Course

Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
DTRA-0026
Version:
1
Organization's ID:
DNWS ED 350
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
5 days
Minimum Passing Score:
70
ACE Credit Recommendation Period:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Strategic Leadership
Description

Objective:

Advanced Diagnostics Training - Level 3 (ADT-3) is a 5-day classified training evolution designed as a follow-on course to Advanced Diagnostics Training 2 (Threat Assessment). The course prepares Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team Leaders to conduct threat confirmation actions that provide a Combatant Commander with critical decision space. Practical applications throughout the course focus on planning considerations, data collection techniques utilizing service-issued equipment, the dissemination of required data for technical reach-back determination, and national policy implications.
Team Leaders who complete this course will be capable of strategic-level communication, accurately discerning between materials of concern and weapons of mass destruction to inform senior leadership on required capabilities, force deployment, and the ramifications to US and Foreign relations.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Apply basic principles of radiation generating devices, and interactions of x-rays with matter and Signal to Noise Ratio
  • Apply radiography techniques to improve image quality while minimizing risk to IPC
  • Discuss the effects of radiological contamination on radiography with regard to techniques for mitigation of radiological contamination

General Topics:

  • Introduction (Classified)
  • Principles of Radiography
  • General Radiography Techniques
  • Radiography of External Sources
  • National Policy (Classified)
  • X-Ray Prioritization (Classified)
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Coaching/Mentoring
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
Supplemental Materials
Equivalencies

Other offerings from Defense Threat Reduction Agency/Defense Nuclear Weapons School