Coaching and Bench Staff Qualifications
To be on a Bench in Ontario Ringette Sanctioned Play
(Taken from ORA Website Membership Notices)

CBET Coaching Qualifications Transition Update

June 22, 2005

The below certifications must be completed by January 8th of the current playing season.
Division   Head Coach/Asst Coach Manager Trainer
Canada Winter Games Grandfathered 1 Level 3 certified* Manager 1 Cert. "1" + First Aid Certification or CO" Trained or CSI Trained + First Aid Certification (See below)
AA (Tween to Open) & AAA Grandfathered 1 
  old NCCP system		 Cert 2* Manager 1 Cert. "1" + First Aid Certification (See below)

Grandfathered 2
for coaches who have some quals under the old NCCP system and some under the new.

Cert. 1 + Tech 2 + Prac 2 + CI Part A or CI Part B until 2010* CI: Trained or CS: Trained + First Aid Certification (See below)
New CI Certified *
A (Tween to Open) + Provincial Petite Grandfathered 1 
  old NCCP system		 Cert.1, Tech 2 + Theory 2 until 2010 Manager 1 Cert. "1" + First Aid Certification (See below)
Grandfathered 2
for coaches who have some quals under the old NCCP system and some under the new. 		Cert. 1 + Tech 2 + CI Part A or Tech 2 + CI Part B until 2010 CI: Trained or CSI Trained + First Aid Certification (See below)
New CI - Trained*
B & C (Novice to Belle) Grandfathered 1 Tech 1/Prac 1 until 2010* Manager 1
First Aid Certification
(See below)
New CSI - Trained*
B (Open & Masters) Grandfathered 1 Cert 1 until 2010 Manager 1
First Aid Certification
(See below)
New CSI - Trained
C (Open & Masters) Grandfathered 1 Tech 1/Prac 1 until 2010 Manager 1
First Aid Certification
(See below)
New CSI - Trained
* One of who must be female and must present on the bench during sanctioned events.
Assistant Coach in Training: CSI or CI: Trained depending on team level of play.
An ORA registered and qualified female must be on the bench during sanctioned events.

Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Managers and Trainers must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Note: Non-qualified bench Staff shall not be allowed to participate in O.R.A. Sanctioned Events after JANUARY 8th. Should a member of your association bench staff violate this rule, it shall result in team disqualification and/or fines levied. There shall be no exceptions and/or appeals to this rule.

Assistant Coach in Training: Bench Staff may train a person 16 or 17 years of age, as of December 31st of the playing year with no official diutes, (to be called an "Assistant Coach in Training") These people can be on the bench during sanctioned events if they have are CSI Trained or CI Trained (depending on the team level of play) and the Bench Staff does not exceed the maximum number of 5 persons on the bench.

Manager: A manager requires a managers certification from Ringette Canada, and a
Trainer must be trained to at least Standard First Aid. (A & AA Trainers must also be CSI Trained.)

FUTURE
Ringette will be offering a new clinic called Competition - Development sometime after the end of this season for AA and AAA Level Coaches.

NOTE TO ALL BENCH STAFF
Non-qualified bench staff shall not be allowed to participate in ORA Sanctioned Events after January 8th. Should any member of the Bench Staff violate this rule, it shall result in team disqualification and/or fines levied. If an ineligible Bench Staff member has participated in a sanctioned event after January 8th, a fine of $50.00 per game will be assessed by the Region Coaching Co-ordinator. There shall be no exceptions and/or appeals to this rule. It is the responsibility of the head coach to ensure that all bench staff have copies of their certification and must be ready to produce it if requested during any sanctioned event after January 8th.

Trainer Qualifications
To be on a Bench in Ontario Ringette Sanctioned Play
(Taken from ORA Website Membership Notices)

Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Managers and Trainers must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Trainer must be trained to at least a 14 hour Standard First Aid Course. (A & AA Trainers must also be CSI Trained.)

ORA Operations Manual on Coaching Development.

COACHING DEVELOPMENT PAGE 5
REVISED MAY 13, 2007

h. Trainers are required to have current certification in one or more of the following:

i.   Medical Doctor/Student
ii.  Fireman
iii. Registered Nurse
iv. Ambulance Training
v.  Athletic Therapy
vi. Equivalency for any certified first aid course, fourteen (14) hours or more in duration,
which includes the following content:* (*Items require re-certification every three (3) years.)
    •  Principal of First Aid and Safety
    •  Artificial Respiration
    •  Wounds and Bleeding
    •  Shock, Unconsciousness and Fainting
    •  Fractures
    •  Head and Spinal Injuries
    •  Joint Injuries
    •  Medical Conditions (Diabetes, Asthma, etc.)

For equivalency, course content must be submitted to O.R.A. for Ringette Canada approval.