Description
Officiate competitive sports events to uphold rules, ensure fair play, and protect participant safety. Enforce regulations, assess penalties, signal decisions, and determine results across various sports as a referee, umpire, judge, or timekeeper.
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
Memory
- • Memorization
Perceptual Abilities
- • Speed of Closure
- • Flexibility of Closure
- • Perceptual Speed
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
- • Time Sharing
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Trunk Strength
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Knowledge
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Active Learning
- • Learning Strategies
- • Monitoring
Social Skills
- • Social Perceptiveness
- • Coordination
Complex Problem Solving Skills
- • Complex Problem Solving
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
Related specializations
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Related Pathways
Arts, Entertainment, & Design
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
