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| Advanced Food Technology | Food Analysis and Diagnostics, Food Defense, Food Safety | [Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School and DoD Food Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory (FADL)]. To provide critical science based technical skills training to Veterinary Food Inspection Specialists to ensure uniform interpretations of policies and application of procedures when performing inspections of subsistence. Upon completion of the course, graduates will be more proficient in protecting the force from food borne illnesses and able to contribute fully to the theater and command operations.
Area of instruction includes food microbiology, chemistry, packaging technology, preservation, deterioration, and advanced sensory evaluation techniques. Students will experience the outcomes of different food spoilage organisms and abuses to food products both intentionally and naturally occurring and learn to differentiate between the two and why they occurred. |
| Advanced Waste Management - On-site Training | Hazardous and Medical Waste | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This workshop is designed for personnel who have completed the basic course and need to be updated on the latest regulatory changes.
On-site Training Requests: The requesting facility/location assumes responsibility to arrange for the training site and to MIPR the cost of travel, per diem, and any other associated course costs to USAPHC. |
| Advanced Waste Management Workshop | Hazardous and Medical Waste | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This workshop is designed for personnel who have completed the basic course and need to be updated on the latest regulatory changes. Dates will be posted when a course is scheduled. |
| AMEDD Center and School Basic Industrial Hygiene Techniques | Industrial Hygiene | (Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School) This course prepares students to control environmental factors in the workplace that may impair health among workers or in the community. The link on the left goes to AKO and is password protected. Contact AMEDD Center and School by telephone at 210-221-8833, or 210-221-6205, or DSN 471-8833.
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| Animal Care Clinical Proficiency | Animal Disease and Zoonoses, Animal Operations in Support of Other Agencies, Veterinary Treatment Facility Operations, Working Animals | (Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School) To provide 68T20 Animal Care Specialists/NCOs with the essential skills, knowledge, and clinical proficiency to perform duties with or without minimal supervisory and clinical guidance of a Veterinary Corps Officer. Training emphasis revolves around the current operational environment that concentrates heavily on the treatment of the military working dog and assignments where application of unit-driven, hand-on instruction is at a minimum although crucial to the life cycle management for the 68T20. Dates will be posted when a course is scheduled. |
| ARMY Blueprint and Design Review Course | Industrial Hygiene | (Sponsor: USAPHC) Instruction on the basics of blueprint organization and structure, technical requirements for specific design criteria and evaluation procedures for performing a sound design review. Due to the Fiscal Environment, this course has been suspended until further notice. |
| Army Noise Measurements and Assessments | Hearing Readiness and Conservation, Industrial Hygiene | (Sponsor: USAPHC) Instruction on how to identify situations with the potential to cause noise-induced hearing loss or vibration-related injury, to conduct appropriate measurements to evaluate worker exposure, and to discuss evaluation methods. Dates will be posted when a course is scheduled. |
| ARNG Blueprint Reading and Design Review | Industrial Hygiene | (Sponsor: USAPHC) Instruction on the basics of blueprint organization and structure, technical requirements for specific design criteria and evaluation procedures for performing a sound design review. All applications have be placed on a waitlist for the 8-12 April 2013 session in Havre de Grace, MD. Due to the Fiscal Environment, this course has been suspended until further notice.
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| Basic Waste Management - On-site Training | Hazardous and Medical Waste | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This course can assist in fulfilling the general training requirements initially required for HW managers by RCRA regulations. The course is tailored to the level and/or experience of the group, and is interactive with practical exercises are used throughout.
On-site Training Requests: The requesting facility/location assumes responsibility to arrange for the training site and to MIPR the cost of travel, per diem, and any other associated course costs to USAPHC. |
| Basic Waste Management Workshop | Hazardous and Medical Waste | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This course can assist in fulfilling the general training requirements initially required for HW managers by RCRA regulations. The course is tailored to the level and/or experience of the group, and is interactive with practical exercises are used throughout. Course is scheduled for 26-28 February 2013, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. |
| Charting the Course to a Healthier Force: Military Health Promotion Program Basics | Behavioral Health | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This updated Army Health Promotion Course is designed to provide practical training in health promotion program development, implementation and evaluation at the installation level. The course follows the health promotion program framework specified in AR 600-63. The course will be conducted in three phases: 1) read-aheads and a pre-test, 2) core course sessions 3) post-test and project to be conducted individually. Course scheduled for 5 March-28 May 2013.
