Specifications include, but are not limited to: Duties of trainers will be as a minimum: (1) Certification through the National Athletic Association. Provide documentation with the proposal for each trainer. Failure to do so will result in non-consideration of proposal. Trainers provided must be certified through the National Athletic Trainers’ Association with assistance provided by appropriately supervised certificationeligible trainers or athletic trainer students. Trainers must be in good standing with the NATA Board of Certification. This certification should include CPR (AHA or Red Cross) certification. (2) Provide guidance to schools, their athletic departments, and student athletes as to appropriate procedures for prevention, assessment and care of athletic injuries. (3) Assist School Board officials in maintaining medical records on student athletes. (4) Attend athletic team practices and varsity sports events for sports as directed by the school’s athletic director. Provide immediate response for injury treatment. To the extent hours are available; coverage shall include practice sessions for sports programs. Trainers will staff school district sponsored events at the high school level. (5) Trainers are to assist with planning, coordination and supervision of sports medicine program for all sports within the school’s athletic program. (6) Trainer to carry the following insurance and provide proof with submittal. The successful vendor is to list the District as an additional insured. (7) Trainer to hold current appropriate State of Illinois license. Proposer must indicate and acknowledge possession of said license and be willing to provide copies upon request or may, if so desired, include said copies within the submittal. (8) Trainer(s) will provide daily coverage at approximately 6.7 hours per day (Monday through Saturday) commencing with the first day of football practice in August, and continuing until the end of the school years activities. a. The school’s athletic director may make adjustments to the regularly scheduled 6.7 hour daily coverage to allow for a late report time to cover additional athletic events. b. The school’s athletic director may assign the trainer to additional event coverage in lieu of times for the regular daily 6.7 hour coverage. Any substitution of hours by a school's athletic director must have prior approval by the entity supplying the school's athletic trainer, and may not include holidays or days when school is not in session. This additional time may not exceed 10% of the contract agreement dollar amount per year.
