i.e. scrimmages and games) 6 Evaluations at 19U, Senior or older Events

Practical Experience and Evaluations may occur at the same time. A referee does not have to complete all of their verified practical hours before requesting an evaluation.
*Written Exams are given at the end of each Referee workshop.
Only events specifically identified by WPC and the PSOs will be eligible as evaluation opportunities;
Only one referee can be evaluated during any given game;
In order to complete certification at any level, referees must be evaluated by at least 2 different evaluators;
Costs of evaluations will be covered by the referee waiving their usual remuneration/honoraria for the game during which the evaluation will take place.