MWB/LB-209 : Explosives & Explosive Ordinance Operators/Explosive Test Operators

• Qualifications For Explosive Test Operators/ Explosive Ordnance Operators
• Ordnance Testing And Evaluation: Process; Facilities; Equipment; People; How Is It Done?
• Standard Operational Procedures: Normal Operation; Malfunction; Handloading-Small & Large Caliber; Fire; Indoor Testing; Outdoor Testing; Recording And Reporting; Set-Up Procedures; Instrumentation; Protective Gear; Safety Precautions, Etc.
• Security; Safety; Environment; Neighbors; Air Space
• Test Plans: Associated Documentation; Hardware And Required Assets To Accomplish Test Plan; Logistics
• Environmental Concerns: Storage, Transportation, Disposal, Markings
• Health Hazards & Regulations
• Safety, Training & Procedures
• Rocket And Missile Propulsion Testing & Evaluation
• Explosives: Classifications: Uses: Characteristics
• Characteristics Of A Detonation
• Near-Field Pressure-Time; Far-Field Pressure-Time
• Detonations: Underground; Underwater; Space
• Explosives:Design; Manufacture; Environmental Concerns
• Explosives: Safety; Shipping; Handling; Storage
• Commercial Applications Of Explosives
  

OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE

This course is directed to those Explosive Test Operators/Explosive Ordnance 
Operators who test with both guns and explosive and launch devices, as well as 
Engineers and Safety Officers and Range Officers who may direct Range Testing 
or Range Operations.

This course is an overview of explosives, propellants primers and energetic 
materials and Propulsion Systems and their safe handling. Covered will be a 
basic understanding of explosives and energetic materials and the reasons for 
special handling in manufacture, loading, testing and use of these materials.