19 employees of the Special Tasks Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been awarded with the certificates for successful completion of Mountain Winter 2nd Training Basic Course. The event was attended by Mr. Giorgi Kakichashvili, the Director of Special Tasks Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mr. Otar Chachua, the Deputy Director and the representatives of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense.
Mountain Winter 2nd Training Basic Course was held in Svaneti. The training was conducted by the mountain instructors of Sachkhere Mountain Training School and the Special Tasks Department.
The participants of training acquired skills in technical skiing, overcoming obstacles, discovery of a victim in avalanche, study and use of the searching tools, skiing on uneven terrain, the use of a special stretcher for the evacuation of the injured, evacuation of the injured, staying in snow during night and the tactical movements in the mountains.
The goal of the training course was to enhance the security in mountain resorts and increase the level of qualification of the employees of the Special Tasks Department in the direction of "Ski Patrol".
