EMT Continuing Education. If the State of Ohio or the Medical Director of the Fire Department requires that EMT Basics or Paramedics must take additional training to maintain or upgrade their certification, such training shall be provided on duty if possible. If it is necessary to send employees for such training off-duty, the Employer shall compensate the employee at one and one-half (1½) times the employee’s normal hourly rate. Attendance at continuing medical education provided by the Medical Director of the Fire Department shall be mandatory for the minimum requirements of the Medical Director unless excused by the Medical Director. Employees required to obtain continuing medical education by the State of Ohio to hold their certification shall be released from duty if such continuing education is made available while the individual is on duty, provided that the Employer determines such release is consistent with its operational requirements and it does not require an overtime call-in.
EMT Continuing Education. The employer agrees to provide EMT certification classes through in-house training and an EMT refresher course every year at times agreeable to the Union and management.
