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15 <br /> 3. Rescue Technician members will be required to attend, satisfactorily <br /> complete, attain and retain certification in all rescue disciplines required <br /> for County Team membership. Regardless of County Team standards, <br /> the minimum standard for Everett Fire Department Rescue Team <br /> members is Rescue Systems 1 (USAR), Confined Space, Rope, and <br /> Trench Rescue Certification. <br /> 4. Rescue Technician members will be required to attend and satisfactorily <br /> complete at least one County Team training session per calendar year in <br /> each of the four disciplines of Rescue Systems 1 (USAR), Confined <br /> Space, Rope, and Trench, and must attend and satisfactorily complete at <br /> least one County Team evaluation session per calendar year. <br /> 5. Rescue Technician members not meeting their annual requirement due to <br /> long term disability will be assigned to day shifts in Training upon their <br /> return to work in order to complete the missed training or an equivalent <br /> alternative. <br /> 6. Rescue Technician members not meeting the annual requirement for any <br /> other reason will be de-certified and Rescue Team specialty pay will be <br /> terminated. <br /> 7. Rescue Tech members are eligible for up to a maximum of 40 hours <br /> overtime per year to the Rescue Tech or their replacement if the <br /> Technician is released from duty for off-shift training. For the purposes of <br /> this Article, overtime for employees attending off-shift rescue training will <br /> not be on the member's overtime record as per Article 13 of the Collective <br /> Bargaining Agreement. It will be the sole responsibility of the employee <br /> to meet continuing education competencies on an annual basis. <br /> 8. Mileage and travel time will not be compensated. <br /> II. Rules for Hazardous Materials Technician <br /> A. The selection, assignment and number of personnel (48--32 at any one time <br /> rather than 48, to be reached by attrition) will be the sole responsibility of the Fire <br /> Administration. <br /> Administration will retain sole authority to determine from which classifications <br /> (e.g. firefighter, paramedic, driver, captain) applicants will be selected. Upon <br /> determination of which classification(s) is/are needed, administration will select <br /> the senior most applicant(s) from that/those classifications. When an applicant <br /> has been accepted into the Hazardous Materials Technician Team, a change in <br /> the individuals' classification (other than a promotion out of suppression) will not <br /> disqualify a member from the Hazardous Materials Technician Team. <br /> 1. Employees who occupy a Hazardous Materials Team position shall <br /> receive an additional 3% specialty pay attached to their base salary. <br /> 2. Personnel selection will be based on criteria developed by the Fire <br /> Administration. This criterion.iRcLudes, but is not limited to department <br /> 50 <br />