NEW K-9 TRAINING COURSES 

Tripwire Operations Group is poised to assist the Explosive Detection Canine Handler in all their training and operational needs.

K9.1 Basic Explosive Handlers Course-1 Day

Classroom Based 

K9.2 Basic Explosive Handlers Course-3 Day with ORT (odor recognition test)

Classroom and Explosive Range:

The Explosive Handler's course is designed to teach safe handling techniques to handlers with little to no experience with explosives. Also provide an ORT test where you can see if your k9 understands the odors that its looking for or cueing off of some of the odors that are common in known explosive materials.

K9.3 Homemade Explosive Formulations Course for the K-9 Handler

This class is designed for the advanced handler who wants to experience real life scenarios that have been replicated in a training format. This course is designed for the student to understand home made explosive labs. The K9 handler will see HME formulations being made and then will have the opportunity to imprint their K9's on the same odors. The HME's will then be used in real like scenarios where you will be able to see how your K9 will react.  Our staff of experienced K9 handlers and bomb techs have the operational experience to give you the training that is needed to find and help mitigate the clandestine lab. The student will also operate in a post blast scenario and will be given the opportunity to locate a secondary hide in that environment. There is no replacement for real life training that will prepare you and your department to handle these situations.

K9.4 Explosive Detection K9 Advanced Search Techniques Course

It is our philosophy that by incorporating the knowledge of both the bomb technician and canine instructor community, we are able to produce a unique and valuable training product. Tripwire Operations Group has a number of exceptionally well trained and experienced K-9 Trainers available for our classes.

NOTE: The following list contains only a portion of the material covered in the class. Please contact us for the complete course syllabus.

▪               Explosive fundamentals

▪               Improvised Explosive Device Basic Recognition

▪               Human reaction to over pressure

▪               Practical Exercises

▪               Canine Handling in an Explosive Environment-Basic and Advanced Techniques

▪               Searching in a Post Blast environment

▪               Practical exercise- Large vehicle hide 80,000 lbs

▪               Live Explosive Range Demonstration

▪               Peroxide Based Explosive Training

▪               Canine Handling in a Mass Transit Environment

▪               Practical Exercises

K9.5 Explosive Characteristics Course for the K-9 Handler and/or their Supervisors

We have developed a course designed exclusively for the Explosive Detection K-9 Handler and/or their Supervisors. This TWO day, 16 hour, course will provide the K-9 handler with all the knowledge necessary to readily handle, store and safely train with the explosive odors they work with daily.

At the conclusion of the training course an explosive training kit with all the odor's discussed in the class will be provided to the student at a discount. The explosive training kit is a valuable training aid for those units starting a new team, maintaining a team or trying to acquire certification.

K9.6 Large Vehicle Bomb Seminar for the K-9 Handler

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K9.7 ORT (Odor Recognition Test) certification

Here we run the K9's through multiple odors to ensure the K-9 is responding to the correct odors and ignoring non target odor. This test is conducted by Tripwire's K-9 master trainers. The explosives that are used are the newest non contaminated explosives that are out there to ensure your K-9 is working at its potential.

K9.8 Peroxide based explosives imprinting

This imprinting is really were we stand apart from other training entities. At Tripwire, we not only imprint the K-9's on the odor, we then put the odor in scenarios to ensure the K9 has the odor. We will ensure the K-9 has multiple indications on the odor before moving on to the scenarios.  Here we will also go over case studies on where these explosives have been used throughout the world.