Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
USAM-0009
Organization's ID:
AMMO-54
Organization:
U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center, Training Directorate
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
64 hours (8-8 hour days)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Safety and Risk Management
Description

Objective:

To provide training to prepare and review ammunition and explosives standard operating procedures (SOP)'s in accordance with Federal, Department of Defense, Department of the Army, and U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) regulatory requirements to personnel engaged in ammunition and explosives operations.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Relate to the key definitions and terminology
  • Describe the purpose of performing risk management to ammunition and explosive operations
  • List the five (5) steps of the risk management process
  • Identify credible (potential) energy sources and release stimuli (cause) associated with ammunition operations
  • Identify hazards associated with ammunition operations
  • Determine who is responsible for maintaining SOP and enforcing its procedures and when an SOP may be implemented
  • As related to risk management, interpret technical and regulatory guidance
  • Determine the appropriate level of authority for risk management decisions
  • Understand the rationale for risk management for ammunition and explosives operations
  • Follow the steps of the risk management process to generate a hazard analysis
  • Describe how the Risk Management Code (RAC) is determined
  • Determine the risk level for a given hazard
  • Determine effective hazard countermeasures associated with ammunition operations
  • Determine effective hazard countermeasures
  • Determine the purpose of Standing Operating Procedures (SOP's) for ammunition operations as described in the reference
  • Describe each section of an SOP and its purpose as described in the reference
  • Describe which operations an SOP is required for
  • Describe the SOP review process as described in the reference
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises
Supplemental Materials