Jordan National K9 Center

Training Courses Details

A Jordanian National center of excellence that achieves international standards in all K9 related services.

Tactical Route Clearing Course

Duration: 2 weeks (10 working days)

Students: Up to 10

Pre-Requisites

  • Physically fit
  • Must attend with assigned K9
  • Must be assigned to a government K9 unit or accredited association
  • Must have all necessary equipment needed for mission task

Course Description

This course is designed to prepare explosive detection or dual purpose K9s on proper techniques on how to deploy the K9 to detect explosive or hostile personnel on a designated route to be traveled by friendly troops. All curriculum will be designed from real combat and real route clearing mission task. It will prepare K9 Teams to deploy successfully and also to give the K9 that positive picture of success. Only real explosives are used in different amounts. K9s will be tested in muzzle on decoy with no bite equipment. If no muzzle has been trained into K9, we will use a cage system to use without muzzle.

Course Outline

  • Multiple terrains
  • Bite to explosives transitions
  • Mountainous terrain maneuver techniques
  • Explosive and Ambush scenarios
  • Hidden suspects on route
  • Different hidden explosive targets, Explosive caches.
  • Hides with extreme odor conflict
  • Nighttime operations using low light and NODs

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