Unit Prevention Leaders (UPL) Training

UPL Certification Training Program
Version 2.2 (August 2005) and Version 2.21 (June 2006)

ACSAP made a major revision in 2005 to the UPLCTP; the major revisions are listed below. In June 2006 ACSAP updated the deployed testing requirements and incorporated the new Base Area codes in IRAQ and Afghanistan. Both versions are acceptable for use. The revised CD ROM contains:

• Information on certifying new UPLs while deployed
• Information on the "Warrior Pride" Substance Abuse Prevention Campaign
• Both a DTP (Female) and a hand written (Male) pictorial collection
• Recent changes to the laboratory testing menu
• New Quality Control Practical Exercise
• Slide presentations with lesson plans for unit training also available on this website
• Updated "Resource Center" with forms, signs, labels, laboratory mailing labels, Base Area Codes, references and points of contact.

The following materials are available for download, but are also provided on the UPLCTP version 2.2 CD ROM.

• Commander's Guide and UPL Handbook-June 2006 (Adobe PDF)
• Drug Demand Reduction Policy (Adobe PDF)
• Drug Testing Program (DTP) programs and user's manual
• DTP Lite instructions and Practical Exercises (ZIP)
• Modifiable Unit SOP - SOPs are being updated to comply with the new AR 600-85. New versions will be available soon.
• Modifiable Appointment Orders (MS Word)
• Urinalysis collection procedure card and flowchart (MS Word)
• Urinalysis Quality Control Checklist (MS Word)
• UPL Certification Practice Tool (MS Powerpoint) - A tool to help UPL candidates practice for the certification exam.