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| Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System-Industrial Hygiene (DOEHRS-IH) | Industrial Hygiene | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This course is designed to teach students how to use the Defense Occupational and Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System-Industrial Hygiene (DOEHRS-IH) web-based application. This course is provided for Industrial Hygiene staff members who will be actively entering data into the DOEHRS-IH application at an Industrial Hygiene Program Office. Dates will be posted as soon as a course is scheduled. Due to the Fiscal Environment, this course has been suspended until further notice.
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| Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System-Industrial Hygiene (DOEHRS-IH) Industrial Hygiene: FOR CTC EMPLOYEES ONLY | Industrial Hygiene | (Sponsor: USAPHC PHCR-South) This course is designed to teach students to use the DOEHRS-IH information management system. DOEHRS-IH is a web-based application that is used to collect industrial hygiene survey information. In order to be eligible to attend, the prerequisites listed in the course description must be completed and current. Course dates will be posted as soon as a new class is scheduled. Due to the Fiscal Environment, this course has been suspended until further notice.
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| Disease Surveillance Workshop | Disease Epidemiology | (Sponsor: USAPHC) Monthly workshops for those who conduct disease surveillance within their community. The target audience includes public health nurses, community health nurses, epi-techs, preventive medicine technicians. Dates will be posted when the course is scheduled. |
| Environmental and Indoor Air Quality | Air Quality | The Environmental and Indoor Air Quality Blackboard module provides CP-12 careerists with Instruction on general and technical topics related to air quality, air cleaning technology, emission source sampling, atmospheric dispersion of pollutants, air monitoring, and effects of air pollution which are valuable skills that can be incorporated directly to their job responsibilities. |
| Environmental Science & Engineering Officer Workshop | Hazardous and Medical Waste | (Co-sponsored with AMEDD Center and School) This workshop is designed for Environmental Science and Engineering Officers (ESEOs) who are currently assigned to a health care facility. We can accept other ESEOs, evaluated on a case by case basis. Dates will be posted as soon as a course is scheduled.
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| Food Safety and Protection Certification Course | Food & Water Risk Assessments | (Sponsor: U.S. Army Logistics Management College)
The Food Safety and Protection Certification Course is a 40 credit hour online class. This course is located within the U.S. Army Logistics Management College website. When you get to the ALMC homepage, select ALMC Blackboard from the menu on the left. You will need to use your AKO/DKO login ID and password to access the site. Scroll down to the course catalog section and click on Quartermaster - Courses. Scroll down the list until you come to the certification course. |
| Global Medicine Course | Professional Medical Education | (Sponsor: U.S. Air Force)
This site is for Army applicants only. Other services please contact your service rep. The course emphasis is for the physician to be able to successfully design and implement a plan which minimizes the health risk of the endemic natural biologic hazards to a deploying or deployed force. To achieve this objective, lectures in epidemiology, deployment preparation, medical intelligence sources, and many infectious diseases are presented. |
| Green Purchasing - On-site Training | Ground Water and Solid Waste | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
On-site training is provided to assist installations with implementation of green purchasing, with emphasis on the Federal agency requirement to purchase designated products made with recycled materials (known as affirmative procurement). Training also addresses procurement of biobased, energy efficient, and other environmentally preferable products. Audience includes government purchase card holders, contracting and logistics personnel, environmental staff, engineers, specification writers, and requirements generators.
On-site Training Requests: The requesting facility/location assumes responsibility to arrange for the training site and to MIPR the cost of travel, per diem, and any other associated course costs to USAPHC. |
| Health Risk Communication Training | Health Risk Assessment, Surveillance, and Management | (Sponsor: USAPHC) This on-site course provides an understanding of the concepts, principles, and process of effective risk communication. Participants learn to strategically plan for effectively addressing public and/or worker concerns that affect mission success. The research-based risk communication principles presented are effective in planning for and addressing concerns related to health, environmental, deployment, Homeland Security, and occupational health issues. Course scheduled for 30 April - 1 May 2013 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (open to USAPHC HQ only).
