Class Descriptions
Clan Lab 8-Hour Refresher Training
The
Level A Training
Three-Day Course
Course Description:
This course is designed for experienced clan lab investigators, site safety officers, chemists, hazmat personnel, and other first responders to clandestine laboratories or high hazard scenes. In this intense three-day course you will learn about the types of high hazard scenes, production methods, toxicology, sampling, field testing instruments, and, most specifically, the use and requirements of wearing Level A personal protective equipment.
Course Requirements:
Students must have completed a Basic Clandestine Laboratory Safety training course and be currently certified as an OSHA qualified first responder. This includes having current medical clearance to wear respiratory protection and a Level A suit.
Training Topics:
This course provides detailed coverage of:
- Fentanyl
- Fentanyl analogs (including carfentanil)
- LSD
- PCP
- Other High Hazard scenes
- Use of Level A PPE
- Maintenance of Level A PPE
- Level A site control
- Level A PPE decontamination
- Field instruments used to identify hazards
- RAMAN
- FTIR
- GC/MS
- Air monitoring equipment
This course will have the participants suiting up in Level A personal protective equipment (PPE) and practicing processing a high hazard scene. Students will also learn the pressure testing and visual inspections requirements of the Level A PPE along with the necessary maintenance for the equipment.
Live Cook Overview
The Live Cook: Methamphetamine Synthesis training course is designed to provide law enforcement personnel with hands-on insight into how methamphetamine is manufactured. The course participants will experience synthesizing these drugs themselves in a controlled laboratory setting. Students will actively participate in the synthesis of methamphetamine using the HI/Red P route.
This extremely specialized course is instructed by forensic chemists with many years of experience. Students completing the course will obtain a better understanding of the manufacturing process of manufacturing methamphetamine, improve a participant’s ability to testify in court, and enhance his or her credentials as an expert witness.