What organizations can you get paid as a stroke/turn judge

Our local high school and college pay the officials and meet ops folks for in-season meets, more for championships meets. Probably about $20 for 1 session, more for district/regional championships. For our local USA Swimming meets once in a while the host team will hire meet ops (timing system or meet management computer) but the officials are always free. The timing/computer positions require training, experience and certification and not all meet hosts have somebody in-house. Also, a hospitality room is expected for coaches, officials, and other meet workers and usually serve both breakfast and lunch if the meet will run past 1 pm. For the state/section championships meets the officials might get an embroidered logo polo shirt plus a post-meet social. In my area there is a shortage of qualified individuals both as officials (stroke & turn, starter, referee, timing judge) and on the timing platform (timing system, meet computer ops). Masters swimmers are in a unique position to give something back to the sport by helping out. Unlike new swim parents who may drop out of the sport in a year when their kids decide swimming's not their thing, the Masters already have a knowlege of the sport and may stay in it for enough years to develop expertise required for skilled positions.

Our local high school and college pay the officials and meet ops folks for in-season meets, more for championships meets. Probably about $20 for 1 session, more for district/regional championships. For our local USA Swimming meets once in a while the host team will hire meet ops (timing system or meet management computer) but the officials are always free. The timing/computer positions require training, experience and certification and not all meet hosts have somebody in-house. Also, a hospitality room is expected for coaches, officials, and other meet workers and usually serve both breakfast and lunch if the meet will run past 1 pm. For the state/section championships meets the officials might get an embroidered logo polo shirt plus a post-meet social. In my area there is a shortage of qualified individuals both as officials (stroke & turn, starter, referee, timing judge) and on the timing platform (timing system, meet computer ops). Masters swimmers are in a unique position to give something back to the sport by helping out. Unlike new swim parents who may drop out of the sport in a year when their kids decide swimming's not their thing, the Masters already have a knowlege of the sport and may stay in it for enough years to develop expertise required for skilled positions.