§70125 Port Security Training for Facility Security Officers

Summary

The Secretary must create full training rules to certify facility security officers. The Secretary must work with industry and review current facility and federal port security training and the detailed training requirements that follow. The training must teach four skill levels (awareness, performance, management, planning) and use different ways of teaching, including a validated provisional online certification. It must include continuing education, especially about hazardous cargo. Topics covered include facility plans and elevated-threat procedures, security force operations, physical access control, cargo and container security, spotting weapons and dangerous substances, using and maintaining security equipment, incident and evacuation procedures, and ways to prevent cargo theft. The program must match national plans and systems (for example, NIMS, the National Response Plan, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National Preparedness guidance and goal, and the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan). The Secretary, with the Maritime Administrator and others, must work with maritime schools and industry so training is available across regions. The Secretary must also make curriculum work and training eligible for homeland and port security grants.