Aviation Security Training

Module 3
Conducting an Exercise

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Day 2 Review
• Value of Exercises
• Types of Exercises
• Progressive Approach
• Designing an Exercise

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Using a Progressive Approach

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Schedule – Day 3
• Exercise Evaluations
• Finalize Scenario
• Review and Finalize Evaluator’s
Checklist
• Conduct Exercise
• Discuss Feedback

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Exercise Documentation
• Participants Manual
• Controller-Evaluator Handbook
• Master Scenario Events List
• Evaluator Checklists

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Exercise Planning

• Seminars and Workshops

• 1 to 2 months
• Table-top, games, drills and functional
exercises
• 3 to 9 months
• Full scale exercises
• 6 to 12+ months

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Exercise Evaluation

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Exercise Evaluation
• Part 7 Appendix 9
• How well the exercise objectives were
achieved
• Identify opportunities for improvement.
Evaluators accomplish this by:
• Observing the exercise and collecting data.
• Gauging performance against expected
outcomes.
• Determining what changes are needed to
ensure desired outcomes.

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Exercise Findings/After Action
Report addresses
•Additional training and exercising
•Changes to plans, policies and
procedures
•Additional equipment

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 Evaluator
Checklist
 Based on Exercise
Objectives
 Divides objectives down to
tasks

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Activity: Evaluator Checklist
• Review sample Checklist
• Complete an Evaluator Checklist
for each exercise objective

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Activity: Evaluator Checklist
• Complete an Evaluator Checklist
for each exercise objective

30 Minutes

0 15 30

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Activity: Finalize Scenario
• Narrative time line
• Progressive
• Based on the objectives, purpose,
and scope
• Approximates a real crisis

• Prepare Evaluator Checklists

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Prepare to Conduct Exercise
• Exchange Scenarios & Evaluators
• Identify Roles for other team
• Assign Roles
• Hold Exercise Discussions

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Conduct Exercise
• Role-play parts
• Explain what you would do at each
stage of the incident
• Evaluators Observe

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Exercise Evaluation
• Discuss Feedback

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Day 3 Review
• Exercise Evaluations
• Finalize Scenario
• Review and Finalize Evaluator’s
Checklist
• Lunch
• Conduct Exercise
• Discuss Feedback

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