You do not need to be a Registered Football Brisbane (FB) Referee to referee a Competitive game (U12 and above). You do not need a Level 4 Certificate to referee a Competitive game. However, PRAFC would like to provide knowledgeable Referees to officiate over matches held at the Club when a Football Brisbane Referee is not appointed.
Therefore it is recommended that Club Referees for
Competitive Junior and Senior matches complete the free
Online Laws of the Game course. This takes approximately 3 hours. To continue Referee training, please express an interest to the Club to complete the one day course for a Level 4 qualification ($50 approximately).. A Level 4 qualification and a minimum of 13 years of age is required for registration as a FB Referee. See 'How to become a FB Referee' below. Refer to
Competition Rules on the Football Brisbane website for reference.
Referees aged under 18 can not officiate a Competitive Junior or Senior match alone. For Referees under 18, officiating an U12 match, one accompanying assistant Referee at least is required. For every age division above U12, two assistant Referees are recommended.
Referees aged over 18 years of age can referee an U12 game unaccompanied. Again, two assistant Referees are recommended by Football Brisbane for divisions above U12.
If a match is being officiated by Club Officials, please offer one assistant Referee position to the visiting team before allocating the second assistant Referee role to a Club member. This is to promote transparency, fairness and good sportsmanship.
Reporting of Results by FB Referees is done online through FB 'Game Day' however Club Referees are not registered with FB Game Day and therefore do not have access to do this. Club Referees should keep a note book with them to record the scores and any misconduct and report the score and infringements to the Club Secretary for reporting to FB.
(FB Source - Referee Development Officer, Steve Jones - 27 March, 2018)