Course Course Summary Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Course ACE ID: TSAT-0010 Organization's ID: TSA-CTC-EDC-TR Organization: Transportation Security Administration Location: Classroom-based Length: 11 weeks (491 hours) Dates Offered: 6/1/2023 - 5/31/2026 4/1/2020 - 5/31/2023 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Lower-Division Baccalaureate 4 homeland security Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: The course objective is to provide students with the knowledge and performance skills needed to perform as a TSA EDC handler during utilization, including routine operations, deployments, and bomb threats or high-risk assignments. Learning Outcomes: Maintain canine gear and employ canine safety procedures Apply principles of conditioning and perform obedience commands Document CTC training records Explain facts and characteristics pertaining to the TSA inventory of explosives, and apply principles and practices for handling explosives, observing safety and security measures, in accordance with the Canine Explosive Training Aid Manual (CETAM) and Bureau of Alcohol, and Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives requirements Apply principles and practices for handling, storage, transportation, safety, and security of CETA in accordance with the TSA Canine Explosives Training Aid Manual (CETAM) Identify the purpose of reviewing scattergrams Demonstrate Operational Mindset philosophies, attitudes, beliefs, work ethics, and utilization skills to react to improvised explosives device (IED) detection scenarios that threaten the transportation triad Employ operational integration processes and practices with a canine Employ EDC search techniques Transport canines in accordance with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal Welfare Act and airline-specific regulations and perform safety practices and procedures when taking an assigned canine to the veterinary clinic while maintaining canine health and well-being Complete EDC training records Use the K-9 Training Aid Reporting System (KTARS) and adhere to the Canine Accountable Training System (CATS) requirements Use training records, the training results report, and scattergram analysis, develop a canine team Objective-Based Training Plan (OBTP) Create training scenarios to correct deficiencies, and maintain and advance canine team capabilities General Topics: Canine gear Safety Principles of conditioning Obedience Detection fundamentals Explosives detection canine search techniques Canine transportation Veterinarian clinic safety Canine health CTC training records Explosives and CETA safety and accountability Safety, security, and handling of explosives: Canine Training Aid Manual EDC records documentation K-9 Training Aid Reporting System Scattergrams Developing an objective-based training plan Operational mindset and readiness Operational integration Scenario development Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Instructional Strategies: Audio Visual Materials Classroom Exercise Computer Based Training Lectures Practical Exercises Methods of Assessment: Examinations Performance Rubrics (Checklists) Minimum Passing Score: 70% Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from Transportation Security Administration Advanced Resolution Conversation (ARC) (TSAT-0002) Behavior Detection Optimization and OJT (TSAT-0013) Checked Baggage (CB) On-the-Job Training (OJT) Program (TSAT-0008) Checked Baggage Crossover Training (TSAT-0007) Essentials of Leading Screening Operations (ELSO) (TSAT-0001) Essentials of Managing Screening Operations (EMSO) v2.0 (TSAT-0014) Explosive Detection System (EDS)/On-Screen Alarm Resolution Protocol (OSARP) 3.0 and On-the-Job Training (OJT) Program (TSAT-0015) Instructor Development Course (TSAT-0009) Law Enforcement Training Program II (LETP-II) (TSAT-0012) View All Courses Page Content