Apply for Representative Team Staff if you'd like to be considered for:
- Representative Head Coach - typically opens April & closes in May of each year
- Representative Assistant Coach
- Representative HCSP
- Representative Team Manager
Quick links if you are a returning Coach:
- Click here view your full NCCP Locker profile & resume or
- Click here to view a public transcript (NCCP # required)
Step 1 - CRC
- Everyone requires a CRC and they are valid for 3 years.
All PGMHA on-ice, rostered volunteers turning 18 in the calendar year, and older must have a valid Criminal Record Check or CRC. Log into your Spordle account to check the expiry date of your CRC with Hockey Canada if you are a returning volunteer and have an eHockey account.
New to volunteering with PGMHA:
- Complete your Criminal Record Check online & use access code H66S89T4NL
- User Guide
If you require the paper version to take to the RCMP detachment, please contact the office requesting one.
Step 2 - RIS for Activity Leaders or The Shift Forward
Every officially rostered Team Staff (HC, AC, HCSP or Manager) requires their RIS for Activity Leaders or The Shift Forward (new and replacing RIS for AL, RIS for AL accepted until expired).
All PGMHA on-ice, rostered volunteers turning 16 in the calendar year, and older must hold a valid RIS for Activity Leaders or complete The Shift Forward.
Respect In Sport (RIS) for Activity Leaders is a different course than RIS for Hockey Canada Parents.
The Shift Forward has two different versions - Parent/Guardian and Volunteers & Bench Staff and they are not interchangeable.
Click here to complete The Shift Forward if you are a new volunteer or your RIS for Activity Leaders has expired.
Step 3 - CATT
Every officially rostered Team Staff (HC, AC, HCSP or Manager) requires their CATT.
Click here to take your CATT training online.
- *After you register, you will be required to create a CATT account and login to the link in the email they send you.
- *After you complete the course select Notify my Organization, then BC Hockey then Prince George MHA
- *You can login anytime, go into the course, go to 8. CATT Certificate to submit
- All volunteers require CATT!
- CATT does not expire.
- Your CATT is listed in your Spordle account if you've taken it before.
- Be sure to "Send to your organization" at the end of completing CATT to add it to your profile
Step 4 - Coaching
Requirements for Head Coach or Assistant Coach.
Click here for a list of team requirements.
- U11 Development is technically Recreational Hockey:
- U11 Coach - Hockey Canada Coach 2
- U11 Head Coach only Coach - Hockey Canada Skills - Checking
- U13, U15 & U18 Carded, Representative Coaches require Development 1:
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- Development 1 - Part 1 Course Registration
- Development 1 - Part 2 Course Registration
- November 1, 2025, in person in PG.
- You must complete Part 1 before you will be able to register for Part 2
- Part 2 will have people from all over the North in attendance so please complete Part 1 ASAP and register for Part 2 before it fills up!
- Making Ethical Decisions (MED)
- Required as part of Dev 1 Coaching Certification for all coaches (HC & AC) of a carded (representative) team U13 to U18.
- a) - Click here for Hockey Canada Making Ethical Decisions (MED) Information & Registration.
- b) - Ensure you complete the MED Evaluation
- Click here view your full NCCP Locker profile & resume.
- Click here to view a public transcript (NCCP # required)
Step 5 - Keeping Girls in Sport
Optional but certainly recommended for every officially rostered Team Staff (HC, AC, HCSP or Manager)
Keeping Girls In Sport is a Respect Group Inc. program PGMHA recommends all coaches involved in female hockey complete.
Step 6 - HCSP
Only required if you are volunteering to be the team's Hockey Canada Safety Person, a dedicated position.
Step 7 - Apply
Required to be considered for a Team Staff position (HC, AC, HCSP or Manager).
You are the Participant/Player! Please enter your information (not your player).
*Rep/Dev Head Coach application closes May 20, 2026
Step 8 - Submit your receipts for reimbursement
*BC Hockey Coaching Certifications (Coach 2 or Dev 1) will not be reimbursed until the end of the year process is complete, including your binder being submitted to ahc@pgmha.com and BC Hockey emails your qualification letter which then needs to be forwarded to payment@pgmha.com
email payment@pgmha.com
Include:
- your name
- your division
- attach all your receipts
- attach your completed certificates
Office: 2181 Ospika Blvd S,
Prince George, BC V2N 6Z1
Mailing: PO Box 2242,
Prince George, BC V2N 2J8