Required integrity education courses
Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) and Softball Australia (SA) are committed to collaborating to mitigate and manage integrity-related threats, ensuring a safe, fair, and ethical environment for participants at all levels.
Education plays a vital role in safeguarding the integrity of softball helping us all mitigate and manage integrity threats. We all have a responsibility in protecting softball and education requirements vary for each role and level of softball to ensure they are relevant and proportionate to integrity risks.
Select the appropriate drop-down menu below to learn which education courses are required for your role or level of softball in the sport.
Compliance checks will be conducted by the SA and Sport Integrity Australia when required and prior to events, competitions or softball related activities.
Courses - By Role
COURSE NAME | Testing Pool (Registered, National & Domestic Testing Pool) |
International & National (U18 and above) |
International & National (U16 and under) |
State Level (U18 and above) |
Community / Club Level |
Anti-Doping Fundamentals | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | N/A | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Annual Update | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | N/A | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Clean Sport 101 | N/A | N/A | REQUIRED | N/A | N/A |
Wheareabouts | REQUIRED (Registered Testing Pool Only) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
National Integrity Framework | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | N/A | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Safeguarding Children & Young People | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | N/A | REQUIRED | RECOMMENDED |
Competition Manipulation & Sports Gambling | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | N/A | REQUIRED | N/A |
Illicit Drugs in Sport | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | N/A | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED |
COURSE NAME | INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL | STATE LEVEL | COMMUNITY / CLUB LEVEL |
Anti-Doping Fundamentals | REQUIRED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Annual Update | REQUIRED |
RECOMMENDED |
N/A |
Wheareabouts | REQUIRED (If Coaching registered Testing Pool Athletes) |
N/A | N/A |
Coaches Course | REQUIRED | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED |
Medical Practitioners Course | REQUIRED (Doctors and Physios) |
REQUIRED |
RECOMMENDED |
National Integrity Framework | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Safeguarding Children & Young People | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | REQUIRED |
Safeguarding Recruitment & Screening | REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
Competition Manipulation & Sports Gambling | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | N/A |
Illicit Drugs in Sport | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED |
COURSE NAME | INTERATIONAL & NATIONAL |
STATE LEVEL | COMMUNITY / CLUB LEVEL |
Anti-Doping Fundamentals | REQUIRED | N/A | N/A |
Annual Update | REQUIRED | N/A | N/A |
National Integrity Framework | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Safeguarding Children & Young People | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | REQUIRED |
Safeguarding Recruitment & Screening | REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
Competition Manipulation & Sports Gambling | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | N/A |
Illicit Drugs in Sport | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
COURSE NAME | SOFTBALL AUSTRALIA BOARD & STAFF | SSO BOARD & STAFF |
ASSOCIATION & CLUB BOARD & STAFF | ALL VOLUNTEERS |
Anti-Doping Fundamentals | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Annual Update | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
National Integrity Framework | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | N/A |
Safeguarding Children & Young People | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | RECOMMENDED |
Safeguarding Recruitment & Screening | REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
Competition Manipulation & Sports Gambling | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Illicit Drugs in Sport | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Courses - By Event / Level of Softball
COURSE NAME | ATHLETES (U18 and above) |
ATHLETES (U16 and under) |
COACHES & SUPPORT PERSONNEL (inc Team Managers, Physios, Doctors) |
OFFICIALS (Umpires, Technical Officials, Scorers, Selectors) |
Anti-Doping Fundamentals | REQUIRED | N/A | REQUIRED | REQUIRED |
Annual Update | REQUIRED | N/A | REQUIRED | REQUIRED |
Clean Sport 101 | N/A | REQUIRED | N/A | N/A |
Wheareabouts | REQUIRED (Registered Testing Pool Only) |
N/A | REQUIRED (If Coaching registered Testing Pool Athletes) |
N/A |
Coaches Course | N/A | N/A | REQUIRED | N/A |
Medical Practioners Course | N/A | N/A | REQUIRED (Doctors & Physios) |
N/A |
National Integrity Framework | RECOMMENDED | N/A | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED |
Safeguarding Children & Young People | REQUIRED | N/A | REQUIRED | REQUIRED |
Safeguarding Recruitment & Screening | N/A | N/A | REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
Competition Manipulation & Sports Gambling | REQUIRED | N/A | REQUIRED | REQUIRED |
Illicit Drugs in Sport | REQUIRED | N/A | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED |
COURSE NAME | ATHLETES (U18 and above) |
COACHES & SUPPORT PERSONNEL (inc. Team Managers, Physios, Doctors) |
OFFICIALS (Umpires, Technical Officials, Scorers, Selectors) |
Anti-Doping Fundamentals | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Annual Update | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Coaches Course | N/A | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Medical Practioners Course | N/A | REQUIRED (Doctors & Physios) |
N/A |
National Integrity Framework | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED |
Safeguarding Children & Young People | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | REQUIRED |
Safeguarding Recruitment & Screening | N/A | REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
Competition Manipulation & Sports Gambling | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | REQUIRED |
Illicit Drugs in Sport | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED |
COURSE NAME | ATHLETES (U18 and above) |
COACHES & SUPPORT PERSONNEL (inc Team Managers, Physios, Doctors) |
OFFICIALS (Umpires, Technical Officials, Scorers, Selectors) |
ASSOCIATION & CLUB BOARD & STAFF | ALL VOLUNTEERS |
Anti-Doping Fundamentals | N/A | N/A | N/A | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Annual Update | N/A | N/A | N/A | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Clean Sport 101 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Coaches Course | N/A | RECOMMENDED | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Medical Practioners Course | N/A | RECOMMENDED (Doctors & Physios) |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
National Integrity Framework | N/A | N/A | N/A | REQUIRED | N/A |
Safeguarding Children & Young People | RECOMMENDED | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | REQUIRED | RECOMMENDED |
Safeguarding Recruitment & Screening | N/A | REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
REQUIRED |
REQUIRED (If recruiting persons in contact with children) |
Competition Manipulation & Sports Gambling | N/A | N/A | N/A | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Illicit Drugs in Sport | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | RECOMMENDED | N/A |
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How do I access the elearning courses?
A. All Sport Integrity Australia courses can be accessed from its website by registering an account at https://elearning.sportintegrity.gov.au/login/index.php.
Q. What courses are provided by Sport Integrity Australia?
A. A list of Sport Integrity Australia courses can be found Sport Integrity Australia - eLearning Course Overview.
Q. What does Support Personnel mean?
A. Support Personnel means and includes any coach, trainer, team staff, medical, paramedical personnel, or any other person working with, treating or assisting an athlete participating in or preparing for softball competition.
Q. How do I reset my Sport Integrity Australia password?
A. When on the log-in page, click on the “Forgotten your username or password?” link. From there you will be asked to enter your email address so that you can be sent instrucutions on resetting your password. If you’re unsure of your email address, try a few that you may have used in the past. If you are still unable to recover your account, please contact education@sportintegrity.gov.au with your full name, date of birth, sport and any previous email addresses you can recall. They will then manually recover your account for you. Please do not attempt to create a new account unless instructed to do so by Sport Integrity Australia.
Q. I've completed the Sport Integrity Australia education, but it's not showing on my learning certificate .
A. If a course isn't saving or showing on your learning certificate after completion, please contact education@sportintegrity.gov.au with a detailed description of the issue and/or a screenshot and provide your full name, date of birth, sport, and any previous email addresses you may have used.