Online foundation Course - Assistance and Protection Training Cycle

The Technical Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the Assistance and Protection Branch (APB) welcome you to the Foundation Course on Assistance and Protection against chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals. The course comprises five chapters that provide the theoretical technical knowledge required to prepare for the regional training cycle on assistance and protection.

The course will establish a minimum common base among all the participants of future APB training activities and cycles. This course does not grant participation in the entire cycle on Assistance and Protection, but it is a prerequisite to access it.

It is essential to view and read all the course content for the success in the continuity of the training cycle.

Each of the respective chapters has an evaluation questionnaire that is MANDATORY to comply with and whose minimum mark to pass the course is 50% of correct answers. Make sure that all the questionnaires are done before the end of the course.

CONTENT:

CHAPTER 1 CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

1.1. Introduction
1.2. Historical review
1.3. CWC
1.4. OPCW
1.5. Article X of the CWC
1.6. Nobel Peace Prize

CHAPTER 2. CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS AND TOXIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS

2.1. Introduction
2.2. Chemical weapons
2.3. Chemical warfare agents
2.4. Toxic industrial chemicals
2.5. Toxic industrial chemicals - Examples

CHAPTER 3. PERSONAL PROTECTION 

3.1. Introduction
3.2. Respiratory protection
3.3. Chemical protective suits

CHAPTER 4. DECONTAMINATION

4.1. Introduction
4.2. Decontamination overview
4.3. CWA decontamination
4.5. Decontamination stations and corridors

CHAPTER 5. DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION

5.1. Introduction
5.2. Recognition procedures
5.3. Detection and Identification overview
5.4. Detection
5.5. Identification