Could you become a Sports Umpire?
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What this job is
A sports umpire officiates sporting competitions and matches by enforcing playing rules, making judgment calls on play, and ensuring fair conduct among participants. Operating across various sports codes in Australian venues ranging from community clubs to professional stadiums, umpires monitor game flow, penalise rule breaches, and manage player and spectator behaviour to maintain the integrity of competition.
Pay
A$1,442 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Active Listeningcore
- Adaptability and Flexibilitycore
- Apply risk management in sportscore
- Assess performance in sport eventscore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Communicate information during sport gamecore
- Conflict De-escalationcore
- Conflict Resolutioncore
- Empathy and Emotional Intelligencecore
- Golfcore
- Incident Reportingcore
- Instruct in sportcore
- Personalise sports programmecore
- Plan sports instruction programmecore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- Sports ethicscore
- Time Managementcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- Adapt teaching to target group
- Adjust sporting equipment
- Assess physical conditions of clients
- Communicate with youth
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
- Demonstrate when teaching
- Develop sports programmes
- Give constructive feedback
- Market trends in sporting equipment
- Multitasking
- Organise training
- Participate in sport events
- Professional Boundaries Maintenance
- Report Writing
- Risk Identification
- Sport and exercise medicine
- Sport games rules
- Workload Self-Management