Rule 4765-18-03 | Fire and emergency services instructor training program requirements for an accredited institution.
(A) An applicant for a fire and emergency services instructor I certificate to teach shall meet all the following requirements:
(1) In the preceding seven years, an applicant shall have been certified for at least five years as a firefighter, fire safety inspector, or EMS provider;
(2) Possess a current and valid fire and/or EMS certificate to practice;
(3) Complete a fire and emergency services instructor I training course meeting the requirements listed in the "Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Course Packet";
(4) Pass the fire and emergency services instructor I instructional methods examination;
(a) A passing score of at least seventy per cent on the instructional methods examination is required for certification;
(b) The instructional methods examination required for certification shall be passed within three attempts;
(c) If an applicant is unable to pass the instructional methods examination within one hundred eighty days of course completion, the applicant shall complete a new fire and emergency services instructor training course as set forth in Chapter 4765-24 of the Administrative Code and meet all criteria for a fire and emergency services instructor as set forth in this rule.
(5) Submit a completed "Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Initial Application" no later than ninety days after passing the instructional methods examination.
(B) An applicant for a fire and emergency services instructor II certificate to teach shall meet all the following requirements:
(1) In the preceding seven years, an applicant shall have been certified for at least five years as a firefighter, fire safety inspector, or EMS provider;
(2) Possess a current and valid firefighter and fire and emergency services instructor I certificate, unless completing a fire and emergency services instructor I and II course;
(3) Complete a fire and emergency services instructor II training course meeting the requirements listed in the "Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Course Packet";
(4) Pass the fire and emergency services instructor II instructional methods examination:
(a) A passing score of at least seventy per cent on the instructional methods examination is required for certification;
(b) The instructional methods examination required for certification shall be passed within three attempts;
(c) If an applicant is unable to pass the instructional methods examination within one hundred eighty days of course completion, the applicant shall complete a new fire and emergency services instructor training course as set forth in Chapter 4765-24 of the Administrative Code and meet all criteria for a fire and emergency services instructor as set forth in Chapter 4765-21 of the Administrative Code.
(5) Submit a completed "Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Initial Application" no later than ninety days after passing the instructional methods examination.
(C) Once certified, instructor applicants must be designated as subject matter instructors by a program director based on the provider certification(s) held, knowledge expertise, experience, and any other program criteria.
(D) An accredited institution shall maintain documentation of compliance with this chapter.
(E) The division shall consider relevant education, training, or service completed by the holder of a certificate to practice as a member of the armed forces of the United States, the Ohio national guard, the Ohio military reserve, the Ohio naval militia, or the national guard of any other state or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States; in determining whether the holder of a certificate to practice has met the experience and educational requirements for a certificate to teach as set forth in this chapter.
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