Advance EOD Techniques
Category “A” situations leave no room for error and demand a high degree of readiness to ensure mission success. Confidence and experience through training is the only way to prepare for Cat A situations. Zero Point Instructors have pioneered techniques and equipment through years of operational and training experience that can benefit all EOD technicians who may be faced with a Category “A” scenario. This course is structured to teach advance techniques, strategies, and provide guidance to better prepare EOD Technicians to quickly bring a dangerous situation to a close effectively and safely. Zero Point offers the AET course in a 5 or 10 day version with an emphasis on practical applications.
Training Topics
- Threat Assessment in Category “A” situations
- Manual Access equipment and techniques
- Advance IED Electronics
- Circuit Diagnostics and diagnostic equipment
- Detonator defeat and equipment
- Hostage handling techniques
- Intrusion Detection System recognition and defeat
- Precision disruption principles and dynamic tools
- Precision X-ray techniques and equipment
Course Deliverables
- Four instructors and 5 or 10 days of instruction
- Student guides and CD-ROM (electronic handout of reference material and student guide)
- Zero Point REF (Rapid EOD facts) Sheets
- Zero Point E-Kit (Electronics Tool Kit)
- All required representative training devices
- Electronic components, circuit boards and materials access containers
- All required dynamic tool containers and disruptor rounds
