1.      GENERAL

 

There is extremely little time for training for umpires before ERNA competition starst. Therefore, each and every one of the individual umpires must go through the material available beforehand and do serious self-studing.

 

Training days are Sunday and Monday.

 

2.      CONCEPT

 

Training provided by umpire project is given as self-studies material and Portal in www.helsb.org.

Training provided by ERNA is given mostly as lectures and briefings.

 

Individual umpires must go through their areas with Senior Umpires and “dry run” different scenarious.

Senior umpires must prepare “dry run” exercises for different scenarious for their CP’s, mailboxes and equipment checks.

 

 

3.      MINIMUM STUDIES FOR INDIVIDUAL UMPIRES

 

Each Fixed Operations Umpire must find out from self-studies and from his/her Senior umpire how to do following tasks before he/she is deployed to his/her task:

 

  1. Emergency Situations

 

Procedures for emergencies and umpires actions to take.

·        Emergency in competition

·        Umpire emergency

 

  1. Check Point umpire work

 

Umpire work at Check Points

·        How to handle team support and visitors at the CP

·        How to behave in front of competition teams

·        How to log task execution times

·        Umpire actions in problem situation at CP (something breaks down, umpire makes mistakes, visitors behave strange, conditions change)

 

 

  1. Check Point Gatekeeper and Reporting

 

CP general

·        What is allowed, what not allowed for teams and team support at CP

 

Gatekeeper work

·        How to log arrival time

·        How to log and report teams arriving but not reporting

·        How to dispatch teams to right task

 

CP reporting and preparations

·        How to prepare for CP duty

·        From where and who gets the material needed at CP duty (competition forms, umpire equipment, water for teams and umpires, etc)

·        How to handle scoring forms, etc, and where to return them

 

 

 

4.      TRAINING PROVIDED BY ERNA

 

ERNA Selts will organise and provide briefing for umpires concerning

·        The flow of the competition

·        The tasks of the competition

·        Detail last minute changes and information

 

In this training, following umpires participate (Mandatory)

·        Senior Umpires

·        Key Umpires

·        All other umpires

 

Normally, the CP recce is take place at the same time as ERNA briefings. Therefore, for the recce for first part CP (those before recce task) some one else than the Senior Umpire of the CP needs to be assigned.

 

 

1.      DOCUMENTS TO READ AND UNDERSTAND - MINIMUM

 

 

SOP

·       SOP 210 – Rules – Ruling Guidelines (Word Document)

·       SOP 251 – Rules – Official Rules (Word Document)

·       SOP 252 – Rules – Rules from Official Documents  (Word Document)

·       SOP 331 - Operations – Check Points  (Word Document)

·        SOP 332 – Operations - Mailbox (Word Document)

·        SOP 333 - Operations – Planned Equipment Checks  (Word Document)

·        SOP 335 – Operations – Finish Line (Word Document)

·        SOP 380 – Operations - Umpire Actions During Emergency  (Word Document)

·        SOP 480 – Logistics - Umpire Emergency (Word Document)

·        SOP 610 – Signal - Umpire Communications  (Word Document)

·       SOP 910 – Templates – Reports Content (Word Document)

 

·        SOP 130 – Administration – Rights and Responsibilities (Word Document)

 

 

Pocket Guides

·        ALL (print two sets of each to take with you and for your partner who did not do preparations)