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There are four main purposes to the Volunteer Support Function (VSF) system: | |||
* To offer more flexibility to NET volunteers and the assignments they want to take on. | |||
* To open more volunteering opportunities to non-NETs (ATVs) by reducing barriers to entry, such as setting aside 25 hours of training for Basic NET. | |||
* To open volunteer opportunities and assignments that may appeal more to a volunteer's personal interests and values. | |||
* To cultivate the specialization of expertise on NET teams, so that responses are safer and more effective. | |||
=== Are NET volunteers required to take a VSF assignment? === | |||
NET volunteers are not, but ATVs are. | |||
A NET volunteer is not required to take a VSF assignment. If a NET volunteer just wants to be a NET (take Basic NET training and operate in the program as they do now) they can. In the VSF scheme of things, they’ll be a search and rescue volunteer. They won’t be pressured to take on a VSF, or even to know what they are. In an ops plan, they’ll be considered a Search and Rescue resource. They’ll still have all the privileges and opportunities they have now. They’ll also be able to take advanced courses reserved for volunteers in VSFs, as long as seats are given to VSF assigned volunteers first. | |||
For NET volunteers, VSFs are a path of advanced training. For ATVs, it’s a means of getting involved without having to take 30 hours of Basic. | |||
== VSF 01: Transportation == | == VSF 01: Transportation == | ||