Duration
5 days
Frequency
7 courses per year
Location
Phoenix. HMS Excellent
IELTS
6
Aim
To prepare specialist officers and senior rates appointed to ships as an CBRN Protection Officer or an CBRN Protection Officer’s assistant.
Course details
Topics covered include:
- Hazards of CBRN agents
- Ships CBRN protection
- Effects of nuclear weapons
- Plotting hazard areas training
- Warning and reporting of CBRN hazards
- CBRN detection instruments
- Exercising ships response to a nuclear weapon incident
- Exercising ships response to chemical weapon incident
- Ship monitoring and decontamination
- Familiarisation with cleansing station and drills
- Command advice for operating in a CBRN environment
Entry standards
- Desirable to have completed the Intermediate Sea Safety course on the week prior to course start
- Ship experience as an Officer or Senior Rate with CBRN responsibilities
Remarks
The ‘plotting hazard areas’ and warning and reporting’ section of the syllabus (8 periods) uses NATO classified publications and procedures.