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| Health Risk Communication Training - Onsite Training | Health Risk Assessment, Surveillance, and Management | On-site Training Requests: The requesting organization assumes responsibility to arrange for the training site and to MIPR the cost of travel, per diem, and any other associated course costs to USAPHC. |
| Hearing Technician Certification Course (formerly the DOEHRS-HC course) | Hearing Readiness and Conservation | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This training is available to those who use the Defense Occupational and Environmental Readiness System-Hearing Conservation (DOEHRS-HC) test software as part of their military or DoD civilian job requirements. Each 3½ day training course is for individuals who have never been certified to perform hearing tests (and other hearing readiness-related tasks) or for those technicians whose certification is about to expire (certification is good for 5 years).
The courses scheduled for April 2013 are full; additional courses are scheduled for 18-21 June 2013; 24-27 June 2013; 17-20 September 2013; and 23-26 September 2013 in Belcamp, MD.
Registration for the June courses are open.
If you are unable to attend one of these courses, please use the Hearing Technician Certification Course (Student Waiting List) link below to try to match your availability with another training location in your area. |
| Hearing Technician Certification Course (Student Waiting List) | Hearing Readiness and Conservation | Use this link when the Hearing Technician Certification course is filled or not scheduled. By registering your training requirement between scheduled sessions, the Army Hearing Program Office will know who needs training and will try to match your availability with another training location in your area.
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| Industrial Hygiene Noise Instrument Basics | Industrial Hygiene | (Sponsor: USAPHC) This online course is designed to teach INTRODUCTORY LEVEL Industrial Hygiene Noise Instrument Basics. The course is recommended for early career technicians and hygienists, as well as safety and occupational health employees. Course open in Blackboard from 1-31 May 2013, 1-30 September 2013, and 1-31 December 2013. |
| Industrial Hygiene Statistics | Industrial Hygiene | (Sponsor: USAPHC) This online course is provided using Blackboard and gives participants knowledge of the basic concepts and logic of statistical reasoning, and a practical ability to choose, generate, and properly interpret appropriate descriptive and inferential methods. The course also helps students recognize the diverse applications of statistics in the DOEHRS-IH data repository, and its relevance to Army Industrial Hygiene staff member job duties. Course open in Blackboard from 1-31 May 2013, 1-30 September 2013, and 1-31 December 2013. |
| Industrial Hygiene Work Environments: Fire Protective Services | Industrial Hygiene | (Sponsor: USAPHC) This online course is provided using Blackboard and gives participants knowledge of the basic concepts and use of the DoD Exposure Assessment Model for the Fire Protective Services Common Process. The course also helps students recognize and record occupational health hazard data in the DOEHRS-IH data repository, and make appropriate recommendations for this similar exposure group. Course open in Blackboard from 1-31 May 2013, 1-30 September 2013, and 1-31 December 2013. |
| Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, and Safety Professionals: Making the Connection with Health Promotion - the Healthy Worker | Industrial Hygiene | This Defense Connect Online Course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary to assist in developing, implementing health promotion activities designed to eliminate or mitigate health risks in the workplace and to ensure that worker exposures documented by the IH are not unknowingly affected by confounders that may be potentiated. Course open in Blackboard from 1-31 May 2013, 1-30 September 2013, and 1-31 December 2013. |
| Injury Prevention Through Leadership | Injury Prevention | (Sponsor: ATRRS) This course is no longer available on the USAPHC website. You can access the course on the Army Training Requirements and Resources System at https://www.atrrs.army.mil/. |
| Installation Veterinary Services | Animal Disease and Zoonoses, Animal Operations in Support of Other Agencies, Commercial Audits, Drinking Water, Food & Drug Recalls, Food & Water Risk Assessments, Food Defense, Food Safety, Operational Rations, Veterinary Treatment Facility Operations, Working Animals | (Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School) To introduce new command directives and concepts, which will reinforce required training identified by the Department of Defense Veterinary Service Activity (DODVSA) and Veterinary Service units worldwide. A wide variety of food safety, quality and defense inspection policies and directives are covered in addition to animal medicine polices and directives, which encompass the current needs of the Veterinary Service.
This course is built using three training modules each consisting of 38 academic hours; MACOM Food Inspection Mission, Food Defense Program, and Commercial Sanitation Audit Program. Instruction presented will be based on the specific training needs of the requesting unit. Only one module of the three will be presented during the designated 1-week iteration of training. |
| Intermediate Industrial Hygiene Topics Course | Industrial Hygiene | (Co-sponsored with AMEDD Center and School) This course provides continuing education in technical aspects and core competencies of industrial hygiene. Specific content may vary from year to year depending upon current issues.
