Non-Technical Survey Tasks (NTS)
Four person teams conduct non-technical survey (NTS) tasks. They provide detailed maps and information on locations of UXO reported.
The enhanced technical survey (ETS) task is a new methodology developped by UXO Lao in 2007. ETS teams evaluate a clearance request by studying available UXO records for a particular area (bombing data, reported UXO, and UXO victims). Combined with a 25% sampling of the land area, this leads to the request being either:
(1) tasked to an area clearance team or
(2) designated low priority / low UXO impact threat (for possible clearance at some future date.)
The process of Non-techinal survey
1
Report Received
A UXO report is received either from villagers or through UXO Lao field visits to the village.
2
Non-Technical Survey (NTS)
The NTS team conducts interviews with villagers, collects information, and identifies the reported UXO location(s).
3
Data Recording
All collected information is recorded and entered into the UXO Lao information management system.