Practical Military Training - Engineers

The aim of practical military training is to provide direct contact with the military environment for students in the final phase of their studies. The purpose of the subject is to enable quality teaching by means of a partnership between university teachers and military professionals. Through practical training the students will gain new knowledge and skills learning from professional experience which will complement the academic environment. This should be beneficial for students in the process of acquiring practical engineering and military knowledge. Also, they will be better prepared for the job they can expect after finishing the studies and they will be provided the opportunities for better individual profiling in the process of gaining specialist knowledge in their final year of academic study. The course promotes closer cooperation between the military system and the academic community. At the same time, the teachers get feedback on the knowledge and skills the employers expect, which has a positive backwash effect on the teaching-learning process. Each student will have his/her own supervisor of the Practical Military Training, an officer or a military specialist from the branch or service of the student''s speciality. The supervisor defines the training program and assigns tasks to the student in accordance with the plan. The student is obliged to follow instructions and meet obligations, recording this in his/her work diary. The work diary is the basis for producing the final student''s report on the activities conducted. The supervisor will keep notes of the student''s progress and records of the activities he/she has successfully completed in accordance with the plan, which should form the basis for suggesting the student''s final grade. Upon finishing the practical military training the student has to prepare a report on his/her work and submit it to the supervisor. The report includes the information about the supervisor, the work plan and the specifications of the tasks carried out, the time frame and the work diary. The supervisor verifies the report and recommends the final grade for the student. The student''s final thesis advisor is the teacher of the Practical Military Training, who is either a university professor or Vice Dean for teaching of the Faculty which provides practical military training for the particular branch or service. The advisor is obliged to read the student''s report and, on the basis of the recommendation given by the supervisor, assign the final grade. Enable students to use engineer units for execution tasks in engineer combat support in all aspects and forms of combat actions in accordance with the doctrinal documents of NATO. Students should be able to work in a team during the development of documentation and task execution and organization, management and task execution control in engineer units.

1. Explain the characteristics and principles of the use of engineer platoon in accordance with in doctrin.
2. Explain features of engineer platoon in the implementation of engineer branch works and calculate the necessary elements for the use of engineer units
3. Classify, explain and specified use of engineer units in the implementation of engineer branch works
4. Identify and analyze the factors that influence on the decision makeing proces of platoon comander
5. Working in a team during the development of the basic battalion and technical documentation from authority of platoon lcomander.
6. Organize, lead and manage the work of engineer units during the combat engineer support

Exercises

Execute exercises on specialized training area.

Field work

Execute teren education in engineer units

1. Introduction to exercise: Definition, classification and sizing of explosive charges. Exercise: Sizing explosive charges.
2. Introduction to exercise: Demolition theory of elements and materials. Exercise: Calculations of the amount of explosives for demolishan of the elements and materials.
3. Introduction to exercise: Methods of mining with shallow and deep mining holes. Exercise: Elements and materials demolition simulation.
4. Introduction to exercise: Underground mining methods. Special mining methods. Exercise: Demolition of elements and materials (budgets, setting, lighting, technical protection measures).
5. Introduction to exercise: Demolition theory of objects (roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, buildings). Exercise: Building-demolition simulation.
6. Introduction to exercise: Anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. Exercise: Structural engineering-demolition simulation.
7. Introduction to exercise: Improvised explosive devices. Exercise: Facilitie-demolition reconnaissance.
8. Introduction to exercise: Countering Improvised Explosive Devices C-IED (C-IED basics, place and role of engineer branch in C-IED) Exercise: Project development for facilitie-demolition.
9. Introduction to exercise: Mine and explosive obstacles. Exercise: Individual placement and removal of fake AP (anti-personnel) and AT (anti-tank) mines.
10. Introduction to exercise: Overcoming of mine and explosive obstacles. Exercise: Placement and removal of fake improvised explosive devices.
11. Introduction to exercise: Engineers - branch of combat support (history of branch, branch organization, engineer combat support, characteristics of engineer platoon) Exercise: Individual placement and removal of combat anti-tank mines.
12. Introduction to exercise: Commanding in engineer platoon (principles, commitments, military decision makeing process, documentation and orders for engineer troops, tactical insignia of NATO) Exercise: Creating and overcoming of mine and explosive obstacles (marking, manufactureing, overcoming, registration).
13. Introduction to exercise: Usage and maintenance of engineer machines. Exercise: Visit of the demining-site of the demining unit (equipment, resources, organization, documentation).
14. Introduction to exercise: Dedicated engineer units (obstacle group-OG, mobile obstacle group-MOG, road maintenance group-RMG) (purpose, structure, operation procedures). Exercise: Engineer platoon in the implementation of engineer branch support for combat maneuver units (decision-making process, makeing orders).
15. Introduction to exercise: Fundamentally and tehnical maintenance of engineer machines (task, organization, execution) Exercise: Pioneer platoon in obstacle group-OG role (tasks, preparation, implementation procedures). Pioneer platoon in mobile obstacle group-MOG role (tasks, preparation, implementation procedures).