Duration
5 - 12 days
Location
PJHQ Northwood
Max Capacity
15 personnel
IELTS
5.5
Aim
Board and Search (B&S) training provides the knowledge and basic skills required to conduct board and search operations within a permissive environment. Counternarcotics is the most well known mission, however, B&S functions also include fisheries protection, interdiction of smugglers and illegal immigrants.
Course Details
This subject is a familiarization of board and search procedures, techniques and fundamentals. It is designed for both junior and senior personnel who are assigned to units expected to conduct board and search operations in International Waters or Territorial Seas. The subject curriculum focuses primarily on reducing unnecessary risks to the Boarding Team while maximizing use of effective law enforcement techniques such as:
- Phases of Boarding Ops including preparations, planning, execution and recovery
- Communications
- Search Awareness
- Personal search techniques
- Interview techniques
- Maritime Tactical Estimate
- Table Top Tactics
- Search procedures
- Use of Force
- Evidence Handling
- Ships Documentation
- Arrest/Detention Procedures
- Boarding Exercises (dry drills and underway boardings
Course Requirements
On completion, the IMS will be able to:
- Determine international and domestic jurisdictional boundaries as they pertain to maritime activities
- Prepare a team to conduct a boarding at sea
- Arrest or detain a subject
- Properly utilize the Use of Force (UOF) continuum during a boarding scenario. Complete a reality based boarding scenario utilizing techniques and tactics learned throughout the subject in a safe and effective manner
- Demonstrate the appropriate level of the UOF continuum during reality based scenarios
- Detect and identify hidden compartments on a vessel where contraband maybe located
- Detect and identify common occupational hazards on board vessels
- Properly identify and test illicit substances
Remarks
Practical simulated boarding exercises are designed to reinforce instruction by giving each IMS an opportunity to apply classroom theory. The subject is approximately 60% classroom based and hands-on instruction with remaining 40% delivered through practical exercises.