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Level 4 Certification

People often ask what Level 4 is all about. The Level 4 clinic is held under the jurisdiction of Baseball Canada and it certifies people so that they are eligible to umpire at a National Championship. Each year their are 7 National Championships held in Canada and the Umpires for those championships must have a Level 4 status. Outlined below are the procedures for having a Level 3 certification and how to obtain and maintain a Level 4 certification.

LEVEL 3 (information only, not a part of the National Program)

All persons, 16 years and older, who pay the level 3 fee, attend an advanced clinic, achieved 86% or higher on the current Level 3 exam, and have been field evaluated at Bantam AAA or better, achieving at least 86% on both plate and base.

To maintain Level 3, members must pay the level 3 fee each year, achieve at least 86% or higher on the Level 3 exam each year, attend an advanced clinic at least once every 3 years, and be field evaluated at Bantam AAA or better, achieving at least 86% on both plate and base once every 3 years. (Note: if an individual fails a field evaluation, but had passed previously within the 3 year period, he or she is still considered to hold a successful field evaluation.) The deadline for submission of the Level 3 exam is December 31 for the following year (ie: the 2007 exam must be written by December 31 of 2006 for consideration for the 2007 year tournaments); Level 3 exams submitted later than or postmarked after December 31 of the previous year will not be considered valid. Once a person achieves Level 3 he or she will not lose it in the year that a field rating expires or clinic attendance expires solely by the reason of the expiration. (In other words an individual will lose the rating if he or she fails the exam but will maintain the rating till the end of the year that the field evaluation and/or clinic attendance expires)

All persons that have a National rating are presumed to be Level 3 provincially. Should that person lose their National rating for any reason, they will revert to Level 3 for one year, and thereafter must comply with the requirements for maintaining a level 3.

No umpire, who has registered for the current year, shall drop more than one level from the previous year because of a failure to complete qualifications for that previously held level.

For further clarification Nationally rated umpires must pay the Level 3 fee to be a member of this association and no ‘Level’ may be maintained in any year without paying at least the membership fee for that level in the year in question.

If you fail to comply with the above criteria you will forfeit your card for the following year. The responsibility will be the umpires to make the necessary arrangements for evaluation through the Provincial Supervisor.

Level 4 is a difficult yet rewarding standard to obtain. Each year there are fewer National Assignments than there are Level 4 Umpires and the wait to finally get that assignment may seem long. But, as all who have been there will tell you, the wait is worth it when you finally do get to step onto the field at a one of our country's National Championships.