Lead Canine Trainer

Responsibilities

• Provide recommendations for MPC and canine puppy physical conditioning program.
• Provide recommendations for students and MPC Handler initial and sustainment training and evaluation.
• Provide testing and evaluation services for current or emerging puppy, MPC, student, and MPC Team training, equipment, and utilization.
• Attend meetings, conferences, and training events, and provide subject matter expert level recommendations to MPC program personnel on the following topics:
• MPC and canine puppy initial, corrective, and sustainment training methods
• MPC and canine puppy physical conditioning methods
• MPC Handler initial, corrective, and sustainment training methods
• Operational utilization of the MPC Team
• MPC Team-specific equipment
• Provide canine adult and canine puppy selection recommendations for Government supplied Canine adults and canine puppies.
• Provide bi-monthly work and training schedules to the Government.
• Cookordinate requests for resources (training locations, equipment, personnel) to the government.
• Conduct standardized training for all canines.
• Initial training to prepare MPCs to join an MPC Team and be utilized during a Handler Course
• Sustainment training for MPCs
• Initial training to prepare canine puppies for MPC selection.
• Perform independently or supervise the MPC Handler execution of the MPC and canine puppy physical conditioning program to include rehabilitation.
• Provide evaluation, appropriate initial stabilization, and transportation for MPC and puppy illness and injury.
• Provide initial training and sustainment training to all MPC Handler and MPC Teams to perform all NSW MPC Team capabilities.

  Qualifications

  • Minimum of seven years’ experience within the past ten years with the Koninklijke Nederlandse Politiehond Vereniging (KNPV) or Internationale PrüfungsOrdnung (IPO) working dogs sports.
  • Five years’ management experience within the past seven years in a similar MPC and MPC Handler development programs. This experience shall include an oversight of canine trainers as well as student interaction.
  • Minimum of seven years’ experience within the past ten years of direct hands-on training of both handlers and canines in all of the following areas:
  • Tactical obedience
  • Explosives detection (on and off leash)
  • Bite work/Patrol (on and off leash)
  • Tracking (urban and rural)
  • Infiltration
  • Helicopter
  • Fast rope
  • Rappel (helicopter and structure)
  • Hoist and lower
  • Military and non-standard ground vehicles