Background

The UN Department of Peace Operations developed a suite of training packages to prepare peacekeepers for their deployment to UN missions. Amongst these packages are the Specialized / Reinforcement Training Materials for specific military duties and military units.

In the peacekeeping environment, United Nations personnel may operate in remote areas with fragile security conditions that are often affected by the explosive ordnance and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Peace Operations are evolving and adapting in this complex operational environment. United Nations Staff Peacekeepers, specifically commanders and planners, are required to undergo a robust pre-deployment training program in accordance with DPO's Operational Readiness Assurance and Performance Standards.

This Reinforcement Training Material (RTP) packet will provide member states with the UN pre-deployment requirements, lessons, and materials specifically designed for operation in ERW and IED affected missions. The intent and content of this RTP are not to duplicate guidelines and training materials that are already outlined in United Nations Military Core Pre-Deployment Training Materials (CPTM) or United Nations Staff Officers Course (UNSO); instead, these training materials focus on the mitigation measures and will supplement existing planning and command skills.

Explosive hazards (ERWs, Landmines and IEDs) are security realities that mission personnel, humanitarian workers and the civilian population have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. This is because, even after the war has ended, explosive hazards that have been left behind can stay on the land for years hence impacting the livelihoods of people since they cannot till their lands or go about with their normal business.

Further to this, explosive hazards have continued to cause devastating impacts to mission environments, therefore, affecting communities in their recovery and reconstruction efforts. It is in this regard that the All-Arms Search Course was created to build capacity for troops and police earmarked for deployment and those already deployed. The course will do this by enhancing the knowledge and skills of TCCs and PCCs on basic search capabilities required in mission environments.  

Aim

These training materials aim to provide troop-contributing countries with a comprehensive awareness training package to enable anyone deployed on operations in an ERW or IED affected environment to operate and move safely.  This training package combines both theory and practical.  The RTP includes exercises, as well as comprehensive scenario-based exercises, which can be run at the end of a course to strengthen participants’ understanding how better to operate in a UN Peacekeeping environment. The training packages are designed for application in both pre-deployment and in-mission training.

This is an all arms course for Troops Contributing Countries (TCCs) and Police Contributing Countries (PCCs).  Participants selected will earmarked for deployment or likely to be deployed on peace support operation (PSO) which are affected by IEDs.

Target audience

The intended recipient of this RTP are all persons deploying on peace operations where there is a risk of ERW and IEDs.

Instructor Guide

Course Programme

Course Structure

Exercise Booklet 2025

End of Course Assessment EXAMPLE

Training Management Plan

AASC Lesson 1.1 Explosive Hazards (PPT)

AASC Lesson 1.2 Vulnerable Points and Areas (PPT)

AASC Lesson 1.3 Ground Sign Awareness (PPT)

AASC Lesson 1.4 Threat Assessment (PPT): Syndicate Exercise (PPT) (Exercise)

AASC Lesson 1.5 Mission Specific IED Threats Placeholder (PPT)

AASC Lesson 2.1 Introduction to Search (PPT)

AASC Lesson 2.2 Basic Search (PPT)

AASC Lesson 2.3 Incident Response - 5Cs (PPT)

AASC Lesson 2.4  Route Search (PPT)

AASC Lesson 2.5 Area Search (PPT)

AASC Lesson 2.6 Building Search (PPT)

Annex 

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