Trainer Agreement

Version 2026-10-06. This agreement is between you, an independent trainer, and Tekkerwave Technology, doing business as Black Belt Safety (“Black Belt”, “we”). It applies in addition to the Terms of Service. Please read it; you accept it by ticking the box when you open a storefront, and we record the date, time and network address of your acceptance.

1. You are an independent business

You are an independent contractor, not an employee, partner, agent or franchisee of Black Belt. You decide what you teach, when, at what price and how. You are responsible for your own taxes, licenses, insurance and compliance with the law. Nothing here creates an exclusive relationship; you may teach anywhere else you like.

2. Your storefront and listings

You control the content of your storefront and class listings and you are responsible for its accuracy. You give Black Belt a non-exclusive right to display, format, excerpt and promote that content on the Service and in Black Belt marketing while your storefront is active. We may correct formatting, remove unlawful or misleading content, and hide a listing that does not meet these rules.

3. Credentials: you warrant them

Every credential, certification, authorization, license, degree, insurance or experience claim you list is current, is yours, and is described accurately. You will remove a credential as soon as it lapses.
Students see each credential as Self-reported unless it is marked Verified. “Verified” means only that an automated check matched the credential to a public digital record published by the issuer (for example a BCSP digital badge) on the date shown. Black Belt does not inspect documents, contact issuers or vouch for any credential, and you may not describe any credential as “verified by Black Belt” or imply Black Belt endorsement.
If we have reason to believe a listed credential is not genuine, we may ask you for documentation, suspend your storefront while we look, cancel and refund your classes, withhold payouts and, if the claim was false, close your account permanently and bar you from the Service. Listing a credential you do not hold is a material breach.

4. OSHA Outreach trainers

If you are an OSHA-authorized Outreach trainer and list an OSHA 10-hour or 30-hour class, you alone are responsible for complying with the OSHA Outreach Training Program Requirements and your OSHA Training Institute Education Center’s rules, including delivery rules for video conferencing, class size, attendance records and card requests. Department of Labor cards come from you through your OTI Education Center, never from Black Belt, and your listing must say so. Black Belt is not an OTI Education Center and does not sell, issue or guarantee DOL cards.

5. Classes you post

You will deliver each class as listed: the topic, length, date and time, platform and what it covers. You will show up prepared, keep the join link working, and run the class professionally and lawfully.
Reschedule only when you must, and as early as possible; enrolled students are notified automatically and may ask for a full refund if they cannot attend the new time. If you cancel, every student is refunded in full and you receive nothing for that class; repeated cancellations or no-shows may end this agreement.
You may record a class only with every attendee’s consent and in line with the law where they are.
Your own materials stay yours. Black Belt course kits and materials provided under a paid trainer plan are licensed to you for teaching through the Service while that plan is active and may not be resold or published.
You will not use a Black Belt class to sell unrelated products, collect students for an outside list, or disparage other trainers.

6. Fees, splits and payouts

Black Belt collects every seat payment from the student. You are paid the share shown on your dashboard at the time of sale: currently 60% of seats sold to students Black Belt brings you and 90% of seats sold to clients who arrive through your own share link. Black Belt’s share covers payment processing, the platform and marketing. We may change the shares or the hold period for future sales with at least 30 days’ notice on your dashboard.
Payouts are made to the Stripe Express account you connect, and are released 7 days after the class ends. Refunds, chargebacks, disputes and the costs of a class you cancelled are deducted from amounts held or owed to you; if those are not enough, you will repay the difference within 30 days.
You must complete Stripe’s onboarding, including identity verification, before a paid class can be published, and keep your Stripe account in good standing. Stripe’s terms apply to your Stripe account. If Stripe cannot pay you, we may pay by another reasonable method and may hold funds until you provide what is needed.
You are responsible for all taxes on your earnings. Stripe issues tax forms where required.

7. Students and non-circumvention

Use student names, emails and other data only to deliver the class and its certificate. Do not add students to marketing lists or share their data without their consent.
For twelve months after a student is introduced to you through the Service, classes you sell to that student or their employer run through the Service. Clients you bring yourself through your share link are yours and are not covered by this clause.

8. Certificates

Certificates for your classes are issued through Black Belt’s system in your name, based on the attendance you record. You will mark attendance honestly and promptly. Certificates record completion of training delivered by you; you will not describe them as OSHA cards, licenses, professional certifications or government approval. Issuing a certificate to someone who did not complete the class is a material breach.

9. Conduct, reports and suspension

Students and employers can report a trainer. We may suspend your storefront while we look into a report, cancel and refund affected classes, hold payouts, require corrections, or end this agreement and bar you from the Service, at our reasonable discretion. We will tell you what was reported where we can, but we are not required to disclose a reporter’s identity.

10. Insurance, indemnity and liability

You are responsible for your own general and professional liability insurance. Black Belt’s insurance does not cover you or your classes.
You will defend and indemnify Black Belt, its owners and staff against claims, losses and costs (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your classes, your content, your credential claims, your breach of this agreement or the law, or your dealings with students.
The Service is provided “as is.” Black Belt does not guarantee students, income, uptime or results. To the fullest extent the law allows, Black Belt is not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages or lost profits, and its total liability to you is limited to the fees Black Belt earned from your classes in the six months before the claim.

11. Brand and intellectual property

You may say you teach “through Black Belt Safety” and use the badges we provide for your storefront. You may not use the Black Belt name or logo otherwise, register similar names, or suggest Black Belt employs, certifies or guarantees you.

12. Term and ending

This agreement starts when you accept it and continues until either of us ends it. You may close your storefront at any time from your dashboard or by emailing support; classes already sold must still be delivered or refunded. We may end it at any time, immediately for breach. Sections 3, 6 (for money owed), 7, 8, 10 and 11 survive. Final payouts are released after the hold period for any delivered classes, less deductions.

13. Changes

We may update this agreement. We will post the new version with its date and ask you to accept it on your dashboard; continuing to use the Service after that is acceptance. Material changes to fees or holds apply only to sales made after the notice period in Section 6.

14. Law and disputes

Ohio law governs this agreement. Disputes go to the state or federal courts in Franklin County, Ohio, unless the law where you live gives you a different right. Before suing, each of us agrees to try to resolve the matter by email for 30 days.

15. Contact

Black Belt Safety (Tekkerwave Technology) · support@blackbeltsafety.com