This course is a two-part course. The first week is a mandatory series of Defense Connect Online Sessions that provide slides and lectures on Industrial Hygiene Core Competency-based material. The second week of this course is face-to-face at Edgewood, MD and includes a series of practicums to support sampling and field evaluation techniques.
Phase 1 dates: 25 February - 1 March 2013. Phase 2 dates: 11-15 March 2013. |
| Laboratory Design Review | Industrial Hygiene, Medical Safety | (Sponsor: USAPHC) This 6-hour online course is provided using Blackboard and gives participants knowledge of the basic concepts of laboratory design review. Course open in Blackboard from 1-31 May 2013, 1-30 September 2013, and 1-31 December 2013. |
| Laser & Radio Frequency Hazards Course | Laser and Optical Radiation, Radio Frequency Radiation and Ultrasound | (Co-sponsored with AMEDD Center and School)
This course is designed for Radiation Protection Officers, Safety Officers, and related health and safety personnel to provide a background for recognizing health risks from nonionizing radiation sources (radio frequency radiation and laser sources). Course scheduled for 6-10 May 2013.
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| Medical Detachment (Veterinary Service) Predeployment Course RC (Reserve Component) | Animal Disease and Zoonoses, Animal Operations in Support of Other Agencies, Commercial Audits, Drinking Water, Food & Drug Recalls, Food & Water Risk Assessments, Food Defense, Food Safety, Operational Rations, Working Animals | (Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School) This course focuses on the scope and duties of veterinary personnel in both a mature and immature theater, and is tailored specifically for the theater the unit is expected to enter. It may include, but is not limited to: OCONUS audits; operational rations inspection; food defense; food safety concerns specific to the theater; staff operations; logistics support; Military Working Dog (MWD) care; large and small animal medicine; and zoonotic, foreign or endemic animal diseases of concern in the theater. |
| Medical Waste Transport - Online Refresher Course | Hazardous and Medical Waste | (Sponsor: USAPHC) The purpose of this on-line course is to recertify housekeeping and medical facility personnel who package and ship regulated medical waste. Personnel may register for this refresher course ONLY if their basic MWT training is due to expire within 90 days. Once accepted, students have 30 days from their official start date to complete the course. |
| Medical Waste Transport Course | Waste Management | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This course is designed for housekeeping and medical facilities personnel who ship regulated medical waste ONLY. Laboratorians should register for the 5-day USAPHC Transport of Biomedical Materials Course. Course scheduled for 23-25 April 2013 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; and 23-25 July 2013 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA.
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| Medical Waste Transport Course - On-site Training | Hazardous and Medical Waste | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This on-site course is designed for housekeeping and medical facilities personnel who ship regulated medical waste ONLY. Laboratorians should register for the 5-day USAPHC Transport of Biomedical Materials Course.
On-site Training Requests: The requesting facility/location assumes responsibility to arrange for the training site and to MIPR the cost of travel, per diem, and any other associated course costs to USAPHC. |
| Military Tropical Medicine Course | Professional Medical Education | (Co-sponsored with AMEDD Center and School)
The four-week curriculum covers a broad range of topics in tropical diseases, with corresponding laboratory sessions, including helminths, malaria and other protozoa. There is a comprehensive lab practical and written exam at the end of the course, as well as weekly lab quizzes. This is a military course and, as such, qualifies for entry in Section VI (Military Education) of the Officer Record Brief. Dates will be posted when a course is scheduled.
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| Multimedia Environmental - On-site Training | Air Quality, Entomology and Pest Management, Ground Water and Solid Waste, Hazardous and Medical Waste, Surface Water and Waste Water | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
Site-specific training is available to help installations understand environmental program requirements, access resources to assist with program implementation, and fulfill key compliance requirements. Training may be directed toward management personnel, environmental staff, and/or shop-level workers. Instruction includes media-specific consultations in the areas of Air Quality, Asbestos Management, Contingency Planning (POL), Hazardous Waste Management, NEPA, Solid Waste Management, Waste Water, Water Quality, Storage Tank Management, Integrated Natural Resources, and Integrated Pest Management.
