Levi the FTO

My lack of posts lately has been due to lack of material; however, one exciting thing did happen recently - Levi got promoted to "corporal" or FTO (Field Training Officer) at work. Now he'll get to train new recruits as they shadow him on his normal shifts by teaching them EMT skills and checking off that they can do them.

He was so excited to start training people that he took it upon himself to create a syllabus that outlines the objectives of the training as well as expectations of both himself and the recruit. I was very impressed that he went above and beyond the required one-day training class he had to do.

Each recruit will stay with Levi anywhere from two-six weeks (until Levi feels he/she has a good enough handle on the necessary skills). He got his first recruit today, a girl about our age, and he was very excited about going to work because it would be new and different. When I checked in with him this evening to see how things were going, he said that it's very difficult to work an emergency call while training someone (I would imagine this would be especially true if it's a legitimate emergency), but it was going well.

I'm excited that Levi feels invigorated in his job with this new responsibility and adventure. He's really a very good teacher, and I know the recruits will benefit from having been trained by him. Hopefully this will tide him over until the fire departments start hiring again!