Area Chief Referee (karate) - Salary and Career
Sports referees

Area Chief Referee (karate) - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They ensure compliance with the regulation in sports competitions, controlling their progress, recording infractions, applying penalties and making the necessary markings to ensure the processing of these events within the rules established by Organs sports bodies.

How much does an Area Chief Referee (karate) earn

A Area Chief Referee (karate) earns between $1.235 and $2.459 per month, with an average monthly salary of $1.624 and a median salary of $1.763 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 6 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Area Chief Referee (karate)

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 1.624 19.490 406 11
1º Quartile 1.235 14.820 309 8
Median Salary 1.763 21.150 441 11
3º Quartile 1.875 22.500 469 12
Higher Salary 2.459 29.503 615 16


Professional job categories

  • Middle level technicians
    • medium-level technicians in cultural, communications and sports services
      • athletes, sportsmen
        • sports referees

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Main workplaces

Sports referees professionals work in different sports, working in competitions, tournaments, games and official events, in sports, recreational or associative entities, in education, etc. The vast majority of professionals are self-employed and can accumulate the role of sports referee with another occupation in the area, such as athlete, teacher, sports micro-entrepreneur, etc. Their work usually takes place on irregular dates and times, following the calendar of sporting events to which they are linked. In some activities, some professionals may work in adverse weather conditions, in uncomfortable positions for long periods, under psychological pressure.


What does it take to work in the field of Sports referees

Family occupations require different levels of minimum formal schooling, such as elementary school and high school. Vocational training can take place through basic qualification courses, lasting around two hundred hours. The desirable previous professional experience of the holders varies between more than one and five years, depending on the occupation.


Functions and activities of Area Chief Referee (karate)

Sports referees must:

  • observe posture consonant with sport referee activity;
  • participate in arbitration rules awareness and update activities;
  • participate in knowledge activities and arbitration rules update;
  • participate in arbitration rules knowledge and update activities;
  • communicate;
  • participate in knowledge activities and update of arbitration rules;
  • observe posture consistent with sports referee activity;
  • observe posture consistent with sport referee activity;
  • managing the sports competition;
  • complement to arbitration;
  • applying rules and regulations;
  • observe posture consistent with sports referee activity;
  • examine the general infrastructure of the event;
  • observe posture befitting sport referee activity;
  • complement the arbitration;
  • enforce rules and regulations;
  • maintain physical and psychological conditioning;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • fulfill your entity's requests;
  • complementary referee;
  • manage the sports competition;
  • complementary arbitration;
  • manage the sporting competition;
  • observe posture consistent with sport referee activity;
  • observe posture consistent with the activity of a sports referee;

  • Activities

    • demonstrate emotional self-control;
    • conduct impartially during competition;
    • remove periodic schedule;
    • avoid your performance in competitions involving clubs/athletes with who maintain ties;
    • demonstrate accumulated experiences as a competitor in the sport;
    • fail the competition venue;
    • verbally inform the final time of the competition;
    • deciding on cases not specified in the rules/regulations;
    • register the athletes participating in the competition;
    • identify the team captain;
    • guide the support group action procedure;
    • exclude support group components during the competition;
    • fill in the competition summary;
    • register medical care;
    • control the substitution of athletes;
    • perform theoretical and practical arbitration tests ;
    • behave ethically when active or not in sporting events;
    • establish communication with the security team;
    • preserving discipline during competition;
    • acting in long journey events;
    • punishing athletes through signs and verbalization;
    • demonstrate self-criticism;
    • register with your entity;
    • use sound equipment;
    • check the facilities;
    • decide on cases not specified in the rules/regulations;
    • authorize the participation of athletes;
    • check the policing conditions;
    • demonstrate common sense;
    • preserving consistency during competition;
    • demonstrate respect for hierarchy;
    • record unforeseen occurrences during the competition;
    • master the rules and regulations in force;
    • record substitutions;
    • demonstrate knowledge about the fundamentals of the sport;
    • prepare yourself physically and psychologically to act in the season;
    • approve the competition venue;
    • interpreting rules and regulations;
    • prevent the physical integrity of athletes;
    • check the documentation of the athletes and the coaching staff;
    • operate the electronic or manual scoreboard;
    • practice the sport;
    • verbally warn athletes of possible penalties;
    • maintain your physical and mental capacity after competition;
    • report irregularities in the facilities/equipment;
    • register athletes participating in the competition;
    • request the removal of unauthorized persons from the competition area;
    • follow the calls of your entities;
    • inform availability;
    • demonstrate ability to concentrate;
    • plan the way the refereeing team works;
    • making decisions during competition;
    • authorize athletes to participate;
    • standardize the application of rules for competition;
    • participate in arbitration courses;
    • check the conditions of the competition equipment;
    • visually inform the competition addition period;
    • confirm participation in events/competition;
    • appear in uniform to competition venues;
    • plan the way the referee team works;
    • periodically demonstrate your physical and mental capacity before competition;
    • demonstrate suitability;
    • conduct with fairness during competition;
    • verbally score athletes on possible valid techniques;
    • work in adverse weather conditions;
    • demonstrate ability to work in a team;
    • respect athletes;
    • communicate with coaches and captains about the progress of the competition;
    • respect the performance of the refereeing team members;
    • judging the actions of competitors;
    • show your physical and mental capacity during competition;
    • control the timing;
    • establish communication with the support team;
    • fulfill the calls of your entities;
    • delimit the area of operation of the press;
    • conduct yourself impartially during competition;
    • establish communication with the medical team;
    • act whenever external interference affects the smooth running of the competition;
    • demonstrate objectivity;
    • remove periodic scale;
    • use full physical and mental conditions in the exercise of the activity;
    • watch the performance of other arbitrators for improvement;
    • inform availability;
    • standardizing the application of rules for the competition;
    • recognize the functions of the refereeing team members;
    • check the presence of medical assistance;
    • participate in technical meetings;
    • attend punctually to competition venues;
    • acting whenever external interference affects the smooth running of the competition;
    • appear in uniform at competition venues;
    • examine the competition venue;
    • record the score;
    • request the regularization of equipment;
    • request a schedule exemption;
    • preserve discipline during competition;
    • participate in internships;
    • supervise the technical procedures of each modality;
    • use visual equipment;
    • check the conditions of safety equipment;
    • demonstrate authority;
    • acknowledge the presence of the support group;
    • participate in courses for category promotion;
    • participate in category promotion courses;
    • recycle;
    • provide a medical certificate for training in the exercise of your activity (ad);
    • recycle yourself;
    • send reports to your entities;
    • develop peripheral vision;
    • respect event participants;
    • call or present the contestants;
    • record penalties;
    • authorize support group presence;
    • request to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing the competition area;
    • study current rules and regulations;
    • standardize the application of rules for the competition;
    • inform the impossibility of meeting the scale;
    • demonstrate personality;
    • become aware of responsibilities;
    • preserving consistency throughout the competition;
    • prepare yourself physically and psychologically to perform in the season;
    • confirm participation in events/competition;
    • perform technical gestures/signals;
    • making decisions during competition;
    • operate electronic or manual scoreboard;
    • call or introduce competitors;


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