Technical Officiating

Victorian Technical Officials continued to shine, conducting themselves with poise, grace and plenty of good humour throughout an incredibly trying season of changes, new requirements and last minute postponements.

Leading by example with social distancing restrictions, mask requirements and checkin processes, our Technical Officials were the backbone to Victoria’s return to racing, and we thank them enormously for their efforts.

Behind the scenes, Triathlon Victoria has continued to innovate and improve both the educational and operational aspects of officiating in Australia. These include making the sign in and toolbox talk hands-free, simplifying the nominating process and digitising the Field of Play payment procedure.

In addition, Triathlon Victoria presented Triathlon Australia with a fully interactive e-learning version of their Local Technical Official course combined with suggestions on how to synchronise education within the organisation to reduce resource waste and duplication of costs.

The Technical Committee has been working hard on creating a training course for those officials wishing to officiate on the motorbike. It is hoped that the addition of dedicated training for moto-officials and more engaging e-learning content aligned with adult education principles will see Victoria continue to lead the way in officiating.

Highlights

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3 27 Technical Officials supported events with over 112 roles across a compacted season 23 Technical Officials worked simultaneously at IM Geelong and 2XU Race 5 on the same day Gender equity remained a priority and over 43% of officiating roles were undertaken by women