NSW/ACT - Official Class Measurer Course - Drummoyne Sailing Club
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Sat 15 Jun 2024 08:30 — Sun 16 Jun 2024 17:00
Australian Sailing - Measurer - Official Class
Course information
This course is sold out.
Course Overview
The Measurer Seminar is aimed at educating Australian Sailing members in fundamental measurement, certification and current measurement trends. Measurers play an important role within sailing ensuring equipment compliance, being responsible for the measurement of boats and as a source of technical knowledge.
To become accredited as an Australian Sailing Measurer - Official Class you are required to:
- Be a member of an Australian Sailing affiliated club.
- Attend an Australian Sailing Measurer Seminar.
- Provide a log showing you have acted as a Measurer-Official Class or event Equipment Inspector in at least two National (or four State) events.
- Complete the Performance Assessment.
- Attain a Letter of Endorsement from your affiliated Club or Class Association
If you wish to accredit via submitting prior evidence that meets the above requirements please complete the Measurer-Official Class Accreditation Application Form.
Registration at the top of this page allows you to enrol in an available Accreditation Seminar.
Attendees are asked to bring to the seminar:
- An electronic or printed copy of the Racing Rules of Sailing.
- Notepad and pen (or lap top/notebook).
Course Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites for participation in this seminar. However, attendance at the Australian Sailing Measurer Seminar is just one aspect of becoming a Measurer.
For further details please read the Measurer Accreditation policy.
Course Price
The cost of the seminar is $150.00 (The Officials polo is no longer provided).
Who should do this course?
People who have a keen interest in Sailing and its technical facets such as equipment compliance that want to participate in another facet of the sport. Those who may be interested in becoming an Official Class Measurer include parents who may have limited experience with sailing and want to contribute to the sport, volunteers at yacht clubs and sailors who no longer actively participate in the sport.
Course Outcome
Participants will become accredited as a Measurer – Official Class Measurer; a person qualified to carry out measurement and certification control and perform fundamental measurement and certification. They are qualified to act as an event measurer or equipment inspector at any event at Club, State or National level. An Official Class measurer will have met the stringent criteria for officiating in their stream. Competitors will expect a high level of expertise from these officials. This qualification is a pre-requisite to progressing to International Measurer.
If you have further queries regarding this course please contact your Club Support Officer.