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Step 1 - decide which provinces you want to move
to.
Step
2
- find the governing body in charge of ambulances for
those provinces
Step
3
- education equivalency, this is the tricky part.
Each province has different standards and requires your
education to be examined by the governing body or a registered
training centre. The information required by them will be varied
but will include a copy of the curriculum and a description of
the course and hours of training. This is where a letter from
the training department and copies of all documentation
pertaining to your training are a must. A letter showing level
of training and current competency in CPR is
needed or perhaps contact the heart and stroke foundation and
ask them where you can take a course to certify (sounds crazy I
know but without a cpr card nobody will hire you)
Step
4
- find a copy of the local scope of practice to find
out which level you wish to challenge (not all provinces offer
the same training standards and many have several levels of
licence)
Step
5
- there will be a provincial level exam that will
grant your licence upon completion. These can take many various
guises, for Alberta its a 2 day written (multi-choice) and
practical exam but in Ontario it takes 3 different exams held 2
weeks apart so a 6 week visit will be needed (or 3 very long
weekends!!!!)
Step
6 - once you have your licence you are now free to apply
for a job, every province will have a list of all services with
employees registered so they can give you addresses and phone
numbers to contact everyone. Many services offer
"casual" work, this is nothing more than covering the
occasional shift for sickness or holidays and is not a reliable
income source. Also the industrial work pays very well but it
often involves sitting in a tent in sub zero temps for 3 or 4
weeks at a time and these are also short term contracts ( 2 or 3
months) but they are plentiful. I hope that this helps but if you have any specific
questions or need other information, then please drop a line to
the Paramedic Resource Centre and they'll forward any
appropriate mail to me. Good luck.
Craig Munro
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