INDEX
CHAPTER IV
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION
1. PURPOSE. The overall objective of the formal protective force training
program is to develop and maintain, in an effective and efficient
manner, the competencies needed by protective force personnel to perform
the tasks required to fulfill the protective force mission. The formal
training program, as addressed in this chapter, includes all organized,
documented training activities that are the responsibility of the
designated training organization. This includes training activities
conducted by supervisors, which are also developed and managed through
the training organization.
2. TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION. Contractors responsible for protective
force personnel shall establish formal qualification requirements.
These requirements will ensure that protective force members meet the
competencies needed to perform the tasks within their assigned
responsibilities. The qualification requirements will be supported by a
formal training program that develops and maintains, in an effective and
efficient manner, the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to
perform assigned tasks. The qualification and training programs will be
based upon criteria established by the Central Training Academy as
outlined in DOE 5630.15. Departmental contractors responsible for
training protective force personnel shall be required to prepare and
annually review a task analysis detailing the required actions or
functions for each specific job assignment. The task analysis shall be
used to prepare a job description and as a basic input document for
local training requirements; it shall be approved by the Head of the
Departmental Element. The formal training and qualification program
shall:
a. Be based on a valid and complete set of job tasks, with identified
levels of skills and knowledge needed to perform the tasks.
b. Be aimed at achieving a well-defined, minimum level of competency
required to perform each task acceptably.
c. Employ standardized lesson plans with clear performance objectives
as a basis for instruction.
d. Include performance-based testing to determine and certify job
readiness (i.e., qualification).
e. Be documented so that individual and overall training status is
easily accessible. Individual training records shall be retained
until 1 year after termination of the employee as a member of the
protective force, unless a longer retention period is specified by
other requirements.
f. Take into account the learning characteristics and entry level
competencies of trainees.
3. SECURITY OFFICERS.
a. Training Requirements. Prior to initial assignment to Security
Officer duty, each person shall be required to successfully
complete a basic training course designed to provide the minimum
level of skills and knowledge necessary to competently perform all
tasks associated with Security Officer job responsibilities. The
required tasks and minimum levels of competency shall be determined
by a site-specific job analysis, and will include task areas found
in Chapter II, paragraph 1, as appropriate. The training program
shall be approved by the Head of the Field Organization. As
applicable, the program shall include, but not necessarily be
limited to, the following types of instruction:
(1) Orientation and standards of conduct;
(2) Security education and operations;
(3) Safety training;
(4) Legal requirements and responsibilities;
(5) Weaponless self-defense;
(6) Intermediate force weapons;
(7) Communications, including methods and procedures;
(8) Vehicle operations, including safety and routine and emergency
operation;
(9) Post and patrol operations; and
(10) Material control and accountability.
b. Refresher Training. Except as stated in (3) below, each Security
Officer shall be required to successfully complete formal annual
refresher training to maintain the minimum level of competency
required for the successful performance of tasks associated with
Security Officer job responsibilities.
(1) The type and intensity of training shall be based on a
site-specific job analysis and shall be approved by the Head
of the Field Element.
(2) Failure to achieve a minimum level of competency shall result
in the Security Officer's placement in a formal remedial
training program. The remedial training program will be
tailored to provide the Security Officer with the necessary
training to afford a reasonable opportunity to meet the level
of competency as determined by the job analysis. Failure to
demonstrate competency at the completion of the remedial
program shall result in loss of Security Officer status.
(3) Formal annual refresher training may be exempted when a
Security Officer satisfactorily demonstrates a knowledge,
skill, or ability. Such exemption shall be documented.
