Introduction to Hazardous Environments

Overview

Description

This course develops and enhance participant’s abilities to remain safe by mitigating risks associated with personal security threats that may occur in hazardous environment locations.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• adopt preventative threat mitigation strategies based on the type of hazardous environment they will be heading to
• adapt their reactive responses to various threats such as kidnapping, explosive threat, civil unrest, and violent crime
• build a robust communication plan
• determine the safety and security equipment required for their location
• describe when to revert to tactical first aid and the sequence of the protocols which can save lives

Note: Hazardous environment training is for Global Affairs Canada employees undertaking official travel, Canadian public servants being posted abroad, and their dependents aged 16+, who are heading to a location on the Hazardous Environment list. It is also pre-requisite for the in-person Hazardous Environment Training, and for employees whose travel will not exceed 30 days in a year and do not require in-person training.

The course is open to Government of Canada employees and provincial co-locators who are posted to one of Canada’s missions abroad. Government of Canada employees and provincial co-locators will need to contact Learning-Apprentissage@international.gc.ca to register.

To register spouses, partners, and dependents (16 years and older) for this course, employees will also need to contact the email address.