ENTRY LEVEL REFEREE COURSE INFORMATION
WHAT IS IT?
2025 Entry Level Referee Course and Registration Information
All HRM In-person Practical Sessions have been completed for the 2025 season. For additional In-person Practical Sessions, click HERE.
Please Read Carefully – This is a multi-step process with multiple registrations required that must be completed in order.
For 2025, the Entry Level Referee Course will consist of two blocks.
- Step 1 – Block 1 – Canada Soccer Entry Level Referee Course Online Theory Modules – there are 2 registrations to be completed
- Registration and payment will be through Canada Soccer
- Block 1 cost is $30
- If you are a parent or guardian registering a youth, please ensure you register with Canada Soccer using the youth’s name as opposed to a parent or guardian’s name
- If the youth has their own email address, it can be used as opposed to a parent or guardian’s email address
- Canada Soccer Registration Guide provided in link below
- Payment is required first to receive access key to register
- If you have processed payment, but did not receive an access key to register for the Online Theory Modules, please email kate@soccerns.ca
- Block 1 is a prerequisite for Block 2 and must be completed prior to registration and participation for Block 2
- Ensure Block 1 Online Theory Modules are completed before Block 2 registration closes
- Block 2 registration closes for each In-person Practical Session approximately 7 days prior to date of the session
- Once the online modules have been completed, please email the PDF of your Canada Soccer Certificate of Completion to kate@soccerns.ca
- Step 2 – Block 2 – New Official/Soccer Nova Scotia Entry Level Referee In-person Practical Session – there are two registrations to be completed
- Block 2 Registration is not available until Block 1 has been completed
- Registration and payment will be through Soccer Nova Scotia
- Block 2 cost is $90
- Soccer Nova Scotia Registration Guide provided in link below
- Block 2 Registration as a New Official is password protected
- The password and registration information will be provided once the PDF of your Canada Soccer Certificate of Completion has been received.
- If a parent or guardian is registering a youth, the youth’s email address should be used when asked to create a RAMP Assigning account during the registration process
- The password and registration information will be provided once the PDF of your Canada Soccer Certificate of Completion has been received.
- Block 2 registration closes for each In-person Practical Session approximately 7 days prior to the date of the session
- Registration for the 2025 In-person Practical Sessions will be available on February 12, 2025
The minimum age to apply for the Entry Level Referee Course is 14 years of age by March 31 of the current year for Block 1 – Canada Soccer Online Theory Modules.
The Block 2 – SNS Entry Level Referee In-Person Practical Sessions are offered annually in the spring for completion of the Entry Level Referee Course.
For questions on the Entry Level Referee Course, please email kate@soccerns.ca.
KEY COMPONENTS
SOCCER NOVA SCOTIA
CONTACT US
Juan Marquez
902-445-0265
Director of Referees
juan@soccerns.ca
Kate Wigglesworth
902-445-0265
Office Manager
kate@soccerns.ca