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NST Courses

S&T-based training and learning programs

In collaboration with other national laboratories, PNNL delivers a variety of courses on behalf of our sponsors. Specific areas of PNNL expertise include the following.

Border Security

  • Advanced Operator Training
  • Mobile Radiation Detection and Identification System
  • National Communication System
  • Operator Foundations Training
  • Postal Chemical/Biological Incident Management
  • Radiation Detection Straddle Carrier
  • Radiation Portal Monitor Management
  • Radiation Portal Monitor Maintenance and Repair Training
  • Second Line of Defense Trainer Special Workshops
  • Source Recovery Training: Operational Response
  • Spectroscopic Portal Monitor Maintenance and Repair Training
  • Spectroscopic Portal Monitor Operator
  • System Administration Training
  • Trainer Workshop
  • Train-the-Trainer
  • Transportation Security
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction First Responder Operations
  • RADACAD Border Security Training
  • Secure Transportation Management

Chemical and Biological Security

  • Postal Chemical/Biological Incident Management
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction and Nonproliferation Training Course
  • Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention Confidence-Building Measures Workshop
  • Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives Training
  • Ethics, Biological and Chemical Security Course
  • Grant Writing for Biological Research
  • Outbreak Investigation
  • Q Fever
  • Vector Surveillance
  • RADACAD Border Security Training

Critical Infrastructure Protection

  • Industrial Control Systems Security – Introductory and Advanced Level Courses
  • Critical Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance Training
  • Electrical Grid Simulator Operator Training
  • Cybersecurity for Control Systems Operators and Engineers
  • Introduction to Industrial Control Systems for IT professionals
  • Operational Security for Control Systems

Cyber, Information, and Computer Security Training

  • System Administration Training
  • Electrical Grid Simulator Operator Training
  • Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Nuclear Facility Decision Makers
  • Cybersecurity for Control Systems Operators and Engineers
  • International Atomic Energy Agency Advanced Nuclear Cybersecurity Training Workshop
  • International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear Cybersecurity Training Workshop
  • Introduction to Industrial Control Systems for IT professionals
  • Operational Security for Control Systems
  • Performing Cyber Risk Assessments
  • Physical and Cyber Risk Assessment Tool Software Demonstration
  • U.S. Nuclear Cybersecurity Assessment Training Course
  • Verification and Validation of Cybersecurity Programs

Emergency Response

  • Postal Chemical/Biological Incident Management
  • International Response Training
  • Response Assessment Tabletop Exercise
  • Site Response Survey
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction First Responder Operations
  • Performance Testing
  • Crisis Response Training
  • Response Measures for Security at Research Reactors
  • Complementary Access Training for State or Regional Authority Officials

Explosives Detection and Explosives Breaching

  • Explosives Familiarization/Improvised Explosive Device Recognition
  • Operational Implementation of Explosives and Narcotics Detection
  • Tactical Explosive Entry Course

Fixed Site Nuclear Security

  • Fixed Site Security Course
  • Force-on-Force Training for Managers
  • Inspection of Fixed Site Nuclear Facilities
  • Introductory Workshop on Vulnerability of Integrated Security Analysis
  • Performance Testing
  • Physical Protection and Security Management
  • Radiation Portal Monitor
  • Self-Assessment of Fixed Site Nuclear Facilities
  • Vital Installation Security
  • Vulnerability Assessment for the Protection of Nuclear Information and Materials
  • Vulnerability Assessment Performance Test Course
  • Physical Protection and Security Management of Radioactive Sources: Training Development Workshop
  • Nuclear Security Education Institute
  • Physical Protection and Security Management of Radioactive Sources (Introductory Course)
  • Regulatory Development Workshop for the Security of Radioactive Sources
  • International Response Training for First Responders to a Security Incident Involving Radioactive Material
  • Site Security Plan Development Workshop for Facilities that Possess Radioactive Sources
  • National Response Plan Development Workshop to Address Emergencies Involving Radioactive Sources
  • Training Course for Radioactive Source Security Inspectors

Security Instructor Training

  • Trainer Workshop
  • Train-the-Trainer
  • Basic Instructor Training
  • Basic Pro Force Instructor Training Course
  • Physical Protection and Security Management of Radioactive Sources: Training Development Workshop
  • Second Line of Defense Trainer Special Workshops
  • International Safeguards
  • Additional Protocol Training Course (Introductory and Intermediate)
  • Human Capital Development and Workforce Planning and Development
  • Nonproliferation Systems
  • Nuclear Material Accountancy
  • Safeguards Information Management
  • Safeguards Inspections
  • Safeguards Legislation and Regulation
  • Technical Safeguards Training

Nonproliferation and Arms Control

  • Weapons of Mass Destruction and Nonproliferation Training Course
  • Arms Control and Disarmament Seminar
  • Arms Control Seminars and Technical Demonstrations
  • Economic Diversification Course
  • Knowledge Security Course
  • Mass Spectroscopy Workshop – Mass Spectroscopy Short Course
  • National-Level Sustainability of Nonproliferation Infrastructure, Inspections, and Training
  • RADACAD Border Security Training
  • The Challenge of Nuclear Cities

Security Personnel and Protective Force Training

  • Train-the-Trainer
  • Performance Testing
  • Basic Pro Force Instructor Training Course
  • RADACAD Border Security Training
  • Crisis Response Training
  • Design, Implementation, and Validation Testing of Physical Security Systems
  • Force-on-Force Training
  • Guard Force Assessment
  • Guard Force Management
  • Secure Transportation Management
  • Security Police Officer Leadership
  • Transportation Security
  • Vulnerability Assessment Performance Test Course

Transportation Security Training

  • Secure Transportation Management
  • Transportation Security
  • Ad Hoc Training and Expert Advice on Conducting a Vulnerability Assessment for Physical Protection of Nuclear and Radiological Material in Transport

Strategic Trade Management

  • Analysis of Strategic Commodity Transfers
  • Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives Commodity Identification Training
  • Commodity Identification Training Instructor Training
  • Commodity Identification/Interdiction Training
  • End-Use/End-User Workshop
  • Enterprise Outreach National Capacity Building
  • Export Control Technical Exchange
  • Internal Compliance Program Workshop for Enterprises
  • Technical Introduction to Licensing
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction and Nonproliferation Training Course

Contact

To inquire about specific opportunities, contact nationalsecuritytraining@pnnl.gov. 

Research topics

National Security
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Radiological & Nuclear Detection
Technical Training

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