Persons In Authority
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 PIAs will result in delays to your membership approval, inability to be added to rosters, and restriction from the bench during competitions.
1. Criminal Record Checks (CRC) are $18.99 + tax
and MUST BE completed through Trustii via the Sportlomo portal.
Most applicants will receive their Trustii results within approximately 10 minutes.
However, please allow up to 24 hours for your results to be emailed and for your Sportlomo credential status to update.
- CRCs are valid for 3 years.
- If you have a valid CRC on file that will remain valid throughout the upcoming season, no further action is required at this time.
- Please renew your CRC through Trustii only if it has expired or will expire during the 2026-2027 season to avoid disruptions to your membership status and eligibility requirements.
- Confirm your status by Logging in to your Sportlomo account > Locate your Member Card > Click Credentials
- 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.
2. Safe Sport Training (SST)
is free and can be completed by Logging in to your Sportlomo account > Locate your Member Card > Click Volleyball Connect or via your NCCP Locker.
3. Screening Disclosure Form (SDF)
is an annual requirement which is done in Sportlomo during membership registration for all Leader categories.
Membership Approval
All Leader membership types are in a status of “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. Any outstanding PIA requirements will result in more time.
Head Coaches, Managers, Trainers, Beach Coaches
Mike Ling