Effective recruiting is not just about filling slots; it’s about building a strong, committed, and capable officiating workforce that can drive our mission forward. By investing in strategic and thoughtful recruiting practices, we can ensure our long-term success and growth.
The Recruiting Toolkit is designed to help you promote how to become a Certified USATF Official in your Association.
With downloadable materials promoting how to become an Official, USATF Associations and Certification Chairs can customize their approach to communication – whether that is to athletes, parents, or officials of another sport.
Please follow these links to the various assets:
2025 National Meet Application
2025 Officials Meet Application Form
These are the requirements for recertification:
Evaluators are e-mailed a notice of their responsibilities, instructions for completion and submission, an explanation of the evaluation instrument, and a deadline for submission. The deadline for submitting evaluations is 7 days after the conclusion of a meet. If the deadline is not met, actions are taken as described in the Evaluations section of the NOC webpages.
When an evaluation is submitted, both the official who has been evaluated and the evaluator are notified of completion.
The consequence for officials who fail to complete evaluations by a final deadline is that they are not eligible to be selected for the major championships during the following calendar year. Full details on this are provided in the notice to evaluators from the NOC Chair.
See details regarding the handling of disputes in the Evaluations section of the NOC webpages.
This section is the evaluator’s recommendation (a numerical rating plus comments) to the USATF Selection Committee regarding the rated official’s suitability for selection for future major USATF championship meets. The information in this section is seen by the Selection Committee members and the individual official who was evaluated.
This section provides feedback to the official being evaluated (a descriptive rating on multiple criteria, plus comments) regarding their performance at that meet. Raters provide comments on strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. The information in this section is seen only by the individual official who was evaluated; it is not provided to the Selection Committee.
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All certified officials must complete the Basic Review
All National and Master level officials must complete the required number of questions for their certification level in the Advanced Review
Other specific disciplines with reviews are listed below
Each review specifies a required success rate (% correct or points) that must be achieved; if it is not, the review may be retaken
For your use and reference, a link to the 2024 USATF Competition Rules book is available here.
Basic Rules Review - All Officials, All Disciplines
Online Paper
National/Master Rules Review - All National and Master Level Officials
Online Paper
Specialty Reviews
Implement Inspector Review - All Inspectors
Online Paper
Combined Events
Online
Paper
WA Scoring Tables for Combined Events (PDF format)
Racewalk Reviews - All RW Officials
Apprentice/Association Level Review:
Online Paper
National/Master Level Review:
Online Paper
Referee Review:
Online Paper
Additional racewalk documents for completing rules reviews:
World Athletics Marathon Mixed Relay Regulations (PDF format)
USATF Racewalk Officials Training
Race Walk Summary Sheet
Track & Field Referee Review - All T&F Referees
Online Paper
LDR Referee Review - All LDR referees
Online Paper
Paralympic Track & Field - All Para Officials
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Online
NCAA Officials Endorsement Examination
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Please note that more study guides are in development. Please check back periodically.
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