NET Instructor Terms and Conditions

LAST UPDATE: March 20, 2023

THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE

NET Instructors are occasional, casual instructors who are already part of or connected to the NET community. This classification does not include:

• Currently employed firefighters (though retired firefighters may have this classification);
• Employees of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management;
• Contractors who make a regular living instructing on topics they teach to NET volunteers (e.g. Wilderness First Aid).

Allowable Expenses

An instructor is allowed to include the following charges on an invoice to PBEM:

• Parking.
• A meal allowance adhering to Oregon's current GSA rate for a class that is three hours or more.
• Translation and interpretation services with pre-approval from the Community Resilience Manager.

Considerations

• Billing for prep time is not permitted except under very unusual circumstances approved by the Community Resilience Manager.
• An Instructor does not automatically retain their instruction qualifications if more than two years have passed since the last class they instructed. Reinstating qualifications, and conditions for doing so, are to the discretion of PBEM staff.
• If an Instructor receives three consecutive class rating under 85% overall when class surveys are taken, Instructor is suspended from instructing and assessed, with consideration of mandatory re-training and/or indefinite suspension. Scores under 85% are unusual.
• If a trainee is injured while in an Instructor's class, the Instructor is immediately suspended from training and instructing pending a formal review of the incident.
• NET certification for Instructors is preferred, but not required.
• Paid class instruction opportunities are offered solely and completely at the discretion of PBEM staff.