Emergency Medical Services Pre-Apprenticeship

Cost: $2,714
Length: 104 weeks
Working 6 months later: Not reported

Program names and program descriptions appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Occupation titles are translated where O*NET publishes a Spanish name. Everything else on this page is translated.

What happened to people who took this

No outcomes reported for this program

About a third of California programs report nothing. That is a fact about the program's reporting, not evidence that it works or does not.

The job this trains for

This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.

Where California publishes a separate figure for Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties), it appears beneath the statewide one. Statewide stays the headline: people who train here do not necessarily work here.

Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians

Job ads may call this: Driver · Driver Medic · First Responder · Ambulance Driver

Some of what people in this job do. The Department rates how important each one is, and they appear in that order.

Remove and replace soiled linens or equipment to maintain sanitary conditions.
Drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons.
Report facts concerning accidents or emergencies to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials.
Place patients on stretchers, and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.

Show 4 more things this job involves

Accompany and assist emergency medical technicians on calls.
Replace supplies and disposable items on ambulances.
Perform minor maintenance on emergency medical services vehicles, such as ambulances.
Clean and wash rigs, ambulances, or equipment.

Typical pay in California: $36,941per year
Projected openings: 1,770
Projected change: +7.1%
Usually needs: High school diploma or equivalent

California publishes no separate figure for this job in Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region. The statewide figures above are the only ones there are.

Getting in

Experience needed first: None
Training after you are hired: 1 to 12 months

These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.

Program details

This program provides in-person instruction only.

A program that prepares individuals to assist licensed EMTs under the supervision of a physician to prepare and transport ill or injured patients and to operate emergency vehicles and equipment such as life support units. Includes instruction in first aid and emergency medicine field techniques patient stabilization and care medical field communications equipment operation and maintenance emergency vehicle operation and applicable standards and regulations.

Provider's home page →

We could not reach the page in the federal record when we checked on 2026-08-17, so this links to the provider's home page instead.

Someone else may be able to pay for this

This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-09-18). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.

Ask before you enroll, not after

The order the rules set out starts at the center rather than at the school. Before a center can find somebody eligible for training services it has to gather enough to decide, at a minimum through an interview, evaluation or assessment and career planning. Referring a person to the provider they have chosen and setting up the account both come after that, and both are the center's to do — the account is a payment agreement with the training provider, and it is the provider that is paid through it. So the call belongs before enrolling and before paying. Anyone who has already done either should still ask, and ask what it means for them.

The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California

Mother Lode Job Training - TuolumneComprehensive center
Phone: 209-588-1150
197 Mono WaySuite BSonora, CA 95370about 0.8 miles away
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Closed Holidays
Has a veterans' representative
Mother Lode Job Training - CalaverasAffiliate site
Phone: 209-754-4242
560 Mountain Ranch RoadOakview Professional BuildingSan Andreas, CA 95249about 21.1 miles away
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 am-5:00pm

At a comprehensive center all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.

Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List

How this gets paid for, and what to ask →

Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.

The rules cited here, and the state and federal sites linked to, are published in English.

How this site gets its figures, and what they do not tell you →