ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCECRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Confirm pre-competition requirements.

1.1. Access and interpret sport-specific rules, regulations and performance standards to identify sport-specific competition requirements.

1.2. Interpret participant competition registration information and check against sport-specific competition eligibility requirements to determine participant eligibility to participate.

1.3. Check sport-specific competition environment, facilities and equipment to confirm competition requirements are met.

1.4. Identify competition hazards, assess risks and incorporate risk control strategies to minimise competition safety risks.

2. Conduct officiating.

2.1. Monitor sport-specific competitions against sport-specific rules, regulations and performance standards to identify breaches.

2.2. Make, communicate and action objective and fair officiating decisions according to sport-specific rules, regulations and performance standards.

2.3. Work cooperatively to make team officiating decisions.

2.4. Respond to participant reactions to officiating decisions according to organisational policies and procedures.

2.5. Document sport-specific officiating outcomes according to organisational policies and procedures.

3. Deal with disputes.

3.1. Analyse disputes to identify the causes of conflict.

3.2. Use conflict resolution techniques to handle conflict situations according to organisational policies and procedures.

3.3. Identify situations where personal safety of others may be threatened and provide assistance according to organisational policies and procedures.

3.4. Resolve disputes arising from competitions promptly according to organisational policies and procedures.

3.5. Check decisions to confirm they are fair, equitable evidence based and adhere to principles of natural justice.

3.6. Record outcomes of disputes according to organisational policies and procedures.

4. Reflect on officiating practice.

4.1. Seek feedback from others to identify areas to improve own officiating practice.

4.2. Reflect on own officiating practice to identify areas for improvement.

4.3. Analyse findings and incorporate learnings in future officiating practice.

4.4. Seek opportunities to address identified professional development needs.

Foundation skills essential to performance in this unit, but not explicit in the performance criteria are listed here, along with a brief context statement.

SKILLS

DESCRIPTION

Oral communication skills to:

ask open and closed questions and actively listen to others

interact with others in a polite and positive manner.

Numeracy skills to:

estimate risk

interpret and analyse participant data

interpret, analyse and record sport-specific competition data.