NCETR Contractor Qualification Criteria - Technical Operations - CLIN 0004.pdf

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CLIN 0004: Technical Operations Specialist

Contractor Qualification Criteria

NCETR, through funding provided by Department of the Army (DA) G-38, conducts a Military Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Public Safety Bomb Squad (PSBS) interoperability exercise, at multiple sites throughout the country, fostering an exchange of tools, techniques and procedures between the two related, but different, missions.

Technical Proficiency:

1. Maintaining cutting edge methods of capturing and documenting EOD/PSBS actions during the exercise for the safety of all participants and staff. This documentation is used in Hot Wash, After Action Reviews, and facilitates the latest technological threats in the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) arena.

2. Supporting other interests at the exercise such as providing Wi-Fi in remote training sites to allow for reporting via Mobile BATS from each scenario lane.

3. Selecting, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting/repairing technical equipment used to support the Exercise.

4. Transferring video and other data to a medium suitable for distribution to exercise participants.

5. Organizing and leading a team comprised of Technical Operations personnel from Federal Agencies; Military and local law enforcement.

6. Training the Observer/Controllers in the proper use of technical equipment to support the Exercise, therefore, they must be experienced law enforcement Technical Operations Specialists.

7. Supporting law enforcement operations/exercises with technical proficiency by capturing and documenting exercise actions via technologies including, but not limited to, fixed cameras; body worn cameras; establishing Wi-Fi systems in remote, unique sites and new emerging technologies such as Unmanned Aerial Surveillance (UAS) platforms.

8. Managing the communications of the various ATF Mobile Command Vehicles; this requires a strong background in ATF Communications.

9. Working around live explosives with full knowledge of blast effects and their impact on the placement of cameras and other devices used to capture and document exercise operations.

10. Protecting cameras and other devices used to capture and document exercise operations, including, but not limited to, ballistic enclosures.

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CLIN 0004: Technical Operations Specialist

Education/Experience and Certification Requirements:

11. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum of ten years of subject matter related work experience (i.e., law enforcement and military, with a major portion of this experience in the explosives and investigative operations arena) -preferred.

Or

A high school education with a diploma or a GED equivalency certificate and 15 years of general law enforcement/IOI/military/or field related experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.

Or

A Graduate degree, with a minimum of 5 years working, instructing, or conducting research in the subject area at a level exceeding the students to be taught.

12. Special consideration will be given to those with:

• Past experience working on Raven’s Challenge Exercises, or

• Experience as an ATF Tactical Operations Officer or Technical Surveillance

Specialist

• Extensive knowledge of current state of the art surveillance techniques.

13. Successful completion of a Technical Operations Specialist training course or demonstrated experience providing technical operation support in a professional setting.

14. Must have been a Certified Technical Investigator UBIQUITI trained in radio systems for transmission of video and View Commander.

15. Provide approach to maintain the currency of subject matter expertise and updates to continuing education and required certifications.

16. Provide verifying documentation, upon request, (e.g., certificate of successful completion or attendance) demonstrating maintenance of subject matter currency through recent continuing education and training activities in the subject matter being taught. Subject matter currency may also be validated through the publication of subject matter related articles and research in nationally recognized professional journals or trade magazines.