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EDUCATIONAL COURSES <br />Approved and accredited Department related educational courses are a minimum of 40 hours or 40 <br />hour blocks. Any documented courses given by colleges, Fire/EMS or public safety agencies, or <br />private companies that are job related and approved by the educational committee. <br />Examples of educational courses are as follows: <br />All FFP courses <br />ACLS <br />ICS <br />IAFF classes <br />PALS <br />Haz-mat <br />WMD <br />Educational courses will receive 1 point each. <br />EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE <br />The Educational Committee will meet and approve of all college degrees, certifications and <br />educational courses for scoring prior to the promotional board meeting to recommend the filling of <br />vacancies in the department. <br />The Educational Committee shall consist of the following: <br />The Fire Chief (or his designee) and two members of staff. <br />The Union President (or his designee) and two members at large. <br />In the event of a tie vote for approval or disapproval, the Fire Chief (or his designee) will have the <br />tiebreaker vote. <br />All employees shall have a folder created in their training file to maintain the documentation of each <br />employee's educational points. The educational committee shall review all education <br />courses/certifications to be used for promotional scoring by the promotional board before the <br />promotional board meets. <br />It is the responsibility of each employee to present current educational documents for their folder in <br />their training file, and not assume it is up to date. If the documentation is not there, it shall not be <br />considered. <br />31 <br />