ORFA PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS

Registered Student Practitioner - RSP

To qualify for the Registered Student Practitioner category you must:

• hold “Individual Membership” in the ORFA;
• be currently enrolled on a full-time basis in a community college or university recreation program;
• have current WHMIS training; and
• have current Standard First Aid training.

Registered General Practitioner - RGP

To qualify for the Registered General Practitioner category you must:

• hold “Individual Membership” in the ORFA;
• have Grade 12 education;
• have current WHMIS training; 
• have current Standard First Aid training; and
• have one year full-time recreation industry work experience.

Registered Recreation Facilities Operator - RRFO 

To qualify for the RRFO designation you must:

• hold “Individual Membership” in the ORFA;
• have Grade 12 education;
• have current WHMIS training;
• have current Standard First Aid training;
• have two years full-time recreation industry work experience; and
• have completed the following ORFA-approved courses:
  • Legal Awareness
  • Building Maintenance and Operations
    
  and
  • hold a Certified Ice or Aquatics designation or Parks training
    or
    have completed one of the following ORFA-approved courses:

  • Basic Refrigeration
  • Essentials of Swimming Pool Operations
  • Parks Management and Operations
  • Marinas Operations and Management
  • Revenue Generation in a Recreation Setting
    
  and
  • two technical elective courses (refrigeration/ice, aquatics, buildings/grounds).

Registered Recreation Facilities Supervisor - RRFS 

To qualify for the RRFS designation you must:

• hold “Individual Membership” in the ORFA;
• have Grade 12 education;
• have current WHMIS training;
• have current Standard First Aid training;
• have four years full-time recreation industry work experience; and
• have completed the following ORFA-approved courses:
  • Legal Awareness
  • Building Management and Operations
    
  and
  • hold a Certified Ice or Aquatics designation or Parks training
    or
    have completed one of the following ORFA-approved courses:

  • Ice Making and Painting Technologies
  • Aquatic Facility Operations – Beyond the Basics
  • Parks Equipment Safety Operation
  • Marinas Operations and Management
  • Revenue Generation in a Recreation Setting
    and
  • four technical elective courses (refrigeration/ice, aquatics, buildings/grounds).

Registered Recreation Facilities Manager - RRFM 

To qualify for the RRFM designation you must:

• hold “Individual Membership” in the ORFA;
• have Grade 12 education;
• have current WHMIS training;
• have current Standard First Aid training;
• have seven years full-time recreation industry work experience; and
• have completed the following ORFA-approved courses:
  • Legal Awareness
  • Managing People at Work
  • ten elective courses; and
  • have completed the project.

Registered Recreation Facilities Administrator - RRFA 

To qualify for the RRFA designation you must:

• hold “Individual Membership” in the ORFA;
• have Grade 12 education;
• have current WHMIS training;
• have current Standard First Aid training;
• have completed the following ORFA-approved courses:
  • Legal Awareness
  • Managing People at Work
  • Strategic Business Administration
    and one of the following:
    
  • hold a diploma/degree in recreation from a college or university and have completed five elective courses plus have ten years recreation industry work experience plus have completed the assigned project
        or
    
  • hold a diploma/degree in any discipline and have completed ten elective courses plus have ten years recreation industry work experience plus have completed the assigned project
        or
    
  • have completed fifteen electives plus have fifteen years recreation industry work experience plus have completed the project.

Certified Ice Technician – CIT

To qualify for the CIT designation you must:

• hold “Individual Membership” in the ORFA;
• have Grade 12 education;
• have current WHMIS training;
• have current Standard First Aid training;
• have 24 months work experience in refrigeration operations and ice making and maintenance;
• have completed the following ORFA-approved courses:
  • Basic Refrigeration (or Advanced Refrigeration Facility Operator or TSSA’s Refrigeration Operator Class “B” Certification)
  • Ice Making and Painting Technologies
  • Ice Maintenance and Equipment Operations

Certified Aquatic Professional - CAP

To qualify for the CAP designation you must:

• hold “Individual Membership” in the ORFA;
• have Grade 12 education;
• have current WHMIS training;
• have current Standard First Aid and CPR-Level C training;
• have 24 months work experience in aquatic facility operations; and
• have completed the following ORFA-approved courses:
  • Essentials of Swimming Pool Operations
  • Aquatic Facility Operations – Beyond the Basic
  • Aquatic Program Administration

Refrigeration Plant Operations Technician - RPOT

To qualify for the RPOT designation you must:

• hold “Individual Membership” in the ORFA;
• have Grade 12 education;
• have current WHMIS training;
• have current Standard First Aid training;
• have a minimum 2,000 hours work experience in the care and control of a refrigeration plant; and
• have completed the following ORFA-approved courses:
  • Basic Refrigeration
  • Advanced Refrigeration Facility Operator
  • Recreation Facility Environmental Systems (HVAC/R)