Potential Discrepancy in Judge Training Requirement for Worlds Qualifying Event : Robot Events

Potential Discrepancy in Judge Training Requirement for Worlds Qualifying Event

Dale Nacianceno

31-Jul-2024

Guide to Judging, Page 11:

JUDGE

• Highly encouraged (but not required) to have passed the Judge Advisor / Judge Training & Certification Course for local qualifying events. Event Partners and Judge Advisors should encourage all Judges to be certified for Event Region Championship or Signature Events.

Guide to Judging, Page 13:

JUDGE

[...]

• Complete the Judge Advisor / Judge Training & Certification Course (highly encouraged but not required for local events; required for events that qualify teams to the VEX Robotics World Championship).

Page 13 clearly states that the Judge Advisor / Judge Training & Certification Course is required for events that qualify teams to the VEX Robotics World Championship. Page 11 seems to imply that Judges are encouraged, but not required, to complete the course. Can clarification be provided about this potential contradiction?

Answered by Competition Judging Committee

14-Aug-2024

Thank you for finding this discrepancy. In the August update to the Guide to Judging, we will correct this.

The correct verbiage in the Guide to Judging should be:

Judges at all events are highly encouraged (but not required) to have passed the Judge Advisor / Judge Training & Certification Course.

Regardless of the qualification level of the event, Judge Advisors are required to have passed the Judge Advisor / Judge Training & Certification Course. For judges, it is highly recommended but not a requirement.

8/14/24 Note: This is a change from how this Q&A was originally answered.