The ITA is looking to recruit 60 more doping control officers for its Paris 2024 operations ©Getty Images

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has launched a search for candidates to train to run the anti-doping operations at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The Lausanne-based body was also responsible for anti-doping at both Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022, and is due to prepare workers next April.

In a three-week period, nearly 6,000 tests will need to be carried out for the Games with around 300 people required on competition sites required.

The ITA has launched a call on LinkedIn as it hopes to find 60 doping control officers (DCO) to attend a three-day training course to be held at the Paris 2024 Organising Committee headquarters in Saint-Denis.

"Are you based in France?" read the ITA statement.

"Become an anti-doping sampler for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

"Special anti-doping sampling training for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

"Anti-doping collectors work on the front lines of testing athletes at the Olympic Games.

Participants that complete the three-day anti-doping training course in Saint-Denis will be awarded with a certificate ©ITA
Participants that complete the three-day anti-doping training course in Saint-Denis will be awarded with a certificate ©ITA

"The training is open to nursing, physiotherapy, pharmacy, medical, laboratory and police professionals in the Olympic sites.

"A limited number of places will be available for this special Paris 2024 edition of the ITA DCO Foundation's training programme, aimed exclusively at residents of the cities where the Olympic events will take place in 2024, including Paris, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Nice and Marseille.

"Participation in this training is free of charge."

ITA is partnering with the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) for the anti-doping operations at the Games.

The French Government reportedly budgeted €8 million (£7.1 million/$8.7 million) for the whole programme.

The ITA is due to oversee it while the AFLD has been entrusted with the implementation of the operational programme by the Organising Committee, which is responsible for planning checkpoints and logistics at the competition sites.