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SECTION E FIREARMS QUALIFICATIONS

In document PROTECTION PROGRAM OPERATIONS (Page 41-45)

1. SCOPE.

a. Firearms qualification courses described in the DOE-approved firearms qualification courses are approved by the Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer for firearms qualification and requalification to ensure that FPF personnel are uniformly qualified with the firearms they are authorized to carry. The courses evaluate basic shooting skills with various authorized firearms.

Site/organization-specific conditions and the deployment of firearms may justify requirements for developing and implementing supplementary special firearms training and qualification courses (e.g., aerial firing platforms, executive protection, and vehicle mounted firearms). All firearms courses must be conducted in accordance with DOE O 440.1B, Worker Protection Program for

DOE (Including the National Nuclear Security Administration) Federal Employees, and this Section.

b. FPF personnel will achieve high standards of marksmanship and proficiency in related shooting skills to successfully complete the firearms qualification courses. Periodic training must supplement all approved courses. Shooting skills are enhanced by training and testing knowledge, skills, and abilities, as appropriate (e.g., firearms manipulation; target discrimination; the engagement of moving, multiple, and reactive targets; and shooting under stress). The firearms

qualification courses located on the Health, Safety and Security (HSS) website or those developed by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) may be used for training and must be used to determine whether FPF personnel are qualified to be armed with a particular firearm. All firearms qualification courses must be conducted by firearms instructors certified by DOE or FLETC for

instruction in the various firearms used during the specific courses.

2. REQUIREMENTS. Armed FPF personnel must qualify semi-annually (at least every 6 months) with assigned firearms on the applicable DOE firearms qualification courses located on the HSS website at www.hss.energy.gov.

a. Federal Officers/Federal Agents/Special Agents (FO/FA/SAs).

(1) FO/FA/SAs assigned a handgun must, at a minimum, fire the Day and Reduced Lighting Handgun Qualification courses.

(2) FO/FA/SAs assigned a handgun and rifle must, at a minimum, fire the Day and Reduced Lighting Handgun and Rifle Qualification courses.

(3) FO/FA/SAs assigned a handgun and rifle/submachine gun (SMG) must, at a minimum, fire the Day Combined Handgun and Day Combined

SMG/Rifle Qualification courses, the Reduced Lighting, Handgun and SMG/Rifle Reduced Lighting Qualification courses. FO/FAs so armed

must fire a DOE-approved live fire shoot house (LFSH) Skills Test Qualification course.

(4) FO/FA/SAs assigned a handgun, rifle, and precision rifle who are

members of a special response force must, at a minimum, fire the courses listed in paragraph 2a(3) above, and the Day and Reduced Lighting Precision Rifle Qualification courses.

b. Substitution of Practical Shooting Courses. Organizations may be authorized to substitute selected practical shooting courses from the approved courses of fire to be fired for qualification during one of the semi-annual (at least every 6 months) qualifications periods in lieu of the standard, applicable firearms qualification courses.

c. Other Qualification Courses. Organizations should use the various other DOE approved courses for firearms maintenance, refresher, and proficiency training. 3. REMEDIAL FIREARMS QUALIFICATION COURSE. The Remedial Firearms

Qualification Course is designed to assist FPF personnel who fail to qualify in a particular firearms qualification course. The course is scheduled as needed, includes daylight and reduced lighting range conditions, and is administered by DOE or FLETC certified firearms instructors. Firearms instructors review available firearms qualification documentation and focus instruction on previously identified problem areas for individual shooters while reinforcing the principles of marksmanship, firearms manipulation, and safety in accordance with approved instruction plans for FPF personnel. The applicable firearms qualification course must be conducted in accordance with the DOE or FLETC firearms qualification courses. It must be preceded by the announcement, “This is a qualifying run for score.”

4. REVIEW. The firearms qualification courses must be reviewed annually (at least every 12 months) by the DOE Firearms Policy Panel, which may recommend changes, as required. These recommendations will then be forwarded to the training managers working group and Training Advisory Committee for review and concurrence before entering the validation and approval stages. (See Chapter II of the Protective Force Firearms Qualification Courses document located on the HSS website.) DOE cognizant security offices are encouraged to forward written recommendations for changes or comments, with sufficient detail for consideration, to the Office of Security. Non DOE developed courses (e.g., FLETC) must be reviewed and validated by the ODFSA, or as delegated to line management, as still applicable to the Federal PF mission.

5. VALIDATION PROCESS. Sites will be offered the opportunity to participate under the oversight of the DOE in the validation of courses of fire (COF) that have been modified or newly developed. For purposes of validation, draft courses can be used in lieu of the current DOE-approved COF that are to be replaced. FPF personnel who complete the new courses successfully will be considered qualified as if they had completed the

standard DOE COF. Officers who do not successfully complete the new COF will not be penalized and will be given the opportunity to qualify using the current approved DOE

standard COF. Resultant modifications will be made and a phase-in period for approved COF of one year (two semiannual requalification cycles) will be prescribed to permit sufficient opportunity for training to the new course.

In document PROTECTION PROGRAM OPERATIONS (Page 41-45)