The Basic Refereeing Course is ideally suited to you if you are interested in becoming a referee in the 11 v 11 game both in youth and adult football. You should consider this course if you wish to referee for and be used by a League and recieve League appointments. This course can be viewed as the first, crucial step to you developing as a referee before progressing through the various levels of refereeing.
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Awarded by the Football Association, this course involves a minimum of 24 hours of tutorial (3 days usually across 3 consecutive weekends) plus 6 officiated games and provides an introduction to the laws of the game as well as developing the practice skills required to be a referee.

Course Info

Minimum Age: 16 Years
Course Duration: 24 Hours (plus officiating 6 matches to fully qualify)
Price: Online Booking £135 Per Candidate
Pre-requisites: None

Who is this course for?

What can I expect from the course?

During your 3 days on this course, a total of 5 separate modules will be covered. This will be a combination of classroom and practical based elements which include putting your refereeing knowledge and training into practice by completing 6 matches as a trainee referee, two of which should be observed by a referee mentor. Details of the 5 modules covered on the course are;

Awarded by the Football Association, this course involves two full days of tutorial, plus 6 officiated games and provides an introduction to the laws of the game as well as developing the practice skills required to be a referee. The delivery of the course will be a mixture of theory and practical sessions.

COURSE DATES:

Day 1: Saturday 12th July 2014, 09:00 to 17:00
Day 2: Sunday 13th July 2014, 09:00 to 17:00
Exam: Thursday 17th July 2014, 19:00 to 21:30

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN WORKSHOP:
Candidates over the age of 18 have to complete a Safeguarding Children Workshop in order to achieve the referee qualification. The following course dates are available for this:

- Monday 21st July 2014, 7:00pm-10:00pm at Kent FA HQ, Aylesford

To book your place on the Safeguarding Children Workshop, please email Mark Bright, Company Administrator, on mark.bright@kentfa.com

MODULE 5:
Following completion of the course, candidates will be directed to local referee mentors, who will help the candidates in terms of finding matches to referee. Upon completion of 6 matches, 2 of which have to be attended by your mentor, you will be invited to a Module 5 training session where you will be presented with a certificate and your Kent FA referee badge. Module 5 events are set up on the following dates:

- Thursday 30th October 2014 at Kent FA, 19:00 to 21:00

Upon completion of your six matches and receipt of the documentation regarding this, Kent FA will contact you regarding attending this event.

COURSE BOOKING INFORMATION:
Booking must be made by the candidate using their own FAN and Password, as the qualification is linked to that FAN, i.e. if you are a club secretary booking one of your club representatives on the course, if you use your own FAN then the qualification will show up on your record after the course even if someone else attended. This policy change has been put in place to remove a number of issues there have been regarding people attending courses but then not having the qualification appear on their record or receive certification.

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