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Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Summary:

Detects, identifies, renders safe, recovers, or destroys explosives and incendiary ordnance and supervises explosive ordnance explosive activities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advises on technical problems of explosive ordnance disposal.
• Resolves unusual explosive ordnance disposal problems and provides other activities with advice and guidance on explosive ordnance disposal activities.
• Organizes and conducts explosive ordnance disposal activities.
• Determines procedures to be utilized in detecting, identifying, rendering safe, recovering, or destroying explosive, chemical or biological ordnance.
• Performs explosive ordnance disposal functions.
• Conducts area reconnaissance for detection and identification of unexploded ordnance.
• Determines distance to which personnel and material must be evacuated, and ensures it is cleared before proceeding with disposal.
• Establishes depth of buried explosive ordnance and removes surrounding earth and debris.
• Plans and conducts construction, sinking and timing of shafts for access to buried explosive ordnance and to protect personnel during recovery operations.
• Renders unexposed ordnance safe, utilizing appropriate techniques, including remote controlled devices and shaped charges.
• Calculates, fabricates and uses explosive charges.
• Disposes of unserviceable explosive ordnance by burying or detonation.
• Plans and directs removal of safe tied explosive ordnance.
• Coordinates explosive ordnance disposal activities and movements with other agencies.
• Prepares reports concerning explosive ordnance disposal activities.
• Performs as specialized member of base recovery teams.
• Provides technical guidance and assistance to base recovery teams in detection, monitoring, evaluation and decontamination of chemical or biological hazards.
• Plans, organizes, directs, and assists in the sating, removal and disposal of explosives and explosive ordnance rendered hazardous as a result of crashed or disabled aircraft and missiles, to include ejection and catapult devices, squibs, explosive bolts, warheads, bombs, rockets, guided missiles, guns, and gun ammunition.
• Plans, establishes, and conducts explosive ordnance indoctrination programs for base recovery teams and other interested agencies.
• Supervises explosive ordnance disposal personnel.
• Establishes work methods and performances standards.
• Ensures compliance with safety regulations governing handling, transportation and destruction of unexploded ordnance.
• Observes work of subordinates and makes on-the'spot corrections of deficiencies.
• Conducts periodic inspections to determine compliance with policies and directives.
• Reviews inspection reports and initiates action to correct deficiencies.
• Maintains follow up to ensure accomplishment of corrective action.
• Evaluates performance of specialists in terms of compliance with policies, directives, and technical orders.
• Establishes, supervises, and conducts on-the-job training of explosive ordnance disposal personnel.
• Plans, directs, and performs proficiency and certification training for explosive ordnance personnel.

Education and Qualifications:

• Knowledge of composition and characteristics of explosives, chemical and biological ordnance, and basic electricity is mandatory.
• A 12TH grade education with courses in mechanics, physics, or basic electricity is desirable.
• Experience in performing functions such as rendering safe, removing, or destroying dangerous or unserviceable explosive ordnance is mandatory prior to the award of the 5-level AFSC.
• Experience in performing or supervising functions such as rendering safe, removing and destroying dangerous or unserviceable foreign munitions; and in
• Decontamination activities is desirable.
• Completion of RSAF course 263XO-30-30085 or equivalent is mandatory prior to the award of the 3 skill level.
• Completion of an advanced explosive ordnance disposal course is desirable.
• Completion of the following RSAF courses is mandatory prior to the award of 3, 5, and 7- skill level.
• Career development course.
• Religious course

Other:

• The award of the 5 skill level in AFSC 181XO, 261XO or 262XO is mandatory prior to entering this AFSC.
• No record of emotional instability is mandatory.
• Normal color vision is mandatory.
• Normal depth perception is mandatory.
• The security clearance prescribed by current RSAF directives is mandatory.
• Attainment and maintenance of the following RSAF English language test scores are mandatory: 3-Level = 654 5-level = 70 7-level = 75

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• Resume
• DD214 (if prior military)
• USAF technical training certificates/records (or civilian equivalent if not prior military)
• College diploma (for those positions requiring a college degree)

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