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MAT Kosovo Media, NGO & Hostile Environment Operators Improvised Explosive Device, ERW & Landmine Awareness Online Training Course
Course Overview – Duration 16 hours
Course Objective
To enable Journalists, Close Protection Operators, NGO staff and other private & public sector employees to identify & recognize the common components of IEDs, Landmines & Explosive Remnants of War; To aid their understanding of the IED, ERW & Mine threat; and to provide guidance and advice on how to address those threats when operating in hostile environments.
Background
Landmines and other explosive hazards, which include IEDs, abandoned munitions and military equipment, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants of war (ERW), have been responsible for the death or injury of over 72 000 people in the last two decades.
Such devices continue to pose a direct threat in hostile environments, even years after a conflict has ended. When working in such areas, organizations and individuals must know how to identify the threat and take appropriate preventive action.
Learning how to avoid or respond to IED, landmine or other Explosive Remnant of War (ERW) incident is a critical requirement for any individual travelling to a hostile environment or ERW affected area.
The course is designed specifically with Journalists, Close Protection Operators, NGO staff and other private-sector employees in mind, the MAT Kosovo Media, NGO & Hostile Environment Operators IED & Landmine Awareness course is a fully immersive training experience that introduces delegates to a number of real-World scenarios in the form of multi-media case studies and highly interactive instruction. It has been created for Close Protection Operatives as well as all official ‘frontline’ organizations such as Media, Listed Charities, Aid Agencies, UN organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), governments, construction companies, and other private-sector entities operating in potentially volatile areas around the world to enable them to identify & recognize the common components of IEDs, Landmines & Explosive Remnants of War; To aid their understanding of the IED, ERW & Mine threat; and to provide guidance and advice on how to address those threats when operating in hostile environments
The modular course covers a variety of subjects – ensuring the candidate is well-versed with the full spectrum of dangers and it is the only international training program in the World available to public and private sector security professionals that adequately identifies and addresses the full-spectrum of explosive threats, responses and counter-measures required to address this deadly threat.
MAT KOSOVO Senior Instructor Bio
The Course Senior Instructor and Course Designer Is a former British Special Forces bomb technician and weapons intelligence specialist. During his 17 years in the British Army, he served in a variety of operational counter-IED appointments and saw active service in several high threat theatres including Iraq, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Northern Ireland.
During much of his career, he specialized in overt and covert EOD operations in support of Police Tactical Firearms Units, close protection teams and specialist military Counter-Terrorism units around the World.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Explosives Engineers, a former chairman of its technical committee and a Member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators; and he regularly runs and chairs Counter-IED seminars and conferences throughout Europe. He is also a regular SME contributor to global television and radio broadcasting networks on Defense, Security and Terrorism including BBC, CNN, Sky, ITN, ABC, NBC and Russia Today. He is also a bestselling author and presenter of the series ‘Bomb Hunters’.
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