Section 247-6-006 - MOTORCYCLE SAFETY INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATIONAn application for certification of a motorcycle safety instructor shall be submitted on a form provided by the Department and shall contain the applicant's name, date of birth, operator's license number, home address, telephone number, electronic contact information and certification information. The motorcycle safety instructor applicant must certify that he or she meets the following criteria:
006.01 Be at least 21 years of age.006.02 Have a high school diploma or its equivalent.006.03 Has a motorcycle endorsement on his or her operator's license and two years or more on road experience in riding one or more types of motorcycle.006.04 Has i) no suspensions or revocations on his or her driving record within the previous last five years of the date of application, ii) no convictions for DUI DWl or related alcohol or drug offense in connection with a motor vehicle within the previous five years of the date of application, and iii) no motorcycle helmet violations within the previous five years of the date of application.006.05 Has successfully completed a motorcycle safety instructor preparation class. Motorcycle safety instructor preparation class must be based on methods and materials which have been thoroughly investigated and tested, with documented findings based on scientific research from a nationally recognized organization. The motorcycle safety instructor preparation course will consist of no less than fifty-six hours of instruction; including theoretical, practical and student teaching experience in motorcycle safety and education instructional theory and techniques. Classroom training shall include, but not be limited to: 006.05A Training curriculum development;006.05B Classroom teaching techniques;006.05C Teaching the classroom curriculum;006.05D Range teaching techniques including evaluation, coaching and range management;006.05E Test administration.006.05F Instruction for teaching on-cycle skills including:1. All skills detailed in the basic course curriculum;2. Teaching the practical on-cycle curriculum;3. Practice of evaluation, coaching and range management techniques.4. Each Motorcycle safety instructor applicant must have student-taught at least one half hour classroom lesson and one half hour range lesson to a class of novice students; peer teaching is not an acceptable substitute for student teaching.006.06. To successfully complete the motorcycle safety instructor preparation class, the applicant must: 006.06A Pass a knowledge test with eighty percent of the questions answered correctly;006.06B Pass an on-cycle skills test, scoring no more than fifteen overall penalty points and no more than eight penalty points in any single exercise of the final skills test used in the Basic rider Course and the Basic Rider Course 2;006.06C Student teach a minimum of one classroom and one range student teaching assignment to novice students: more than one overall failure in either teaching assignment constitutes failure of the course; and006.06D Consistently demonstrate safe behavior during on-cycle instruction.006.07 The applicant agrees to teach at least two basic motorcycle safety courses (consisting of classroom instruction and rider skills instruction) under the supervision of a motorcycle safety instructor or motorcycle safety trainer.006.08Continuing Education. The Department may provide motorcycle safety instructor update training. The update training shall be curriculum centered and may be web based. All motorcycle safety instructors are required to participate in order to retain his or her Nebraska state certification. Should an motorcycle safety instructor be unable to complete a scheduled update, an alternate assignment may be offered in order to allow him or her to meet this requirement.247 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 6, § 006
Amended effective 12/27/2022