REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR AUGUST 2020
This academy will help you to develop your knowledge and understanding of the jobs available in the Emergency Services or Military. The Ministry of Education is working in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior to ensure what you learn will better prepare you once you graduate.
If a career working for the Police, Fire, Ambulance or Military interests you; this academy is for you. It aims to develop the essential employability skills and personal qualities, needed for a successful entry to the Emergency Services or Military through a wide range of theoretical, fitness based and practical activities. Students will be provided with opportunities to apply all these skills and qualities in real and simulated work contexts. When you graduate from the academy you will be better prepared both physically and intellectually for a successful entry to your chosen career.
What will I study?
The Emergency Services Training Academy provides students with skills and knowledge in the following areas:
- Basic Field Craft
- Operational Planning
- Responding to Emergency Incidents
- Health and Fitness
- Teamwork
- Map Reading
- Law and the Legal System
- Expedition Skills
- Leadership
- Command and Control
- Crime and its Effects on Society
- Understanding Discipline
- Careers and entry requirements into the Emergency Services or Military
Students will develop transferable skills such as communication, problem solving, using initiative, communication and teamwork, which will be applicable to all areas in their next career/education choice.
Students will complete mandatory work placements in their chosen area to experience real life situations and develop an understanding of how professionals respond to an event and procedures they take. Students will be exposed and immersed into the emergency services with professionals to guide and support as they develop in this field.
Students will study specific Emergency Services Training for 6 periods a week from grade 9 until grade 12.
| G9 | G10 | G11 | G12 |
Emergency Services Training Academy | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Endless Opportunities
We want our graduates to have as many doors open as possible, by giving them a broad understanding of the current emergency services within the UAE. That’s why we offer a unique combination of the core General Stream / Advanced Stream subjects meaning our students graduate with the normal School Leavers’ Certificate with the addition of added knowledge about the Emergency Services.
The Emergency Services Training Academy allows our students to leave their options open and choose a future based on their interests. Our students may go on to:
- Work for a specialized area within the Emergency Services
- Police
- Armed Forces
- Ambulance
- Fire Service
- Join the Military
- Used applied knowledge from the Emergency Services Training Academy to work within administration departments within the Ministry of Interior
- Law and enforcement services
We are working closely alongside the Ministry of Interior to ensure that the knowledge and experience learnt through the Academy better prepares our students to study at further and higher educational levels. We are working alongside the Ministry of Interior also to ensure you meet intellectual and physical standards to support with the next step in your education after grade 12.
Locations
The academies will open in grade 9 in the following schools:
Joining Process
- Complete the registration form below
- Entrance Exam
- Interview
- Fitness Test
- Commitee Decision
Student places are limited, and the number of applications is large, students will be ranked, and the strongest students selected.
Registration
If you are interested in joining this academy and will be in Grade 9 in September 2020, please complete the form below.
Please note that completing the form above only registers your interest. It is not an acceptance or commitment to join at this stage.