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Getting the most out of Ref Centre

Overview To get the most out of Ref Centre you need to: 1. Understand how Ref Centre operates in Ontario 2. Set up your preferences for your specific requirements 3. Understand how the assignment process works

Grading • Each referee and game is graded between 1 and 10 • A referee who is graded an 8 will only be offered games that are graded 8 or below Grade Referee Class OUA Men OUA Women OYSL U15 HL U13 10 Provincial or higher Ref 9 Regional Ref 8 Upgrading district 7 District AR AR Ref 6 District 5 District AR 4 District 3 Youth Ref 2 Youth AR 1 Mini

Updating your availability Referees have to enter their availability into a calendar tool. Keep it updated and accurate to assist the assignor. Do not reject game offers on dates that you have said you are available – this could cause assigning issues.

Preferences - Districts Each referee is assigned to a home district. Make sure that your is correct. If you wish to referee regularly in other districts, check them off also, otherwise leave them empty.

Preferences - Leagues Go for quality games not quantity. Only check off those leagues which will help you develop as a referee.

Preferences – Kick Off Tell Ref Centre what time you can officiate each day of the week Options are: Don’t care Early (5:00pm – 7:59pm) only Late (8:00pm – 11:59pm) only

Preferences - Fields Ref Centre tries to assign a referee to his preferred field, so set as many as you can to Preferred. Ref Centre only goes to acceptable fields after all preferred fields are gone.

Preferences - Divisions Select the divisions that you want to be considered for Remember go for quality not quantity Assignments are always done from top grade to bottom grade, so if you don’t get assigned on the first run of the assignment process don’t eliminate yourself from round 2 by taking a U12 game.

Preferences – OSA Zones For provincial assignments the OSA Zones is used rather than district and field preferences It is assumed that referees for these games are prepared to travel further We still give a referee 3 choices, so an Ottawa referee doesn’t have to go to Windsor if he does want to