Officiate at competitive athletic or sporting events. Detect infractions of rules and decide penalties according to established regulations.
Duties and Tasks:
1) Officiate at sporting events, games, or competitions, to maintain standards of play and to ensure that game rules are observed.
2) Judge performances in sporting competitions in order to award points, impose scoring penalties, and determine results.
3) Signal participants or other officials to make them aware of infractions or to otherwise regulate play or competition.
4) Inspect sporting equipment and/or examine participants in order to ensure compliance with event and safety regulations.
5) Keep track of event times, including race times and elapsed time during game segments, starting or stopping play when necessary.
6) Start races and competitions.
7) Resolve claims of rule infractions or complaints by participants and assess any necessary penalties, according to regulations.
8) Verify scoring calculations before competition winners are announced.
9) Direct participants to assigned areas such as starting blocks or penalty areas.
10) Report to regulating organizations regarding sporting activities, complaints made, and actions taken or needed such as fines or other disciplinary actions.
11) Confer with other sporting officials, coaches, players, and facility managers in order to provide information, coordinate activities, and discuss problems.
12) Teach and explain the rules and regulations governing a specific sport.
13) Research and study players and teams in order to anticipate issues that might arise in future engagements.
14) Verify credentials of participants in sporting events, and make other qualifying determinations such as starting order or handicap number.
15) Compile scores and other athletic records.
Activities:
1) Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
2) Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
3) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
4) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
5) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
6) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
7) Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
8) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
9) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
10) Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
11) Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
12) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
13) Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
14) Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
15) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
16) Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
17) Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
18) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Abilities:
1) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
2) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
3) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
4) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
5) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
6) Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without ‘giving out’ or fatiguing.
7) Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
8) Stamina — The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
10) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
11) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
12) Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
13) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
14) Speed of Limb Movement — The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
15) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
16) Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
17) Perceptual Speed — The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Knowledge:
Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.