Officials
Member clubs arrange to hold test sessions and competitions. The competitions are conducted under the supervision and authority of U.S. Figure Skating appointed officials. The member club (for competitions, the club is sometimes call the local organizing committee or “LOC”) is responsible for many of the ancillary functions of the test session or competition (registration, transportation, event monitoring, hospitality, messengers, copying, etc.). For national and international events, U.S. Figure Skating headquarters staff also provides logistics and event support. The officials are responsible for actually running the test sessions, competitions, and associated individual events. All the officials at test sessions and competitions are unpaid volunteers.
Officials receive their appointments from U.S. Figure Skating after demonstrating a certain level of proficiency, and in some cases, after trialing or taking written examinations. In most cases, officials are appointed at three (3) levels; regional, sectional, and national.
Below is a list of officials at a typical large competition. For the 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 70 officials were assigned along with over 50 alternate officials. The parenthetical number is how many people were assigned to the respective positions. If there is no number, only one person was assigned.
| Chief Referee | Assistant Referees (3) | ||
| Dance Referee | Assistant Dance Referees | ||
| Chief Accountant | Assistant Accountants (3) | ||
| Chief Technical Accountant | Assistant Technical Accountants (2) | ||
| Chief Ice Technician | Assistant Ice Technicians (3) | ||
| Chief Music Coordinator | Assistant Music Coordinators (4) | Music Technician | |
| Chief Announcer | Assistant Announcers (3) | ||
| Technical Controllers (6) | Technical Specialists (8) | Data Operators | Video Replay Operators |
| Judges - Singles/Pairs (18) | Judges - Dance (9) |
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