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Defense Ammunition Center

AMMO-29
Navy Electrical Explosives Safety (CERT)

TRADOC/ATRRS No. 4E-F34/645-F18 (MC)

Description: This course satisfies mandatory training requirements for the certification of Navy and Marine Corps Engineers, Technicians, and Safety personnel involved in the design, installation, test, maintenance, and inspection of Naval electrical explosives operating buildings, handling facilities, and storage areas as prescribed by DoDI 5160.68 and NAVSEA OP 5, Volume 1. This course provides a comprehensive review of Navy guidance and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards governing electrical explosives safety, as well as technical training in the application of explosives safety concepts to include zones of protection, grounding, bonding, static electricity, electrical equipment in hazardous (classified) locations, Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO), Fuel (HERF), and Personnel (HERP), and lightning protection system (LPS) inspection and testing standards and criteria. Students will receive hands-on training in operating LPS test equipment to conduct the inspection of a Naval explosives facility.

Audience: Navy and Marine Corps Engineers, Technicians, and Safety personnel involved in the design, installation, test, maintenance, and inspection of electrical services and lightning/grounding systems for Naval explosives facilities as prescribed by DoDI 5160.68 and NAVSEA OP 5, Volume 1.

Length: 5 Days

Special Information: Students are required to bring safety shoes and clothing suitable for participating in a one-day LPS inspection field training exercise.

If you are affiliated with the Navy or the Marine Corps, request quotas via the Navy Training page of this website. For all other students, admission to a course is by nomination from the prospective student's command. If the nominating command has access to ATRRS, the submission must be made via ATRRS.

Prerequisites: None.

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The IACET Standard: DAC has been approved by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) as an Authorized Provider of Continuing Education Units (CEUs). In obtaining this accreditation, the Defense Ammunition Center has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard which is recognized internationally as a standard of good practice. The DAC awards 3.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) on the course certificate for successful completion of this course.

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