Click here for the SWTFOA Certification/Recertification Calendar for the 2008 Olympiad
Now that the last round of certs/recerts are coming to a close, clinics will be held every few months, check the Cert/Recert Calendar periodically if you need to be certified/recertified. If you know of a group of officials or potential officials in your area who need to be recertified or certified, please contact SWTFOA Certification Chair Mica Barton at micabarton@yahoo.com.

**all forms to be downloaded for the Certification/Recertification Clinics are PDF files which can be opened by Adobe Acrobat Reader**

Certification Process For All Persons Wishing To Become Certified USATF Officials (new certifications):
1) Print off a copy of the Association Level Test and the SWTFOA Database Sheet.
2) Open the Certification/Recertification Calendar, notify the clinic host that you will be attending, and attend the certification clinic.
3) Bring payment for your certification fee - if paying by cash, please bring exact change (receipt will be provided, if needed); if paying by check make the check payable to "SWTFOA". The certification fee is: $40.00 if you choose to view "The Marks", the official newsletter of the SWTFOA, online; $60.00 if you choose to have it mailed to you via the US Postal Service. Your certification and membership in the SWTFOA will expire at the end of the 2008 Olympiad.
4) The National Database Form will be provided for you at the clinic, and a picture of you for your membership badge will be taken. You will then answer the Association Level test with the clinician. Total time committment: approximately 2 hours.

Recertification Process For All Officials Who Will Be Recertifying As An Association-Level Official For The 2008 Olympiad:
1) Open the Certification/Recertification Calendar, find a clinic to attend, notify the clinic host, and attend the clinic.
2) Print off the Association Level Test, the Association Level Answer Sheet, and the SWTFOA Database Form. Fill out the Association Level Test by putting the answers on the Association Level Answer Sheet (using a 2004 USATF Rulebook, which can be found online in a PDF file). Bring the completed answer sheet, blank SWTFOA Database Form, and payment to the clinic. The recertification fee is: $40.00 if you choose to view "The Marks", the official newsletter of the SWTFOA, online; $60.00 if you choose to have it mailed to you via the US Postal Service. Your certification and membership in the SWTFOA will expire at the end of the 2008 Olympiad.
3) The National Database Form will be provided for you at the clinic, and a picture of you for your membership badge will be taken. Total time committment: 30 minutes to one hour. **note - if you do not complete #2 above, you will have to sit through the Association level answer session with the clinician and add approximately one hour to your time committment**

Recertification Process For All Officials Who Will Be Recertifying As A National Or Master Level Official For The 2008 Olympiad:
1) Open the Certification/Recertification Calendar, find a clinic to attend, notify the clinic host, and attend the clinic.
2) Print off the Association Level Test, the Association Level Answer Sheet, and the SWTFOA Database Form. Fill out the Association Level Test by putting the answers on the Association Level Answer Sheet (using a 2004 USATF Rulebook, which can be found online in a PDF file).
3) If you are recertifying as a National-Level official, print off the National Level Test and the National Level Answer Sheet. Fill out the National Level Test by putting the answers on the National Level Answer Sheet (using a 2004 USATF Rulebook, which can be found online in a PDF file).
4) If you are recertifying as a Master-Level official, complete #3 above, and do the following: print off the Master Level Test and the Master Level Answer Sheet, and fill out the Master Level Test by putting the answers on the Master Level Answer Sheet (using a 2004 USATF Rulebook, which can be found online in a PDF file).
5) Bring the blank SWTFOA Database Form ,your completed answer sheets [National will have two answer sheets (Association and National) and Master will have three answer sheets (Association, National, and Master)], and payment to the clinic. The recertification fee is: $40.00 if you choose to view "The Marks", the official newsletter of the SWTFOA, online; $60.00 if you choose to have it mailed to you via the US Postal Service. Your certification and membership in the SWTFOA will expire at the end of the 2008 Olympiad.
6) The National Database Form will be provided for you at the clinic, and a picture of you for your membership badge will be taken. Total time committment: 30 minutes to one hour. **note - if you do not complete the steps above, you will not be able to be recertified at that clinic because the clinicians will not provide the National and Master Level Tests - if you have trouble downloading the tests, contact Chris Marcellus at cmarcellus@swtfoa.com or (972) 266-9096**

For those officials who would like to upgrade their current USATF status:
You must request in writing (or via e-mail) an upgrade in the events you want from Mica Barton, SWTFOA Certification Chair. Upgrades are discussed only at SWTFOA board meetings, which are scheduled quarterly, and the actual upgrades are only done once a year at the national office, usually at the end of July. Some of the criteria for upgrade is 1) willingness to work with the Youth and Master programs in the SWTFOA, 2) willingness to travel out of your geographical area to officiate, 3) attend a training meet as designated by the SWTFOA Training Director to receive training from qualified and experienced officials in our association (this criteria is in addition to the USATF expectations as outlined in the link above). To begin the process, please choose one of the following options: