AGOA has developed positional certificates to ensure officials responsible for specific roles receive training to enable them to perform the role safely and effectively.

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Referee Certificate

• Club Level Referee – A simple training program designed for a Club Official required to control junior games has been developed this is available

• Referee Certificate – The Referee Certificate is awarded when a Level 2 student has completed the training program.  The Referee Certificate will be completed through a mix of research modules and practical tests under supervision of Officiating Instructor who is also a Referee. The course includes:

• Mechanics for all major crew strengths in regular use in the student Referees league

• Game management with the playing body, the ground staff and coaches

• Preparing the crew for the game – prior to ground activities and delivery of a verbal pre-game conference

• Mentoring and managing the crew