On-site Training Requests: The requesting facility/location assumes responsibility to arrange for the training site and to MIPR the cost of travel, per diem, and any other associated course costs to USAPHC. |
| Operational Rations | Operational Rations | (Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School) The course is designed as a train the trainer course for all aspects of operational rations, from production down to inspection at both the stateside storage facilities to inspection at the unit in a war time theater. Rations covered will be MREs,
HDRs, Totems, Survival rations, UGR-A and UGR H&S. Different defects and why they occurred as well as how to successfully navigate the different tables of inspection for each. |
| Operational Risk Management Course - On-site Training | Health Risk Assessment, Surveillance, and Management | (Co-sponsored with the National Center for Medical Intelligence)
A 3-day course on Operational Risk Management (ORM) for Deployment Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance (DOEHS). The target audience would be Preventive Medicine (PM) staff officers, and NCOs; Medical Detachment Commanders and NCOICs; and PHC subordinate command project officers. Service members from all components and civilian personnel are also welcome. The intent of the course is to train PM personnel in translating medical and environmental data into common Army ORM language that can be readily understood by field commanders. Students will learn how the ORM process applies to industrial chemicals, vector-borne and zoonotic diseases as well as ionizing radiation. Using AFMIC resources, students will learn how to perform environmental Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield. Support to current military operations and situational practical exercises will also assist in reinforcing DOEHS ORM concepts.
On-site Training Requests: The requesting facility/location assumes responsibility to arrange for the training site and to MIPR the cost of travel, per diem, and any other associated course costs to USAPHC. |
| Pandemic Flu: Taking Action | Influenza | (Sponsor: USAPHC) This video from 2007 focuses on preparation for a virulent outbreak of H5N1 pandemic influenza. Dated material. |
| Pharmaceutical Waste Management Training | Hazardous and Medical Waste | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
Provides pharmacy personnel fundamental training in waste management ensuring proper waste identification and management through the pharmacy reducing liability, protecting human health and preserving the environment. Supports RCRA and other Federal training requirements.
On-site Training Requests: The requesting facility/location assumes responsibility to arrange for the training site and to MIPR the cost of travel, per diem, and any other associated course costs to USAPHC. |
| Physical Environment Essentials for MTF Personnel | Industrial Hygiene, Medical Safety | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
The course is geared to military and civilians who are responsible for one or more of the Physical Environment Programs. This includes: Safety Managers/Security Officers/Facility Managers/Safety Committee Members/Emergency Management Coordinators/Environmental Science/Engineering Officers/Industrial Hygienists/Hazardous Waste Coordinators, and Medical Equipment Repairers. Dates will be posted when a new course is scheduled. Due to the Fiscal Environment, this course has been suspended until further notice.
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| Pregnancy Postpartum Physical Training (P3T) Train-the-Trainer Leader Course | Physical Fitness and Training | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This course provides guidance on establishing and operating a local P3T consolidated installation program. The target audience includes health care providers, MWR personnel, and unit leadership involved in local P3T Program implementation. P3T Leader Course to be held 11-15 March 2013 in Yongsan, Korea. Instructor is Mr Leo Munoz. ONLY ATTENDEES OF THIS COURSE MAY REGISTER HERE. All other P3T Phase II Leader Courses are ‘on hold’ until further notice.
For planning purposes, the following are tentative dates and locations: 19-22 March, Fort Polk, LA; 23-26 April, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA; 13-17 May, Fort Irwin, CA; 5-9 August, Fort Hood, TX; and 16-20 September, Fort Riley, KS.
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| Pregnancy Postpartum Physical Training (P3T) Train-the-Trainer Leader Course - On-site Training | Physical Fitness and Training, Responsible Sexual Behavior & Health | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
The P3T Train-the-Trainer Leader Course provides guidance on establishing and operating a local P3T consolidated installation program.
On-site Training Requests: The requesting facility/location assumes responsibility to arrange for the training site and to MIPR the cost of travel, per diem, and any other associated course costs to USAPHC. |
| Radiological Hazards Operations Training and Field Exercise | Health Physics, Natural Disaster, Nuclear Emergency, Radiological Emergency | The Radiological Hazards Operations Training and Field Exercise is a course developed to train Army personnel to respond to accidents and incidents involving radiation or radioactive materials, conduct radioactive source recovery operations, and provide radiological site assessments of areas suspected to be contaminated with radioactive material. Dates will be posted for the next course as soon as they are available.