4. SECURITY POLICE OFFICERS.
a. General Training Requirements. Prior to initial assignment to
duty, each Security Police Officer trainee shall be required to
successfully complete a basic training course designed to provide
the minimum level of skills and knowledge needed to competently
perform all tasks associated with Security Police Officer job
responsibilities. The required tasks and minimum levels of
competency shall be based on a site-specific job analysis, and
shall include task areas found in Chapter II, paragraph 2, as
appropriate. The training program shall be approved by the Head of
the Field Element, and where applicable, shall include but not
necessarily be limited to the following types of instruction:
(1) Firearms training, including safety, and qualification with
all weapons reasonably expected to be employed within their
duty assignment;
(2) Orientation and standards of conduct;
(3) Physical training;
(4) Facility operations;
(5) Material control and accountability;
(6) Safety training;
(7) Legal requirements and responsibilities, including use of
deadly force, limited arrest authority, and fresh pursuit (see
Attachment II-1);
(8) Tactical training, including individual tactics and
appropriate.team tactics;
(9) Weaponless self-defense and intermediate force weapons;
(10) Communications, including methods and procedures;
(11) Vehicle operations, including safety and routine and emergency
operation; and
(12) Post and patrol operations, including site-specific policies
and procedures.
(13) Basic investigation procedures and elements of investigation,
including recognition and preservation of evidence, and search
and seizure;
(14) The "Design Basis Threat Policy for Department of Energy (DOE)
Programs and Facilities (U)" and potential adversaries'
characteristics, tactics, and motives.
b. Refresher Training.
(1) Formal Program. Except as stated in (3) below, each Security
Police Officer shall be required to successfully complete
formal annual refresher training to maintain the level of
competency required for the successful performance of tasks
associated with Security Police Officer job responsibilities.
The type and intensity of training shall be determined by a
site-specific job analysis and shall be approved by the
cognizant local Departmental authority for safeguards and
security.
(2) Remedial Training. Failure to achieve a minimum level of
competency will result in the Security Police Officer's
placement in a remedial training program. The remedial
training program will be tailored to provide the Security
Police Officer with the necessary training to afford a
reasonable opportunity to meet the level of competency
required by the job analysis. Failure to demonstrate
competency at the completion of the remedial program shall
result in loss of Security Police Officer status.
(3) Training Exemption. Except for firearms and annual physical
fitness requirements, portions of formal annual refresher
training may be exempted when a Security Police Officer
satisfactorily demonstrates a knowledge, skill, or ability.
c. Security Police Officer III Training Requirements. Prior to
initial assignment to duties as a Special Response Team member, a
Security Police Officer shall be required to successfully complete
a basic training course designed to provide the minimum level of
skills and knowledge necessary to competently perform all tasks
associated with Special Response Team job responsibilities. The
required tasks and minimum levels of competency shall be based on a
site-specific job analysis. Both the task areas identified for
Security Police Officers and, as appropriate, the specialized task
areas found in Chapter II, paragraph 3, and Chapter III of this
Order shall be included. The training program shall be approved by
the Head of the Field Element.
(1) Prerequisite Training. Security Police Officers IIIs shall be
required to:
(a) Be trained and qualified in those SPO-I and SPO-II job
tasks that have been identified as designated SPO-III
prerequisites before attending the standard Central
Training Academy developed and Office of Safeguards and
Security approved SPO-III course.
(b) Successfully complete the SPO-III training course.
(c) Have successfully completed site-specific training and
qualification that may be required for job performance at
each site or facility, which is beyond the scope of
initial SPO-III training and qualification. This would
include any and all SPO-II training and qualification
that may be required for site-specific SPO-III job
requirements.
(2) SPO-III Specialized Training. Team members may be selected to
conduct specialized SPO-III duties for which the following
minimum requirements will be met:
(a) Precision Rifle/Forward Observer Team Training.
Initially, and thereafter on a quarterly basis, each
precision rifle/forward observer team member shall
participate in live and dry fire training. Live and dry
fire training should be integrated into and conducted in
conjunction with team training via controlled use of
force, tactical movement training, and night operations.
(b) Tactical Entry Specialist Training. Initially, and
thereafter on a quarterly basis, each specialist shall
participate in tactical, entry training. This will
include, as a minimum, mechanical entry techniques.
