PACK-1B
MIL PRES & PKG FOR STORAGE/SHIPMENT (CERT)
TRADOC/ATRRS No. 8A-F61/551-F53
Description: This course satisfies mandatory training requirements for the certification of personnel responsible for supporting military preservation, packaging, unitization, and ISO containerization activities as prescribed by DoDI 5160.68, AR 700-15, and AR 700-37 and for Logistics Functional Community fellows as prescribed by AR 690-950. This course provides technical hands-on training in applying unit and intermediate military packaging and preservation methods, outer packing procedures, cleaning and drying processes, containerization load planning, load blocking and bracing, palletized and unitized loads, preservative materials, cushioning, marking, and labeling in accordance with military packaging policy criteria and packaging specifications and standards. Students will receive hands-on training in conducting military preservation and packaging activities in a packaging workshop.
Audience: This course is considered certification training for personnel responsible for supporting military preservation, packaging, unitization, and ISO containerization activities as prescribed by DoDI 5160.68, AR 700-15, and AR 700-37 and for Logistics Functional Community fellows as prescribed by AR 690-950.
Length: 2 Weeks.
Special Information: Students are required to bring appropriate attire for a workshop environment. Workshop attire must include safety shoes, safety glasses, leather work gloves, and work clothes for the full duration of the course.
Prerequisites: Course No. 8A-F63/551-F55 (DL), DEFENSE BASIC PRESERVATION AND PACKING (CERT), offered by the Defense Ammunition Center (DAC) via distance learning (DL).
Course Topics:
- Introduction to Preservation and Packaging
- FEDLOG/FLIS
- Methods of Preservation and ESD
- Cleaning, Drying, and Preservation
- Barrier Materials and Heat Sealing
- Marking and Labeling
- Fiberboard Boxes
- Shop Orientation/Safety Walk-Through
- ABM/Stitchers
- Heat Sealing Equipment
- SPIs, Contracts, and ASTMs
- Cushioning, Blocking, and Bracing
- Outer Packaging
- Wood Boxes
- Crates
- Clinching Station
- Cargo Unitization
- Blocking and Bracing
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 7.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) on the course certificate for successful completion of this course.