Draft criteria for a course measurer classification system
The criteria proposed below for the classification of course measurers shall be in accord with the following fundamental principles of Road Running Technical Council (RRTC):
Principle #1: Course measurement for USATF measurement certification follows a detailed protocol and procedures promulgated by the RRTC as articulated in the Course Measurement and Certification Procedures Manual. http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/certification/manual/.
Principle #2: Course measurement protocol and procedures are designed to accommodate the wide geographic range of the road running community having need for USATF measurement certification services.
Principle #3: Course measurement protocol and procedures are designed to be accessible to the broad and diverse membership of the road running community.
Principle #4: The classification of course measurers is based on evidence-based criteria, and shall be consistent with the existing structure in place for the past 25 years, whereby regional certifiers review applications for the certification of road courses submitted by measurers who do not have final signatory status.
I. Rules for the classification of course measurers:
- 1. The body of course measurers in the United States is divided into “classified” and “unclassified” categories.
a. “Classified” measures are persons who have ever submitted an application for certification of a road course that resulted in an approved measurement certificate by a regional certifier.
b. “Unclassified” measurers are persons who have successfully completed an RRTC-sanctioned course measurement clinic but have not submitted an application for certification of a road course for review by a regional certifier. - 2. Classified measurers are graded on the basis of their performance and experience in the measurement of courses that successfully resulted in the awarding of a measurement certificate by a regional certifier.
a. Grade “C” is accorded a measurer who has submitted an application for certification of a road course that resulted in an approved measurement certificate by a regional certifier.
b. Grade “B” is accorded a measurer who in the three calendar years prior to the year in which the classification grade is assigned has submitted an application for certification of a road course that resulted in the awarding of a measurement certificate by a regional certifier.
c. Grade “A” is accorded a measurer who:
i. Has submitted an application for certification of a road course that resulted the awarding of two or more measurement certificates by a regional certifier in the three calendar years prior to the year in which the classification grade is assigned; or
ii. Is a regional certifier in year in which the classification grade is assigned; or
iii. Has final signatory status in the year in which the classification grade is assigned.