Officials’ certification pathway

An individual can achieve a Level 4 (provincial level) Technical Officials status by satisfying the following conditions.

The candidate:

  1. Must be a current AWA member in good standing

  2. Must have attended a Technical Officials clinic conducted by a Level 3 or higher Technical Official

  3. Must achieve a grade of 85% or higher in the current IWF Technical Officials’ Examination Questionnaire

  4. Must act as referee for at least 66 attempts while being adjudicated by a Level 3 or higher Technical Official and achieve a grade of 80% or higher

  5. Must have completed a weigh in

An individual can achieve a Level 3 (National level) Technical Officials status by satisfying the following conditions.

The Candidate:

  1. Must be a current AWA member in good standing

  2. Must be active as a Category 4 TO for at least one year.

  3. Must pass the WCH Technical Official Examination conducted by a Category 3 (or higher) TO. The passing grade is 85%

  4. Must act as referee at least 100 lifts while being adjudicated at an AWA-sanctioned open or national level competition by a Jury consisting of IWF Category 1 and/or 2 TOs (the lifts must be done within one competition and must consist of the weigh-in; passing grade is 85%)

  5. Must have completed a weigh in

  6. Must Referee at least 6 AWA-sanctioned competitions (or a competition held by a higher governing body)

  7. Must act as a Technical Controller for at least 3 AWA-sanctioned open competitions.

  8. Must act as a Speaker or Marshal for at least 3 AWA-sanctioned open competitions.

  9. Must show competency in all required competition rolls. (AWA to give feedback where improvement may be required)

For a level 3 National Technical Official to be promoted to International Technical Official Category 2, the following conditions must apply.

 The candidates:

 a) Must have served as National Technical Official at least five (5) years

 b) Must be proposed by their respective Member Federation

 c) Must have a complete knowledge of the IWF TCRR 

d) Must prove their competence in a practical examination organised by their respective Member Federation under IWF TCRR 34 / TECHNICAL AND COMPETITION RULES & REGULATIONS 2020 › IWF TECHNICAL AND COMPETITION RULES & REGULATIONS 

e) Must obtain 90% or more in the practical examination 

f) Must obtain 85% or more in the current IWF Technical Officials’ Examination Questionnaire; as prepared and revised by the IWF Technical Committee from time to time.

 NOTE: The percentage marking of examinations of IWF Technical Officials shall be rounded off; e.g. 89.74%=90%, 89.45%=89%. 

(2020 IWF TCRR 7.3.5)

For an International Technical Official Category 2 to be promoted to International Technical Official Category 1, the following conditions must apply. 

The candidates:

a) Must have served at least two (2) years as a Category 2 Technical Official 

b) Must prove practical competence to three (3) Category 1 Technical Officials during a competition held under IWF TCRR; may be examined at any IWF Event, except World Championships, Olympic Games and Masters Events 

c) Must obtain 95% or more in the practical exam 

d) Must obtain 90% or more in the current IWF Technical Officials’ Examination Questionnaire; as prepared and revised by the IWF Technical Committee from time to time. 

e) Must be able to understand and speak basic English. 

NOTE: The percentage marking of examinations of IWF Technical Officials shall be rounded off; e.g. 89.74%=90%, 89.45%=89%(2020 IWF TCRR 7.3.6)

Alberta Weightlifting Association acknowledges that we are on the traditional lands of the Indigenous Peoples who lived among and travelled through the land in the area currently known as Alberta. We honour the Peoples of Treaty 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10, Alberta’s Métis and Inuit people and their profound contributions to the health and well-being of this region and to our members, where we recognize that health and well-being through our sport of weightlifting is not only physical, but also spiritual, emotion and mental and is accessible to all, rooted in the principles of respect, equity, diversity and inclusivity.