Florida EOT Eligibility Checker
Could your prior law enforcement, corrections, correctional probation, federal, military, or Florida experience qualify you for Florida Equivalency of Training? Answer a few questions to get a preliminary indication before beginning your formal CJSTC Form 76 review.
Let’s see which Florida EOT pathway may apply.
Answer each question based on your actual academy training and employment history. You can change your answers before viewing your result.
Which discipline are you seeking in Florida?
Select the Florida certification discipline that best matches your prior training and experience.
What best describes your background?
This helps GovSource identify whether a state, federal, military, or prior Florida pathway may apply.
Tell us about your employment experience.
EOT is based on qualifying professional experience, not academy attendance alone.
Do you have at least one year of qualifying full time experience in the selected discipline?
Academy attendance does not count toward the required employment experience.
Did at least one year of that qualifying full time service occur within the past eight years?
Can your employment be verified?
GovSource must be able to verify qualifying employment through official records or authorized agency personnel.
You must be able to obtain official employment records, an agency letter on official letterhead, or have the applicable GovSource verification form completed by an authorized supervisor or HR representative. Military documentation is handled differently and will be reviewed based on the applicant’s service history.
Can you obtain official records verifying your qualifying employment?
Can your academy training be documented?
Florida compares your original academy training against the applicable Florida curriculum.
GovSource needs an hour by hour breakdown of your academy training. You must also be able to obtain academy verification, an official training letter, or have the applicable GovSource training form completed by an authorized academy or training department representative.
Can you obtain an hour by hour breakdown of your original academy training?
Can the academy or training department verify that training?
What was included in your original academy?
Select each area that was included in your original basic academy training. Course names vary between states and agencies, so choose the closest equivalent.
One last confirmation.
Confirm that your answers are based on your actual employment and original academy training.
Some federal and military applicants may have substantial comparable training but still be missing one or more Florida required areas. That does not always mean the pathway ends. GovSource can review the deficiency and, when appropriate, help identify supplemental training through an FDLE training center.
Are the answers you provided accurate to the best of your knowledge?
The checker is only the beginning.
Official EOT eligibility depends on what your employment, academy, certification, and training documentation actually establishes.
This checker helps identify whether your background appears consistent with an EOT pathway.
GovSource reviews your official employment and academy records and identifies deficiencies or additional information needed.
When the applicable requirements are satisfied, the Form 76 process can move forward and you can continue toward EOT proficiency training.
Ready for an official review of your background?
Start your GovSource EOT review and submit the documentation needed to determine your actual Florida EOT eligibility.
