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Oct 22, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025

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Field Training Officer School -October 2025- At NEHIDTA
Dates: October 22-24, 2025
Times: 8:00am-4:00pm 2 Days, 8:00am-12:00pm Day 3
Location: NEHIDTA, Methuen, MA 01844

Detail Information
This 2.5-day training will provide an in-depth description/explanation of the Field Training Officer Program and the FTO’s role for your agency.
This course is a blend of the San Jose FTO model and best practices of a rural and/or small department. Often times New England agencies don’t mimic the vast structure depicted in the San Jose Model and adjustments must be made. However, these can be made without losing the foundation and key concepts of the program itself. This class will provide you with the tools and knowledge to properly train a new officer. From ethics to leadership, our FTO class covers the topics needed to both train and evaluate a field trainee.
The objectives of this course include:
• Creating a standardized program
• Role of an FTO
• Ethics and it’s liabilities
• Leadership traits, relationships & conduct
• Effective teaching methods for different learning styles
• Setting expectations and completing evaluations of the trainee
• Example Daily Observation Reports (DOR) and Weekly Observation Reports (WOR)
• Training Scenario’s for application of class objectives
Cost: $625 per student
Register at: Field Training Officer School - Dirigo Safety
Contact information:
207-200-1112