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2 <br />Revised January 2021 <br />3. Training Period. The training period is the time in which the Trainee is seeking to <br />become credentialed by OEMS as a Paramedic within the State of North Carolina <br />and released to perform the duties of a Paramedic by the Orange County Medical <br />Director. The training period includes time in which the Trainee is either in <br />classroom, doing clinical work or precepting with the County Emergency Medical <br />Services. <br /> <br />4. Salary and Employee Benefits. The Parties agree that the “salary” paid and <br />employee benefits provided to the Trainee during the Training Period is not <br />payment for services rendered, but, rather, is provided to the Trainee solely so that <br />the Trainee may devote full time to the training program and further, that said salary <br />does not constitute “wages”, “salary” or “compensation” insofar as those words <br />may be interpreted as payment made in return for services rendered. Although <br />Trainee is classified as an employee of the County during the Training Period, <br />Trainee is not expected to, and will not be directed to, perform “work” which will <br />be beneficial to the County during the training period. Trainee may, however, be <br />required to perform certain tasks performed by credentialed Paramedics for the <br />purpose of leaning how to perform such tasks correctly or to perform services as an <br />EMT-B or EMT-I on an intermittent basis either during an emergency or where <br />surge protection is required. However, this time shall not exceed 10% of the <br />training period. <br /> <br />5. Obligations of the County: <br /> <br />a. Salary. <br /> <br />i. During Training Period. The County will provide the Trainee a salary <br />of a Grade 16 Paramedic during the training period, which is an annual <br />salary of thirty seven thousand fifty nine dollars and 00/100 ($37,059) <br />ten percent (10%) below the starting salary of a Paramedic, from the <br />date of employment until the Trainee is released to practice at the <br />Paramedic level in accordance with OEMS regulations and Orange <br />County’s Practices and Protocols. The approximate cost of the total <br />salary during the training period shall be eighteen thousand dollars and <br />00/100 ($18,000). <br /> <br />ii. After Training Period. Once the Trainee is released to practice at the <br />Paramedic level they will receive an increase in salary equivalent to the <br />minimum annual salary of a Grade 16 Paramedic in accordance with <br />Orange County Salary Schedule. Thereafter, during the term of the <br />Agreement the Trainee will receive increases under the same terms and <br />conditions as other employees in similar positions. <br /> <br />b. Employment Benefits. During the Training Period and thereafter the Trainee <br />shall receive all employment benefits in accordance with the Orange County <br />Personnel Ordinance, except as provided herein. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: ED40E6BE-6E33-419A-8136-C30ED7C2D6B6