How long was your field training time?

At the two reputable places I work at: 6 months.

At the private I used to work at when I was new: 3 days.
 
First company: 30 hours (three 10 hour shifts).

Second/current company: None.
 
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Six 12 hour third ride shifts and then 6 months of probation with a skill/task check off binder.

Old place was 5 shifts and a three day orientation.
 
In Sussex County it's anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months. New medics take longer to demonstrate competency.
 
3 third rides (12hr shifts) then 20 with a partner (12 hrs) That is for EMTs, Paramedics then do a few more on a Sprint Car.
 
15 12 hour shifts all on ALS for EMTs. I'm not sure about medics.
 
Two 12 hour shifts. Zero drivers training. I was lucky enough to have a couple good partners who really took me under their wings and "trained" me.
 
6 11 hr shifts as a third rider with an FTO for EMTs with no experience, 3 for those who have experience. Plus the option to add 3 more shifts with a different FTO. No EVOC, drivers training was basically limited to having your FTO ride shotgun
 
Intermediates do 12 12 hour shifts or 9 16s.

Medics do 24 12s or 18 16s. The first week is driving and skills only (anything skill is fair game and generally the TAP's responsibility, attending and charting the call still falls on the TO though) unless you're promoting to Medic from Intermediate internally then they chop the first week off and it's 20 12s or 15 16s.

That's not including the 3 day orientation and week long "academy" prior to starting FTO time.

Both Medics and Intermediates can be extended by 2 weeks if their TO thinks they need more time, after that its either make it or break it.

Our clinical department wanted double what is there but operations wanted half so they met in the middle. Used to be 6 months for medics, not sure what changed.
 
As an EMT – Basic, I got exactly 3 days FTO time. After that I was placed with an EMT that was more senior than I, but that was more for getting me pointers as to what to do as opposed to formal training. In short, I was placed with someone senior who could watch over me sort of as a mentor. That arrangement worked out fairly well even though we did not have a formal FTO training time beyond that 3 days.

Depending upon where I work as a paramedic, my FTO time was either zero days or as many as 30 days. The one place that I work that had a thirty day orientation/FTO time was also well known for not having any new full-time paramedics pass their FTO time. There were some significant politics involved around the part-time employees. Most of the recent for the shorter (zero) FTO time that I had for two of the companies I worked for was the fact that I was already fully accredited for the county that I was going to be working in. They figured as long as I was with a partner that newer things were, and that I could read a map, I was good to go. And in truth, I really was. I would have enjoyed more time to season as a paramedic before I moved on to other ventures, but that is how life is.
 
Two days Orientation, 6 days field training, 90 days probation, from pot into the fire...
 
6 months.
1 year probation.

Driver qualification after a year.

I've worked at places with zero time for precepting or driving. Throw you a set of keys and that's that.
 
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