Water polo referee - Salary and Career
Sports referees

Water polo referee - 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 Water polo referee earn

A Water polo referee earns between $0 and $0 per month, with an average monthly salary of $1.212 and a median salary of $1.212 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 1 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Water polo referee

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 1.212 14.546 303 6
1º Quartile 0 0 0 0
Median Salary 1.212 14.546 303 6
3º Quartile 0 0 0 0
Higher Salary 0 0 0 0


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 Water polo referee

Sports referees must:

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

  • Activities

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


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