Essential Industry Skills for Student Success
— Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
The following descriptions of hard and soft skills, along with some environmental demands, are intended to help students understand the expectations of future classroom and workplace environments. Please note that these descriptions are NOT admission requirements for program acceptance. Instead, they are designed to assist students in making informed decisions about their future.
Hard Skills
- Ability to smell and tolerate odors
- Constantly bending and lifting
- Constantly engaging in hand-eye coordination
- Constantly hearing/talking and standing/walking
- Frequent dexterity (gripping/holding/carrying/using tools/using small parts of machinery)
- Frequently engaging in repetitive motions (pushing/pulling/crouching/climbing/feeling/kneeling)
- Physical contact with patients during labs and clinicals
Environmental Demands
- Tolerate extreme cold/extreme heat weather conditions
- Tolerate temperature changes
- Tolerate flashing lights/intense noise/vibrations/hazardous working conditions
- Tolerate hazardous working conditions with bloodborne pathogens
Soft Skills
- Appropriate use of phone during class, clinical, and workplace
- Attention to Detail/Meticulousness
- Communication/Engaging with instructors and employers
- Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
- Dedication/Diligence/Reliability
- Malleable and Teachable
- Professionalism
- Punctuality/Time Management
- Self-Regulation
- Team Player