AMMO-33
EXPL SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MGMT (CERT)
TRADOC/ATRRS No. 9E-F65/920-F33 (MC)
Description: This course satisfies mandatory certification training requirements for Navy Commanding Officers/Officers-in-Charge (COs/OICs), Executive Officers, Marine Corps Supply Battalion Commanders, COS/G-4/G-4A, FSSG, and MCSB, Logistics Directors for MCAS, Station COIs/OICs, and/or senior civilians with explosives safety responsibilities as prescribed by DoDI 5160.68 and NAVSEA OP 5, Volume 1. This course includes an overview of environmental regulations, as well as technical training in the application of basic explosives principles, the Navy Explosives Safety Program, ammunition storage and compatibility criteria, ammunition security and transportation requirements, explosives accident/incident reporting, explosives safety inspections, and station environmental compliance. This course specifically provides instruction on the legal responsibilities for compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Military Munitions Rule (MR) for the proper environmental management of waste military munitions at the federal level.
Audience: Navy Commanding Officers/Officers-in-Charge (COs/OICs), Executive Officers, Marine Corps Supply Battalion Commanders, COS/G-4/G-4A, FSSG, and MCSB, Logistics Directors for MCAS, Station COIs/OICs, and/or senior civilians with explosives safety responsibilities as prescribed by DoDI 5160.68 and Appendix D NAVSEA OP 5, Volume 1.
Length: 2 Days.
Special Information: This course is considered certification training; required completion is one-time only. Personnel who have completed the shore Station Command Seminar Program or the Shore Station Senior Leadership (SSSL) course after March 4, 1999, and have received a certificate for the AMMO-33 course, have met the certification requirement.
If you are affiliated with the Navy or 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: Completion of Course No. 4E-F39/645-F23 (DL), NAVAL EXPL SAFETY MGRS/SUPVRS ORIENTN (CERT), offered by the Defense Ammunition Center (DAC) via distance learning (DL) is highly recommended.
Course Topics:
- Characteristics of Explosives
- Explosives Safety Program
- Risk Management Assessment
- Ammunition Storage and Compatibility
- Ammunition Security
- Ammunition Transportation
- Explosives Mishaps
- Environmental Compliance
- Explosives Safety Inspections
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 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) on the course certificate for successful completion of this course.