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Canine Search Specialist Training Course (CSST)

CSST Course material and slides are for informational purposes only, not to be reproduced for profit.  Created and Copyrighted © in 2001, revised November 2006.

Last Updated July 2008

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Unit 0 - Welcome

Unit 1, Selection & Screening

Unit 2, Canine Behavior and Drive

Unit 3, Role of the Helper

Unit 4, Bark Alert

Unit 5, Scent Theory

Unit 6, Direction & Control

Unit 7, Agility

Unit 8, Advanced Rubble Search
Unit 9, Other Considerations
Unit 10, Canine Search Strategies & Tactics
Unit 11, Program Update & Evaluation Process
Unit 12, Canine First Aid
Unit 13, Operational Exercise
Unit 14, Motivational Canine Field Exercises
Unit 15, Roundtable
The STM & CSS
Canine Search Ops and the Role of the STM
Canine Search Operations
Unit Mapping
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