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CARGO SCREENING DETECTION DOG HANDLER COURSE
The Canine Cargo Screening Detection Dog Handler course is a 320-hour block of instruction consisting of 8-weeks of training made up of both classroom lecture and hands on practical application, instructed at the Global K9 Solutions Training Center. This course is designed for those individuals that are ready to begin a career in commercial detection or while incorporating a highly trained explosive detection dog into their work. The Canine Cargo Screening Detection Dog Handler course combines our detection training with the purchase of a trained detection dog and gives you the knowledge to confidently operate as a successful working dog team.
This course will teach you to learn sound detection principals and practice as well as developed marketable handling skills in a setting that allows you to bond with your new k9 partner over an intensive 8 weeks and gain valuable experience conducting real world detection scenarios while under the experienced supervision of our trained instructors. (Student/Instructor ratio 1:11)
Course Requirement – Student is required to have a TSA Known Travel Number (KTN) or provide proof that a KTN Number has been applied for.
Course ID – GK9S-001
320 Hours
8 Weeks
Course Objectives
ACADEMICS: Orientation, canine safety, canine health care and grooming, canine kenneling and transportation, Principles of Conditioning, explosives and narcotics safety, storage and transportation. This segment of the course is designed to teach students safety practices in and around the kennels and safe handling and transportation of explosives and narcotics. Students are introduced to Operant conditioning (reward schedules) and Classical conditioning (pairing of unconditioned and conditioned stimuli) escape training, the canine sensory spectrum and titration levels.
BASIC OBEDIENCE: Application of Principles of Conditioning (reward schedules, fixed and variable ratios and intervals) for the commands of “sit, stay, down, heel and come” walking in heel position and obstacle agility course. Utilizing Operant Conditioning methods, students are taught to condition the dogs to respond to basic verbal and hand commands and navigate the obstacle course using positive reinforcement methods.
DETECTOR DOG SEARCH PROCEDURES: The primary purpose of this course of instruction is to train and condition the Explosive Detector Dog team to conduct inspections for Improvised Explosive Devices that may be secluded in cargo that is destined to be shipped via commercial air carriers. The emphasis of the training will be conducting inspections of palletized cargo in a large commercial warehouse environment Students will be taught canine odor recognition protocols (4-hole variable, odor wall), practical application of detector dog handling search pattern and search procedures in buildings, vehicles, warehouses, stadiums offices, open areas parcels, luggage and bomb threat response protocols. Using operant conditioning methods, students are taught to condition a “green” dog to detect and passively respond to target odors in a multitude of environments.
DETECTOR DOG CERTIFICAITON: Final certification of detector dog team in real world environments using United Police Working Dog Association (UPWDA) certification standards. Students will certify with their dog by demonstrating their dog’s ability to detect and respond with a passive response to the target odors. Students will also be able to identify their dog’s behavioral change when the dog is in the scent cone and working to source.