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30 <br /> <br /> <br />All training requiring use of the City Business Expense and Travel Policy for training outside the City must be <br />pre-approved by the Fire Chief or designee. <br /> <br />7. Entry Level, Experienced and Lateral Firefighter Probationary Period <br />Entry Level, Experienced and Lateral Firefighters and Lateral Paramedics who begin City employment <br />prior to attending the fire academy will complete a 12 month probationary period that begins on the first <br />day of the academy that they graduate. Qualifications for Educational Incentive under Article 20 of the <br />contract will occur after the 12 month probationary period has been completed. <br /> <br />Regardless of their probationary duration and academy start date, all new employees will follow the salary <br />schedule steps in Article 9. <br /> <br />For promotional testing purposes, the minimum periods of time in service required to be completed prior <br />to being eligible to take promotional examinations will be based off the first day of probation (not the <br />employees actual date of hire). <br /> <br />Joint Apprenticeship Training Program and Joint Apprenticeship Training Program Committee (JATC). Parties <br />agree to the following: <br />1. To form a Local JATC Subcommittee with equal representatives from labor and management. The <br />purpose of the committee is to establish and manage the Everett Fire Department’s JATC within the <br />confines of the rules and requirements of the Washington State Firefighters JATC Program. <br /> <br />2. To require as a condition of employment that all new uniformed employees participate in and <br />successfully complete the requirements of the JATC program, achieving Journeyman status within the <br />prescribed 3-year apprenticeship program timeline. If due to approved extenuating circumstances (e.g., <br />extended disability), the apprentice is unable to complete the apprenticeship program within the <br />established timelines, he/she shall be granted an appropriate extension of the timeline to complete the <br />program, relative to the time missed due to extenuating circumstances. Willful failure to complete the <br />requirement of the JATC program shall be grounds for discipline up to and including termination. <br /> <br />3. Existing employees with grandfathered JATC courses will be credited with equivalency for the same <br />classes in the Education Matrix. <br /> <br />New, experienced, or lateral hires who maintain journeyman status as recognized by Washington State <br />Firefighter JATC program will be paid as First Class Firefighter. <br /> <br />4. That firefighters entering the JATC Program at Step A will not move to the First Class Firefighter pay <br />scale until they have attained Journeyman status. <br /> <br />5. That the JATC Program will not include the Fire Officer component at this time. <br /> <br />Rules for Non-classified Paramedic <br />A. These rules apply to employees who maintain Washington State Paramedic Certification, but do not <br />occupy a Civil Service classified paramedic position. <br />1. Non-classified paramedics must have attained first class firefighter status. <br /> <br />2. Non-classified suppression paramedics shall serve on a paramedic unit for six shifts <br />per calendar year, per Article 9. Overtime shifts shall count towards the six sift <br />requirement. <br />