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| Risk Communication for Industrial Hygienists | Health Risk Communication, Industrial Hygiene | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This course provides Industrial Hygiene Core Competency based material for the Communication Skills/Technical Writing competency. This 3-day face-to-face course will provide risk communication training specific to issues commonly encountered by the industrial hygienist in the field. Dates will be posted for the next course as soon as they are available. Due to the Fiscal Environment, this course has been suspended until further notice. |
| Soldier Medical Readiness Campaign - Injury Prevention/Human Performance Optimization Education Series | Behavioral Health, Injury Prevention | (Sponsor: USAPHC, AMEDD) Quarterly sessions provide military medical providers and staff, particularly physical therapists, and health promotion professionals with information about a variety of medical readiness topics. Courses are held quarterly via DCO and telecon. The next session will be held in late April or early May.
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| Surety Medicine VTCs | Surety Medicine | (Sponsor: USAPHC) These monthly video teleconferences are for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physicians assistants, who serve as medical authorities for surety programs. Topics address screening and assessing workers for duties in the chemical, biological or nuclear personnel reliability programs. The next VTC will be held 20 February 2013 at 1300 hours.
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| Surveillance Food Laboratory Manager | Food Analysis and Diagnostics, Food Defense, Food Safety | [Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School and Food Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory (FADL)] This course encompasses the management of a surveillance food laboratory as required to support the unique military mission of the Veterinary Services Table of Equipment (TOE) units and the Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) Public Health Command Districts for food safety and defense. The objective is to standardize the background information, laboratory management, and to provide continuous updates in new and emerging methodologies and technologies and laboratory management principles.
Training includes laboratory roll out, setup and maintenance; personnel certification requirements; familiarization with testing methodologies; review and assessment of laboratory documents; establishing a food testing program and applied targeted testing; evaluation, response, and reporting of laboratory results; and laboratory audits. The majority of the course consists of applied laboratory management wet labs. Dates will be posted when the next course is scheduled.
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| Surveillance Food Laboratory Tech | Food Analysis and Diagnostics, Food Defense, Food Safety | [Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School and Food Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory (FADL)] This course provides training to veterinary personnel responsible for the operation of the Veterinary Equipment Set (VES) Field Microbiology and VES Food Testing Sets Kits and Outfits (SKO) for the Veterinary Service Table of Equipment (TOE) Procurement and Surveillance Teams and the Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) mission at the Public Health Command Districts in support of worldwide Department of Defense Veterinary Service missions in the contemporary operating environment (COE). The objective is to standardize the background information as well as standardization of techniques and procedures; to provide continuous updates and principles in new and emerging methodologies and technologies.
This course is designed to give junior enlisted and designated civilian technicians the technical tasks, knowledge, and skills to conduct rapid and automated tests for indicators of food safety and wholesomeness at surveillance food laboratories in accordance with the US Army Surveillance Food Laboratory Program Guide (SFLPG). Training includes the use and limitations of the assays; equipment use and maintenance; supplies and inventory; results determinations, recording, and interpretations; presumptive positive results; and formal reporting of results. The majority of the course consists of hands-on technical wet labs; culminating in the grading of laboratory worksheets and oral reporting of results. Dates will be posted when a new course is scheduled. |
| Transport of Biomedical Materials | Laboratory Sample Management | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
This course is designed specifically for laboratory personnel who package and ship laboratory samples and specimens. Housekeeping personnel should register for the 2 and a half day USAPHC Medical Waste Transport Course. We are not providing funding - it is your unit/installations responsibility to pay TDY and travel expenses.
Courses scheduled for 18-22 March 2013 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA; 22-26 April 2013 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; and 15-19 July 2013 in San Antonio, TX.
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| Transport of Biomedical Materials - On-site Training | Hazardous and Medical Waste | (Sponsor: USAPHC)
[This course is designed specifically for laboratory personnel who package and ship laboratory samples and specimens. Housekeeping personnel should register for the 2 and a half day USAPHC Medical Waste Transport Course.] We are not providing funding - it is your unit/installations responsibility to pay TDY and travel expenses.
On-site Training Requests: The requesting facility/location assumes responsibility to arrange for the training site and to MIPR the cost of travel, per diem, and any other associated course costs to USAPHC. |
| Transport of Biomedical Materials (Online Refresher Course) | Hazardous and Medical Waste | (Sponsor: USAPHC) Registrant must be DoD or DoD contractor personnel who has successfully completed the initial TBM training or a 2-week DoD certification training course. You may register for this refresher course ONLY if your basic TBM training is due to expire within 90 days. Registrations not meeting the 90 day timeframe will be deleted and you will be required to reregister within the 90 day timeframe. You have 30 days to complete the course.
