What are the commissaire grades, and how do I train and move up?

Under sections 22.2 and 24 of the Cycling SA Road Cycling Handbook 2026:

Technical licence grades (each for commissaires, judges or timekeepers), from entry level up:

1. Probationer
2. Regional
3. National
4. Elite
5. UCI

Training and upgrading

• Cycling SA's Technical Commission compiles the training material for commissaires, team managers and other stakeholders, and reviews it for compliance with UCI and Cycling SA technical and disciplinary guidelines.
• The Cycling SA Technical Manager and the Technical Commission appoint training facilitators, who run the timekeeping and judging, commissaire and team manager courses and set and mark the examinations.
• The Technical Commission evaluates active commissaires and technical officials for performance, grading, training and upgrading.
• Trainee commissaires are paid 50% of a regional or national commissaire's daily fee (section 27.1.2), and an advanced probationer may serve as the line official at club and community events to gain experience (section 19.6).