Crew License

OK, Dave...you lost me.

Newbie shows up at Registration, want to work F&C with his new-found buddies. He's an SCCA member, and he's issued one of those "logbook" cards - a 3x5" index cars with "date/place/Chief" columns. He's good to work on-station, right ? Can't hold any class of license until you've work the specialty long enough to satisfy the Division Chief of Specialty, so there has to be some way of getting new people experience before they're issued a license.

IME, that's how it works.

What am I missing ?
 
As I've been told by stewards...even though the term "Official" and "Steward" is thrown around lightly, they differ from "Worker". Everyone out there, in the tower, tech, grid, registration, etc. is a worker. Anyone with a valid SCCA membership card can work an event in any position available to him and is covered by the SCCA's insurance. It is up to the race official (i.e., corner captain) to see that the newbie is well versed in the hazards of the task at hand and that, if possible, he is put in a safe area (i.e., behind a barracade) until the race official feels he is capable and safe to do else wise. At that time, he may be issued a log book by the race official, should he desire it and want to continue towards a license. These log books are usually issued by the chief of specialty for the event.

A process of log book, divisional, and national license requirements are followed just as they are in a racing license. Each step may be circumvented by the DA or a Racing Steward to shorten, or in the rare case, lengthen the process.

The key word is the definition of worker, official, and steward. A worker isn't an official or steward without a license, even though the term is thrown around loosely.

If this wasn't the case, then there would be no new workers, no need to ask for more to work our events, and when they died or quit, we wouldn't be able to race anymore after they were gone.
 
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