Umpire and Officials Coaching

Junior Umpiring Mentoring Application Process

To become a Junior Umpire Mentor at North Harbour Hockey Association (NHHA) you must complete one of the following options:

1. Complete the Senior Umpiring Registration Online Form, where there is an
   option to select ‘Junior Mentoring’ or ‘Senior Mentoring’, this can be found via the
   Umpiring Tab on the Harbour Hockey Website www.harbourhockey.org.nz
2. Email the Hockey Volunteer Dev. Officer – umpiring@harbourhockey.org.nz to
   express your interest.
   NB: In accordance with the NHHA Policy Vetting Policy and Youth Policy for Applicants that are
   aged 18+ and are expressing interest in mentoring of a youth umpire must complete a police
   vetting application. A youth umpire is defined as anyone under the age of 18.

On expression of interest candidates are shared with the Umpires Officials Divisions Executives Committee (UODEC) and it may be requested that the candidate complete an interview with an NHHA staff member and/or UODEC Member.

Interested applicant would then receive official NHHA communications via email to confirm that the UODEC and NHHA would like them to be involved in the NHHA Mentoring Programme.

On being offered a Mentoring Position the applicant would be required to sign the NHHA Mentoring Agreement that will include a role start and end date.
NB: Those that have had to complete a Police Vetting Form will not be able to Mentor Youth until clearance is obtained.

If you have any questions or are interested about our Mentoring Programme please contact our Hockey Volunteer Development Officer via email umpiring@harbourhockey.org.nz to organise a time to discuss. For the safety of our Mentors and Umpires we do not allow informal queries.

We have created a document to support our Junior Umpire Coaches to follow best practice when mentoring and coaching youth within our Harbour Whanau.