Explosive entry techniques training will be provided when
a site or facility vulnerability &assessment and/or Site
Safeguards and Security Plan dictate an entry requirement
for which mechanical entry alone will not meet the need.
(3) SPO-III Maintenance Training. After assignment to duties as a
member of a Special Response Team, an SPO-III shall be
required, as a minimum, to train on a semiannual basis in the
following areas: decision shooting, tactical obstacle course,
night operations, tactical movement, and force options.
5. WEAPONS QUALIFICATIONS. SPO-IIIs shall qualify semiannually with all
assigned weapons and special weapons (as designated by position or job
requirement). DOE M 5632.7-1 standard qualification courses will be
used for all assigned and special weapons. When Departmental standard
qualification courses do not exist, site-specific supplemental courses
will be developed and approved by the cognizant local Departmental
authority for safeguards and security after review and comment by the
Office of Safeguards and Security.
6. FACILITIES. Managers of sites with Special Response Team requirements
will ensure that the facilities used by the teams are sufficient to
conduct realistic training and qualification programs in a safe manner,
as required in DOE 5480.16A. This includes facilities for weapons
qualifications, SPO-III Maintenance Training, SPO-III Specialized
Training, and Site-Specific Training. The use of local, State, and
Federal law enforcement agencies' training facilities is an acceptable
alternative to Departmental owned facilities as long as specific
Departmental certifications and safety requirements are maintained. A
Memorandum of Agreement shall be completed by the appropriate local
Departmental organization authorized to enter such an agreement and
approved by the Head of Field Element.
7. SPECIALIZED REQUIREMENTS. Personnel assigned specialized
responsibilities outside the scope of normal Security Police Officer and
Special Response Team duties shall be required to successfully complete
the appropriate basic and required periodic training. This training
shall be designed to enable the individual to achieve and maintain the
minimum level of skill and knowledge needed to competently perform the
tasks associated with the specialized job responsibilities, as well as
maintain mandated certification, if applicable. Such personnel include,
but are not limited to, flight crews, instructors, armorers, central
alarm system operators, crisis negotiators, investigators, canine
handlers, and law enforcement specialists. The scope of such duties
shall be based on site-specific needs.
8. SUPERVISORS. Protective force personnel who are assigned supervisory
responsibilities shall successfully complete the appropriate basic and
annual training necessary to achieve and maintain the minimum level of
skill and knowledge needed to competently perform their supervisory job
responsibilities. The required tasks and minimum levels of competency
shall be based on a site-specific job analyses and the specialized task
areas found in Chapter II, paragraph 6 of this Order, as appropriate.
9. FEDERAL OFFICERS. Federal personnel shall be trained in accordance with
the requirements established by the Department and/or the Office of
Personnel Management. Federal Officer training shall be consistent with
applicable standards established for Security Police Officers.
10. PERFORMANCE TESTING. Detailed guidance for performance testing
Protective Force programs is found in Chapter VII. However, for general
purposes, exercises of various types shall be included in the training
process for the purposes of achieving and maintaining skills and
assessing individual and team competency levels. The types and
frequency of training exercises shall be approved by the Head of the
Field Element and may be determined by the training needs analysis
conducted as part of the training program.
a. Exercises shall be conducted involving each shift of the protective
force. These exercises are to be planned so as to test the
protective force's ability to prevent the successful completion of
adversarial acts defined in the approved site-threat statement.
b. Personnel assigned Special Response Team responsibilities shall be
required to participate in training exercises at least monthly.
Such exercises will involve the type of situations and scenarios
appropriate to site-specific conditions.
c. Protective forces shall request the Federal Bureau of Investigation
state, and local law enforcement agencies that would assist the
protective force during an incident to participate in exercises at
least annually.
d. Reports of each training exercise, summarizing results and problem
areas, shall be prepared for management review and to aid in
planning protective force activities.