Canine Trainer

Position Title: Canine Trainer

Location: Coronado, CA

Clearance Type: Secret level clearance required

Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Provide recommendations for MPC and canine puppy physical conditioning program.
• Provide recommendations for students and MPC Handler initial and sustainment training and evaluation.
• MPC and Handler training, equipment, and SOP testing and evaluation (T&E) services.
• Provide canine adult and canine puppy selection recommendations for Government supplied Canine adults and canine puppies.
• Coordinate requests for resources (training locations, equipment, personnel) to the government.
• Attend meetings, conferences, and training events, and provide subjects 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

Perform standardized MPC and canine puppy training:

• 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.

• 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

• Minimum of seven years’ experience within the past ten years with the Koninklijke Nederlandse Politiehond Vereniging (KNPV) or Internationale PrüfungsOrdnung (IPO)working dogs sports.