Peace Support Training Centre
Role
The Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC) was formed in July 1996 and was officially established as a unit 5 September 2000. With an original mandate of training personnel for United Nations Military Observer (UNMO) positions, the PSTC has expanded to a unit of over 60 personnel that runs on average 35 courses per year with a throughput of 1,000 students.
PSTC is also developing training for personnel working as part of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT), and Security Force Capacity Building/Security Force Advisor Training (SFCB/SFAT).
Mission
- "PSTC will provide specific, individual training to prepare selected members of the Canadian Forces, Other Government Departments (OGD) and foreign military personnel for Full-Spectrum Operations (FSO) within the contemporary operating environment, while fulfilling our Centre of Excellence (CoE) responsibilities."
Vision
- "As a lead Joint, Inter-Agency, Multinational training centre, PSTC’s vision is to be recognized by all Canadian Government Departments as the trainer of choice and experts in the delivery of individual readiness training and campaign-winning enablers."
Courses and Training Packages
- Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Operator
- Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Staff Officer
- Hazardous Environment Training (HET)
- Individual Pre-Deployment Training (IPT)
- Information Operations (Info Ops) Officer
- United Nations Military Expert on Mission Training (UNMO Military Observer) (UNMEM)
- Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Tactical Operator
- Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Analyst
- Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Officer
Organization
PSTC is a training unit directly under the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre. It has a liaison and coordination relationship with the Influence Activities Task Force (IATF), another organization under CADTC. PSTC has two training sub-units and a standards sub-unit. The training sub-units and their specialties are as follows:
- A Squadron – Military Observer, Hazardous Environment Training, Individual Pre-Deployment Training, Security Force Advisory Training.
- B Squadron - Civil-Military Cooperation, Information Operations, Psychological Operations
External links
References
- ^ "PSTC Mission and Vision". Department of National Defence. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
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