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Safety and Security Course - SEC (UCPM course: description and reading material)

A few hours

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8 Sections

Understand DG ECHO security system
Identify the security and safety threats and risks inherent to international deployments under the UCPM
List practical tips on personal safety and security
Identify reasonable precautionary measures in order to reduce risks
Recognise potentially dangerous situations
Explain how to react appropriately to threats
Explain how to prepare for departure from a safety and security point of view.
Describe how to behave during the mission according to the specific environment (arrival in the country, security in the Base of Operations, vehicle security, specific behaviour during operations)
Describe how to prepare for unexpected emergencies (such as protests, country evacuation, terrorism, etc.)
Describe how to prepare to react to specific accident and medical emergencies

Attainment of a recommendation to proceed to SEC
Function in civil protection / disaster management system corresponding to the target group
UMI selection criteria for minimum English language level and other UMI criteria that apply to all deployable courses
Completed courses (new Training Programme): UMI
Completed courses (old Training Programme): CMI / TEC / MBC

Training path, upon completion of this course and demonstration of required qualifications:

UCPT experts: SEC, ODC, ODC ADV, specialised courses, MODEX
Technical experts can optionally follow: ODC, ODC ADV, MODEX
TAST: SEC, ODC, MODEX
Personnel of modules and other response and rescEU capacities: SEC, DCC, specialised courses, MODEX
ERCC LO

Equivalence: not applicable

There is a knowledge test at the end of the course, which will be accessible when all modules are completed. The knowledge test consists of 27 questions. There are single-choice and multiple-choice questions as well as allocating tasks. If you answer at least 80% of the questions correctly, you will have successfully completed this Safety and Security Course. You may retake the test as many times as you like.

Successful candidates will be provided with a completion certificate to be send to the National Training Coordinator.

Stand-alone online course.

Module 1: DG ECHO and ERCC Framework
Module 2: How to prepare for departure from a safety and security point of view
Module 3: Safety & Security overview
Module 4: Arriving in the mission area
Module 5: Travel and accommodation
Module 6: Security linked to gender and diversity
Knowledge Test

Not applicable (participation possible anytime when invited by NTC).

Includes Web-based Trainings with interactive elements such as video recordings, single-choice and multiple-choice questions as well as allocating tasks. The learning material is available for registered participants only. Access to the online course on the EU-Academy will be provided by your National Training Coordinator (NTC).

This page is NOT the course page, but a public information page. If you are interested to join the course itself, please contact your National Training Coordinator.

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Learning objectives (complete list)
- Understand DG ECHO security system
- Identify the security and safety threats and risks inherent to international deployments under the UCPM
- List practical tips on personal safety and security
- Identify reasonable precautionary measures in order to reduce risks
- Recognise potentially dangerous situations
- Explain how to react appropriately to threats
- Explain how to prepare for departure from a safety and security point of view.
- Describe how to behave during the mission according to the specific environment (arrival in the country, security in the Base of Operations, vehicle security, specific behaviour during operations)
- Describe how to prepare for unexpected emergencies (such as protests, country evacuation, terrorism, etc.)
- Describe how to prepare to react to specific accident and medical emergencies
- Announcements Forum
- General feedback
Selection criteria
- Attainment of a recommendation to proceed to SEC
- Function in civil protection / disaster management system corresponding to the target group
- UMI selection criteria for minimum English language level and other UMI criteria that apply to all deployable courses
- Completed courses (new Training Programme): UMI
- Completed courses (old Training Programme): CMI / TEC / MBC
Training path and equivalence
Training path, upon completion of this course and demonstration of required qualifications:
- UCPT experts: SEC, ODC, ODC ADV, specialised courses, MODEX
- Technical experts can optionally follow: ODC, ODC ADV, MODEX
- TAST: SEC, ODC, MODEX
- Personnel of modules and other response and rescEU capacities: SEC, DCC, specialised courses, MODEX
- ERCC LO
Equivalence: not applicable
Participant’s performance assessment and evalutation
There is a knowledge test at the end of the course, which will be accessible when all modules are completed. The knowledge test consists of 27 questions. There are single-choice and multiple-choice questions as well as allocating tasks. If you answer at least 80% of the questions correctly, you will have successfully completed this Safety and Security Course. You may retake the test as many times as you like.
Successful candidates will be provided with a completion certificate to be send to the National Training Coordinator.
Methodology and duration
Stand-alone online course.
Course Agenda
- Module 1: DG ECHO and ERCC Framework
- Module 2: How to prepare for departure from a safety and security point of view
- Module 3: Safety & Security overview
- Module 4: Arriving in the mission area
- Module 5: Travel and accommodation
- Module 6: Security linked to gender and diversity
- Knowledge Test
Course Calendar
Not applicable (participation possible anytime when invited by NTC).
Learning and reading materials
Includes Web-based Trainings with interactive elements such as video recordings, single-choice and multiple-choice questions as well as allocating tasks. The learning material is available for registered participants only. Access to the online course on the EU-Academy will be provided by your National Training Coordinator (NTC).
Topic 8
- This page is NOT the course page, but a public information page. If you are interested to join the course itself, please contact your National Training Coordinator.