Current through September 9, 2024
Two types of public safety telecommunicator instructor
certificates are issued by the Office of State-Wide Emergency
Telecommunications: Public Safety Telecommunicator Instructor Level I and
Public Safety Telecommunicator Instructor Level II. The Public Safety
Telecommunicator Instructor Level I certificate shall be valid for a period of
one year. The Public Safety Telecommunicator Instructor Level II certificate
shall be valid for a period of three years. An applicant who has met the
minimum requirements shall be entitled to receive one of the following
certificates:
(a)
Public Safety
Telecommunicator Instructor - Level I. To receive a Public Safety
Telecommunicator Instructor Level I certificate, an applicant shall present
evidence of meeting the following minimum requirements:
(1) A High School Diploma or equivalent or a
waiver of such requirement based upon experience or training, by the Office of
State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications;
(2) Evidence of successful completion of a
Teaching or Instructors Methods Course or its equivalent as approved by the
Office of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications; and
(3) No less than two (2) years experience in
emergency telecommunications or an area of telecommunications or communications
which has a direct bearing on emergency telecommunications principles or
practices. Specialized or advanced training in a functional area of
telecommunications or communications may be substituted for experience on the
basis of fifteen (15) college semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of
experience to a maximum of one (1) year.
(b)
Public Safety Telecommunicator
Instructor - Level II. To receive a Public Safety Telecommunicator
Instructor Level II certificate, an applicant shall present evidence of meeting
the following minimum requirements:
(1) A
High School Diploma or equivalent or a waiver of such requirement based upon
experience or training by the Office of State-Wide Emergency
Telecommunications; and
(2)
Evidence of successful completion of a Teaching or Instructors Methods Course
or its equivalent as approved by the Office of State-Wide Emergency
Telecommunications; and
(3) No less
than five (5) years of experience in a public safety (law enforcement, fire
fighting, emergency medical service, or emergency telecommunications) capacity,
of which no less than two (2) years of experience shall be in emergency
telecommunications. Experience in emergency telecommunications is defined as
having primary responsibility for emergency telecommunications operations, or
emergency telecommunications training; or performance of the duties of a
telecommunicator, or as a public safety emergency communications center
supervisor, or chief dispatcher, and at least one (1) year of experience in a
training capacity (training officer or instructor). Experience requirements may
be fulfilled with equivalent part time experience.
