The International Triathlon Union (ITU) Technical Committee has released the new ITU Technical Officials certification lists for 2012.
Since 2010, ITU has published the technical officials’ certification lists according to the ITU Technical Officials’ Certification procedure. All the technical officials’ activities (assigned events, education seminars and more) are recorded in the ITU Technical Officials’ database. Currently, there are more than 3000 technical officials from 90 countries, included on these lists.
Overall, taking 2011 certifications and comparing to the previous certification round in 2010, there was a 14% increase in the number of annual certified ITU Technical Officials year on year, which rose from 717 to 815 worldwide. The European Triathlon Union (ETU) accounted for the majority of these gains, up 24% from 252 in 2010 to 313 in 2011.
The ITU Technical Officials’ Certification programme is based on previous education programs. It was re-established in 2009 to develop technical officials and defines the needed requirements to officiate on different levels of ITU events. The purpose of this program is:
- To identify and make transparent the criteria needed to be gained by technical officials
- To establish the level of certification required to manage ITU events
- To identify the role & responsibilities of every one include in the process
- To establish the criteria to accredit National Federations to certificate ITU Level 1 officials (NTO)