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| Tri-Service Vision Conservation and Readiness Course (TSVCRC) | Vision Conservation and Readiness | (Sponsor: USAPHC) This course is designed to train personnel on the Vision Conservation and Readiness Program in a multi-disciplinary setting. The course is executed in two parts: an 8-hour on-line part to be completed at a work station within duty hours, followed by a 2.5-day resident class. If no course is scheduled, please use the TSVCRC Waiting List below to be notified of the next course or if spaces become available through cancellations. The February course is full. Please use the waiting list below.
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| Tri-Service Vision Conservation and Readiness Course Waiting List (TSVCRC-WL) | Vision Conservation and Readiness | When the Tri-Service Vision Conservation and Readiness Course is full or unavailable for sign-up, you may register to be put on the Tri-Service Vision Conservation and Readiness Course Waiting List. This list will alert us to your training requirements. |
| Tri-Service Vision Conservation and Readiness Site or Occupation Specific (TSVCR-SOS) | Vision Conservation and Readiness | (Sponsor: USAPHC) A two-part course that includes a site visit to evaluate specific vision conservation requirements and a 4-hour course specifically tailored to meet the requesting organization’s requirements. The specific course topics can include fundamentals of vision, lighting and lighting requirements, color vision and occupational issues, vision screening and testing methods, and vision conservation program management. Additional topics can be included based on specific training requirements or needs. This course is done at the requesting unit’s duty station. It is scheduled to be accomplished within a single duty day. The course may be requested throughout the year. Please contact the program office at USAPHC-DCPM-Tri-Service@amedd.army.mil for additional details.
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| Ventilation Fundamentals | Industrial Hygiene | The Ventilation Fundamentals Module provides CP-12 careerists with Instruction on basic ventilation units, mathematics, engineering properties and testing equipment which are valuable skills that can be incorporated directly to their job responsibilities.
A Professional Engineer at Public Health Command provides instruction on basic ventilation units, mathematics, engineering properties and testing equipment. This is the first course in a four course series for this competency.
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| Veterinary Readiness Mobilization and Deployment | Animal Disease and Zoonoses, Animal Operations in Support of Other Agencies, Commercial Audits, Drinking Water, Food & Drug Recalls, Food & Water Risk Assessments, Food Defense, Food Safety, Operational Rations, Working Animals | [Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School and Forces Command (FORSCOM)] To provide a comprehensive view of the mission, structure, and function of a veterinary TOE unit/detachment in a theater of operations.
Areas of instruction include: Veterinary food protection, inspection, sanitation, public health, and preventive medicine in a theater of operations and deployment; food procurement in OCONUS environment; readiness and veterinary TOE equipment issues, and nation assistance programs. |
| Veterinary Services Operations RC (Reserve Component) | Animal Disease and Zoonoses, Animal Operations in Support of Other Agencies, Commercial Audits, Drinking Water, Food & Drug Recalls, Food & Water Risk Assessments, Food Safety, Operational Rations, Working Animals | (Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School) The course is designed to provide RC VCOs with an introduction to the Veterinary Service and a foundation for further technical training. This course builds upon professional experiences and training received in the Basic Officer Leader Course to set the stage for subsequent VC education and training. |
| Veterinary Support to a Theater of Operations | Animal Disease and Zoonoses, Animal Operations in Support of Other Agencies, Commercial Audits, Drinking Water, Food & Drug Recalls, Food & Water Risk Assessments, Food Defense, Food Safety, Operational Rations, Working Animals | (Sponsor: AMEDD Center and School) To prepare Veterinary Corps Officers, Veterinary Corps Food Safety Officers, and Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist NCOs to successfully perform their duties in an OCONUS TDA or TOE environment by providing a comprehensive overview of the current mission, structure, and function of the Veterinary Service.
Areas of instruction include advanced training on sanitary audits of potentially hazardous foods, including meat and dairy inspection; food procurement; food defense assessment and mitigation in an environment; commercial food establishment laboratory audits; operational rations inspection and program management; medical and surgical care of animals; nation assistance programs; Food and Water Risk Assessment; and veterinary operations in an OCONUS environment. |