Officiating

Officials play a very important part in our sport.  As volunteers, they donate their time, knowledge and expertise to assist in the development of our athletes and are valued member of Skate Canada.  There are different types of officials which fall into three main categories:  evaluators/judges/referees, technical panel and data specialists.  Judges are perhaps the best known official and they are usually former skaters who have had a positive experience in the sport and wish to help others attain their goals.

Officials, outside the arena, are doctors, lawyers, teachers, domestic engineers, business administrators, police officers, financial analysts, university students, professors, marathon runners, writers and o on. 

If you decide you want to become a Skate Canada official, you will have to meet certain criteria and complete certain tasks and activities to become qualified.  These activities include participating in clinics/seminars, skill tests, trial officiating (where you will receive written assessments from qualified officials) and actual officiating.  To move up through the system, an official must follow the rules which have been established for promotion.  This is to ensure that every official who officiates are both qualified and competent.

The training that Skate Canada provides to its officials is held in high regards by other figure skating federations around the world and Canadian officials are widely considered as the best trained in the business!

If you are interested in becoming a Skate Canada official, please contact Skate Canada - Saskatchewan.