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53 <br /> <br />8. Personnel selected to be a Marine Team must meet the criteria set forth by Administration and the Union. <br /> <br />9. Marine team members not meeting their annual requirement due to long term disability will be assigned <br />to day shifts in Training upon their return to work in order to complete the missed training or an <br />equivalent alternative. Marine Team members not meeting the annual requirement for any other reason <br />will be de-certified and Marine Team specialty pay will be terminated. <br /> <br />10. Marine Team members are eligible for up to a maximum of 32 hours overtime per year to the Marine <br />Team or their replacement if the team member is released from duty for off-shift training. For the <br />purposes of this Article, overtime for employees attending off-shift Marine Team training will not be on <br />the member's overtime record as per Article 13 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. It will be the <br />sole responsibility of the employee to meet continuing education competencies on an annual basis. <br /> <br />11. Travel time for special operations training shall remain inclusive of contractual overtime limits. <br /> <br />IV. Rules for Rescue Swimmers <br /> <br />1. The number of Rescue Swimmers will not exceed 16 and is the sole responsibility of Fire <br />Administration. <br /> <br />2. Administration will retain sole authority to determine from which classifications (e.g. firefighter, <br />paramedic, driver, captain) applicants will be selected. Upon determination of which classification(s) <br />is/are needed, a committee comprised of Fire Administration and Rescue Swimmers will select the <br />applicant(s) from that/those classifications. When an applicant has been accepted as a Rescue Swimmer, a <br />change in the individuals' classification (other than a promotion out of suppression) will not disqualify a <br />member from being a Rescue Swimmer. <br /> <br />3. Vacancies created by personnel failing to maintain certification will be filled using the criteria listed above <br /> <br />4. Rescue swimmer training will be in accordance with Administration standards. <br /> <br />5. Personnel selected to be Rescue Swimmers must meet the criteria set forth by Administration and the <br />Union. <br /> <br />6. Rescue swimmers not meeting their annual requirement due to long term disability will be <br />assigned to day shifts in Training upon their return to work in order to complete the missed training <br />or an equivalent alternative. <br /> <br />7. Rescue swimmers not meeting the annual requirement for any other reason will be de-certified and <br />Rescue Swimmer pay will be terminated. <br /> <br />8. Rescue swimmers are eligible for up to a maximum of 32 hours overtime per year or their replacement <br />if the team member is released from duty for off-shift training. For the purposes of this Article, <br />overtime for employees attending off-shift Marine Team training will not be on the member's overtime <br />record as per Article 13 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. It will be the sole responsibility of the <br />employee to meet continuing education competencies on an annual basis. <br /> <br />9. Travel time for special operations training shall remain inclusive of contractual overtime limits. <br />