I already have prior experience as a football official, do I still need to go through the NVFOA training program?

All officials who are new to the NVFOA must attend at least one year of the training program. This is done in order to allow you to learn the NVFOA's mechanics, our policies, and our procedures.

Transfers, however, are given a special status within the training program and are placed in the same training program as second year trainees.  Transfer officials and those other officials with prior varsity experience may be assigned to work varsity games while in the training program. The assignment of varsity games will be based on several factors including performance during pre-season field training, the recommendation of the previous association, the individual's availability, and the NVFOA's manpower requirements on any given day.