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Living in Oregon, we have an AA Degree requirement for Paramedics.
The company I work for believes in "growing our own" Paramedics. Therefore, as an EMT-B with our company, you can receive:
1) Interest-free loan for up to 1/2 of the cost of your Paramedic Program Pre-Requisites.
2) Interest-free loan for up to $10,000 to go to a Paramedic Program.
3) 24hrs per month of Paid-Time-Off while you are in Paramedic school.
4) Carry-over of your seniority as an EMT-B, when you become a Paramedic (i.e. if you have been an EMT-B with our company for 3 years, you start out at the 3-year paramedic pay rate once certified as an EMT-P).
5) Work as a paramedic for our company for 2 years after finishing school, 1/2 of your loan for the paramedic program is forgiven. (i.e. you borrowed $10k for paramedic school, you only have to pay back $5k if you work as a medic for us for 2 years.)
(Loan repayment does not begin until after you have completed your paramedic program [i.e. until after you have already received your pay-raise] and occurs through a nominal deduction in each paycheck.)
Just curious what type of incentives (if any) other employers are offering their EMT-B's to become Paramedics?
The company I work for believes in "growing our own" Paramedics. Therefore, as an EMT-B with our company, you can receive:
1) Interest-free loan for up to 1/2 of the cost of your Paramedic Program Pre-Requisites.
2) Interest-free loan for up to $10,000 to go to a Paramedic Program.
3) 24hrs per month of Paid-Time-Off while you are in Paramedic school.
4) Carry-over of your seniority as an EMT-B, when you become a Paramedic (i.e. if you have been an EMT-B with our company for 3 years, you start out at the 3-year paramedic pay rate once certified as an EMT-P).
5) Work as a paramedic for our company for 2 years after finishing school, 1/2 of your loan for the paramedic program is forgiven. (i.e. you borrowed $10k for paramedic school, you only have to pay back $5k if you work as a medic for us for 2 years.)
(Loan repayment does not begin until after you have completed your paramedic program [i.e. until after you have already received your pay-raise] and occurs through a nominal deduction in each paycheck.)
Just curious what type of incentives (if any) other employers are offering their EMT-B's to become Paramedics?