Any Security Service Provider or Organisation who wishes to provide our use dogs and/or trained handlers must comply with the minimum standards in terms of the Government Gazette No. 19067 Board Notice 120, and Government Gazette 19740 Board Notice 15.

The minimum standards determine that:

• A security officer working with a dog must be trained at an accredited dog training and dog supplier centre.

• A Security Service Provider who provides dogs and trained handlers must be accredited as a Security Dog Supplier.

• Clients who make use of dogs and/or handlers must ensure that their Security Service Providers comply with the relevant legislation.

• All security officers working with dogs must be trained at a PSIRA accredited dog training centre.

• All dogs used must have the necessary identification, and must have been trained at an accredited dog training centre.

Braveheart Bio-Dog Academy is an accredited training service provider for PSIRA, and can train any individual to the level required for the issuing of a PSIRA certificate stating his level of competence with regard to dog training/handling. The Academy trains handlers from DH (Dog Handler)1 to DH5 level, and can also make arrangements for PSIRA registration.
 

 

 

 

NB: Training is proficiency based – time is used efficiently and effectively, with acknowledgement of RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning). This ensures that a specific outcome is achieved.

Board and lodging is available for students, if required.

NB: Braveheart Bio-Dog Academy can also evaluate private individuals who are interested in a career in dog handling for PSIRA registration and, if successful, prepare them for PSIRA certification

 

 
Attack Dog Training Photo:  Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld Newspaper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DH5 training (Substance detection: explosives and narcotics)

Braveheart Bio-Dog Academy is one of only a few private Service Providers in South Africa accredited by PSIRA Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority) to train dog handlers to DH5 level for the handling of specialized sniffer dogs for detecting narcotics and explosives (drugs and bombs).

Using a new technique developed by Braveheart Bio-Dog Academy (see Research & Development), neither dog nor handler get into contact with the actual substances. Potentially dangerous side effects are thus avoided.

The new technique for the application of sniffer dogs has opened significant new career opportunities in specialised dog handling for both private security firms who want to have their officers trained for narcotics and explosives detection making use of dogs, and for private individuals who want to follow a lucrative career in specialised dog handling.
 

 

 

SASSETA       = Safety And Security Sector Education And Training Authority

POSLEC         = Police, Private Security Legal, Correctional Services and Justice SETA

DIDTETA         = Diplomatic, Intelligence, Defence, and Trade Education And Training Authority

 

POSLEC SETA and DIDTETA amalgamated into SASSETA, which is now responsible for promoting and expanding skills development in this sector.

 

Braveheart Bio-Dog Academy is a SASETA accredited Training Provider, offering training against Unit Standards - a registered statement of desired education and training outcomes and their associated assessment criteria, together with administrative and other in formation as specified by SAQA South African Qualifications Authority) regulations -  and is registered with SAQA, which allows a learner to accumulate credits towards a national qualification.

 

Training against the following Unit Standards is currently presented

by Braveheart Bio-Dog Academy:

 

 

 

 

Our training is outcomes based – based on achievement of end results – and is centred on the learner. Firstly, a learner needs to demonstrate that the outcomes have been attained; and

secondly, the focus is on the instructive and learning process that will guide the learner to the end results. The outcomes are used as the focus point when instructional decisions are taken.

 

A practical example is that of learner pilots who are required to demonstrate their skills to fly an aircraft, and not merely sit passively through the required instruction. Just as a pilot has to demonstrate his/her ability to fly an aeroplane at certain levels of proficiency before a pilot's license is issued, learners will be required to demonstrate  the outcomes of their learning in order to advance.

 

 

 

    

Students in training sessions (Caring for the welfare of a service dog)