Roadside IED and Stand-alone VBIED’s Detection Course
A Jordanian National center of excellence that achieves international standards in all K9 related services.
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 was designed to prepare explosive detection or dual purpose K9s on proper techniques on how to deploy the K9 on any roadside explosive device. This course is designed from real life combat K9 missions. There are many ways to properly deploy a K9 team in many different IED scenarios and this course will cover ways to successfully accomplish that mission.
Course Outline
- Vehicle convoys
- Foot Patrols and route clearing
- IED and VBIED Identifiers
- Interdiction
- Types of IED deployment and devices
- Danger points and evaluations
- Marking and Identification
- Nighttime operations using low light and NODs
