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LEVEL C Controller’s Course
Saturday, October 3rd
Moors Valley Country Park
9am – 4.30pm
Course Instructor: Katy Stubbs (BKO)
Course Fee: FREE
Course Objectives:
“To provide existing planners and organisers with an overview of the role and responsibilities of a Level C controller and other main event officials. To understand what the British Orienteering rules, appendices and guidelines include, particularly those that apply to Level C and D events.”
Course Agenda:
The role of the Controller
How to control an event:
Early contacts with the Organiser and Planner
Reviewing draft courses
Preparation for checking control sites
Practical Exercise: checking taped sites
Finalising the paperwork
Checking arrangements with the Organiser
Checking controls
On the day
After the event
Need for diplomacy
Who can attend?
Anyone FROM ANY CLUB can attend however to be appointed a Level C controller at a minimum you must have completed the following:
• Organisation of a British Orienteering registered event at least once in the previous 10 years.
• Plan 3 events, at least one at level C and one within the previous 5 years.
• Attend a British Orienteering Level C controller’s course.
• Attend an Event Safety workshop
• Be appointed by the relevant Association
What to bring?
2015 Rules, Appendix B and E (can be downloaded from the British orienteering website).
Clothing suitable for outdoor controlling of sites and equipment you would normally use.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS COURSE, OR NEED MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT JULIE ASTIN ON