OFFICIALS
Welcome back to Hockey and the OWHA officiating program for the 2023/2024 season.
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OWHA 2023-2024 OFFICIALS CLINICS ARE OPENING SOON.
NOTE: ALL OFFICIALS REGARDLESS OF LEVEL MUST ATTEND A LIVE IN-PERSON CLINIC FOLLOWING THE COMPLETED OF THE ONLINE MODULES AND PASSING THE NATIONAL EXAM.
Please ensure that you log into your Spordle account to register for the clinic that you need. Upon successful registration, you will be able to access the clinic through "My Account" and the Calendar on your Spordle account.
OWHA officials are required to register in the Hockey Canada Registration (HCR) system to access clinics and mandatory components of recertification for the coming season.
There are changes to the HCR registration process, please see the information below for how to complete the new registration.
Prior to attending a live in-person clinic, you will have to ensure that you have completed all the online components (both moduels and pass the national exam).
TO REGISTER FOR THE ONLINE OFFICIALS MODULES AND EXAM, PLEASE CLICK HERE
The off-season is the perfect time to ensure that you are prepared to register for your clinic and be ready for the start of the season. Officials perform a vital role in our game and without you hockey would not happen.
ALL Officials are required to complete Online Modules which includes the National Exam and attend in person clinics. Details for the live in-person clinics will be posted once they become available.
It will be necessary for officials to have a current valid and current Police Record Check on your profile in the Hockey Canada Registry (HCR) in order to register for a clinic.
Check your profile in the HCR to ensure that a Police Check is current and on file.
For terminology purposes, VSC and VSS are one and the same document.
Log into your Spordle Account and go into 'My Account'. Click on your History tab and then 'Background Check' to see the current status of your Police Record Check, ncluding the expiry date.
If your expiration date is prior to the 2023-24 season, you must obtain and submit a new Police Record Check to the OWHA before you will be able to register to register for an officials clinic.
Note: A VSC / VSS document is only required to be on your HCR profile ONCE. If your VSC / VSS has expired, then you only need to provide a Criminal Record Check (CRC).
- On-Ice Officials aged 17 and under are NOT required to provide a Police Record Check. If you turn 18 during the season, it is your responsibility to provide us with your Police Record Check.
- On-Ice Officials aged 18 years and over MUST provide a VSC / VSS document if you do not have one on your HCR profile.
- When requesting a VSC / VSS document, you may be required to provide a letter to your local police service. A copy of the VSC / VSS Request letter can be downloaded from here.
- If you have initiated the process of obtaining a VSC / VSS, please submit a copy of your receipt. This will be used to TEMPORARILY update your HCR profile until you can provide us with your actual document.
- If your HCR profile indicates your VSC / VSS expiry date is beyond the 2023 / 2024 season, you MUST complete sign and submit the Criminal Offence Declaration Form to the OWHA Office.
Completed Police Check documents must be scanned and emailed as a PDF to the OWHA via clinics@owha.on.ca.
If submitting via scan (PDF) and it is not deemed a true copy, submission of the original by mail will be requested (pictures or images of your document will NOT be accepted).
Please contact the OWHA office via email (clinics@owha.on.ca) if you have any questions on this process.
ADDITONAL COURSEES FOR OFFICIALS
RESPECT IN SPORT - OFFICIALS COURSE NOW AVAILABLE FOR NEW OFFICIALS (this is a mandatory course for all NEW officials)
THIS IS AN ONLINE TRAINING TOOL DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR ON-ICE REFEREES
The Respect in Sport - Officials program is the foundational, on-line training tool for Canadian Safe Sport, designed specifically for sport officials including, but not limited to: referees, umpires, judges, linesmen and lineswomen, commissaires, technical officials, starters, data specialists, timekeepers, scorekeepers, etc.
This program is mandatory for NEW Officials.
If you have already completed the Respect In Sport for Activity Leader program, it is not mandatory that you completed the Reespect In Sport for Officials Program as well.
This qualification currently has no expiry date once completed.
DETAILS ABOUT THE RiS - OFFICIALS PROGRAM (click here)
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