A Level 2 referee:

• Must have refereed at a local level for a period of 12 months.
• Must have completed the Australian Oztag Level 1 Online Referee’s Course
• Must maintain interest & display enthusiasm while refereeing
• Must pass AO’s Level 2 written exam
• Displays the ability to referee higher grades and maintains full control of the game on their own.

The written exam for Level 2 can be taken online here.

A Level 3 referee is able to referee at Australian Oztag representative tournaments.  A Level 3 referee:

• Must have achieved Level 2
• Must have achieved referee experience criteria to advance
• Must pass AO’s Level 3 written exam.
• Displays the ability to referee grand final games
• Will be nominated by their Association, or invited by AO for representative tournaments
• Will be assessed at an AO Jnr tournament to determine their ability to progress to AO Senior tournaments.
• Will be assessed by an AO appointed assessor.

A Level 4 referee is a senior official capable of refereeing a Grand Final at the Australian Championships.  A Level 4 referee:

• must have achieved Level 3
• must have met the required referee experience criteria to advance
• must pass a practical assessment at AO’s Australian Championships
• must pass AO’s Level 4 written exam
• must have officiated at 2 Senior Australian Championships or
• officiated at 2 Senior State Championships or
• officiated a Grand Final at a Senior Australian Championship

A Level 5 referee is an International Referee, who has refereed at an International Tag Federation sanctioned event.  A Level 5 referee:

• must have achieved Level 4
• must have met the Level 5 referee experience criteria to advance
• must attend the referees briefing
• must pass practical assessments at Senior Australian Championships
• must be selected to officiate at an International Tag Federation sanctioned Senior International event including Emerging Nations, Big 4 Invitational, Trans-Tasman, ITF World Cup.