AWR 341: IED Awareness and Safety Procedures
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What you'll learn
You build foundational knowledge about improvised explosive devices and learn the safety precautions and procedures to follow when you encounter or respond to an unattended or suspicious item.
- IED threat awareness
- IED intimidation
- Public response to IED threats
- Agency procedures for IED threats
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish. It costs nothing to take.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced, about 60 min.
- How to use it
- Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.
- Why it's worth it
- Fast, practical proof that you are ahead on AI. It shows initiative, gives you skills you can use the same day, and hands you something concrete to talk about with every hiring manager.
What you will payNothingThe learning and the certificate are free.
- Time
- 60 minutes (1 contact hour; 0.1 IACET CEU)
- Before you start
- Free FEMA SID; computer with internet access.
- How you are tested
- Online, self paced independent study
- Renewal
- None stated
- Full cost details
- $0 course and completion certificate
- Where it applies
- United States; designed for public and private sector partners including security officers
Counts toward a license or requirement?NoThis free federal awareness course is not state security officer license training; Florida, for example, requires 40 hours at a state licensed Class DS school. It is useful IED awareness training to show employers. Source ↗
Checked at the source Oct 12, 2026
Sources and what we verified
CDP course page: self paced, 60 minutes, audience incl. security officers, certificate in Student Portal ↗CISA OBP IST factsheet: AWR 341/903 etc. free, self paced, certificates with contact hours ↗CISA OBP training page: IST courses free; FEMA SID required ↗What we verified: CDP page confirms delivery, length, audience and that completion certificates appear in the Student Portal; cost confirmed as free by the CISA IST factsheet and OBP training page.
Fees and eligibility can change. Confirm current terms with the issuer before you pay.
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