How can I gain updating points?

How to gain updating points?

There are numerous ways in which a Technical Member can achieve updating points. A full list of the various ways you can accumulate can be found in the Updating Policy, however, here is a summarised list for your benefit;

• Accreditation Courses
  • All Coach & Judge Accreditation Courses have associated updating points

• FLEX - Professional Development and Updating (Online)
  • There are a range of free online course with FLEX that have associated updating points

• FLEX - Document Uploads for Updating Points
  • There are a range of Gymnastics Australia approved third party courses that are linked to updating points.
  • Courses completed via Play By The Rules, Scope Australia, Sport Integrity Australia, Special Olympics Australia (to name a few) can all attract updating points

• Professional Development conducted outside of the FLEX system
  • If your PD certificate of completion has been conducted by a third party and is not listed in our FLEX - Document Uploads for Updating Points category, please forward it to your State/Territory Body for review and assessment.

• Club Workshops
  • Technical Members can gain updating points by attending club-delivered workshops
  • Important Please ensure that the club has had the workshop sanctioned by the State/Territory Body prior to it being delivered. The club will then be responsible for submitting a participants list to the State / Territory Body to have points applied

• State/Territory Body Workshops
  • Technical Members can gain updating points by attending State/Territory delivered workshops
  • Important Enquiries regarding missing points from workshops conducted by State/Territory Bodies are to be forwarded to your State/Territory Body

• Events
  • Technical Members can gain updating points when attending events in the capacity of a coach, judge or event support.
  • Important Events must be sanctioned by GA or State/Territory Bodies prior to the event commencing.
  • GA hosted events - Gymnastics Australia is responsible for applying updating points.
    • Missing updating points enquiries associated with GA events are to be submitted to membership@gymnastics.org.au.
  • State/Territory hosted events - State and Territory Bodies are responsible for applying updating points
    • ​​​​​​​Missing updating points enquiries associated with State and Territory events are to be submitted to the relevant STA body.
  • Club Level hosted events
    • ​​​​​​​Initial enquires regarding missing points from Club Level events must be submitted to the club in the first instance.
    • Please ensure your details were provided to your State Body from the host club
    • If so, then please reach out to your State / Territory Body