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I came to ATA because I’m in the Connect program and to take the fire rescue course here at the ATA. I choose fire rescue because I like to help people out in situations that they are facing in their life. Also, at the ATA, we do a lot of hands-on and verbal materials in the fire rescue course and pass all of the certifications to become a firefighter. My other goal is to go to Horry Georgetown Technical College (HGTC) for my Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). In a few years after I get my EMT I will go back to HGTC for my Paramedic License and get paid to do this type of work every time I’m on shift. Analyzing as a firefighter has revealed that it suits my Introvert, iNtuition, Thinking, Judging (INTJ) personality. My Visual learning style, and my skills are doing hands-on materials. However, A will have to improve a little bit more communication to others in my field to be …show more content…
03 Mar. 2017), also the job is “expected to grow five point three percent between two thousand- four and two thousand-fourteen” ("Firefighter." The World's Best Career Test - Sokanu. 03 Mar. 2017). Also, the “United States will need one hundred twelve thousand- three hundred firefighters over the next ten years” ("Firefighter." The World's Best Career Test - Sokanu. 03 Mar. 2017). According to another site in South Carolina there are only “five thousand- four hundred forty-four employed firefighters in this state”(“Firefighters”, SCOIS (S.C. Occupational Information System). The salary of a firefighter across the United States is “forty-six thousand dollars a year” ("Firefighter." The World's Best Career Test - Sokanu. 03 Mar. 2017).According to another site source; in South Carolina a firefighter gets paid “thirty-two thousand dollars a year” (“Firefighters”, SCOIS (S.C. Occupational Information

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