Persons In Authority
Screening of referees, coaches, team staff, and volunteers in our sport is an important part of providing a safe sporting environment.
All Leaders must complete the Person In Authority (PIA) requirements prior to working with athletes or within a club. A PIA may not participate in volleyball activities until they have completed the following:
Criminal Records Checks (CRC), Safe Sport Training (SST) OR current Respect in Sport for Activity Leaders, annual Screening Disclosure Form (SDF), or any other requirements that may be imposed by VC or VA. Clubs are required to fully screen all their PIAs for these requirements.
Incomplete PIA’s will result in delays to your membership approval, inability to be added to rosters, and restriction from the bench during competitions
- Criminal Record Checks (CRC) are $25 and MUST BE completed through the Volleyball Alberta portal at: Sterling myBackCheck.
CRC’s are valid for 3 years. Please renew your CRC if it has expired or will be expiring this season.
You can confirm issue date and sharing history by Logging in to your myBackCheck account.
Using a different CRC platform/provider that is not linked to your club, Volleyball Alberta (VA), Volleyball Canada (VC), OR uploading scans/images of your CRC into Sportlomo will result in an unsuccessful check. If your club is not listed in the list of location on Sterling myBackCheck, or you do not have a myBackCheck.com login for your club, please email Julie at info@volleyballalberta.ca.
- Safe Sport Training (SST) is free and completed in The NCCP Locker. The Locker can be used to confirm courses an individual has completed. Users log-in to The Locker using their NCCP number. If you don’t have one, you can create one at the log-in page.
- Screening Disclosure Form (SDF) is an annual requirement which is done in Sportlomo during membership registration for all Leader categories.
Screening Designates, please read the Screening Designate Information Presentation
For more detailed registration information and processes, view the Registration Guides on the How to Register page.
Membership Approval
All Leader membership types will be “Awaiting Approval” until Volleyball Alberta (VA) manually verifies that the individual has an active CRC, SST, SDF & Membership.
Once all items are confirmed and approved, the VA screening designate for each department will change the member status from “Awaiting Approval” to “Active”. Members need to be “Active” to register for events and to be rostered. This may take up to 4 business days for members that meet the CRC, SST, SDF & Membership requirements. Any outstanding items related to a check will result in more time.
Complete your Criminal Record Check and Safe Sport Training before purchasing your membership! This will limit delays in approving/activating your membership, as your Screening Disclosure Form is completed during membership purchase.
To follow up on a membership status that is “Awaiting Approval” for more than 4 business days, please email the appropriate VA Department Screening Designate.
Leader Category | Screening Designate | Contact |
Club Presidents, Volunteers | Julie Noel | |
Head Coaches, Managers, Trainers | Mike Ling | |
Assistant Coaches | Ryan Marsden | |
Referees | Vinny Saporito |
Checks on the Sterling myBackCheck platform can be shared with VA’s registered clubs, VA-Headquarters and VC-Headquarters, etc. All checks shared with VA registered clubs are automatically shared with VA-Headquarters. PS – Checks are valid for 3-years from the issue date (date completed). Not to be confused with the “shared date” as checks can be shared anytime within the 3-years.
