How do they match: Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

  • Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

  • Sports Activities Foul Judge
  • Sports Clerk
  • Sports Coordinator
  • Sports Official
  • Sports Statistician
  • Hoof and Shoe Inspector
  • Intramural Sports Official
  • Youth Sports Official

  • Officiate at competitive athletic or sporting events. Detect infractions of rules and decide penalties according to established regulations. Includes all sporting officials, referees, and competition judges.

  • Confer with other sporting officials, coaches, players, and facility managers to provide information, coordinate activities, and discuss problems.
  • Inspect sporting equipment or examine participants to ensure compliance with event and safety regulations.
  • Judge performances in sporting competitions to award points, impose scoring penalties, and determine results.
  • Officiate at sporting events, games, or competitions, to maintain standards of play and to ensure that game rules are observed.
  • Report to regulating organizations regarding sporting activities, complaints made, and actions taken or needed, such as fines or other disciplinary actions.
  • Teach and explain the rules and regulations governing a specific sport.
  • Verify credentials of participants in sporting events, and make other qualifying determinations, such as starting order or handicap number.

  • Coordinate athletic or sporting events or activities.