Score taker (karate) - Salary and Career
Sports referees

Score taker (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 Score taker (karate) earn

A Score taker (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 Score taker (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 Score taker (karate)

Sports referees must:

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

  • Activities

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


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