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Manage ammunition-stockpiles operations safely and securely.

Aim

The course aims to provide an overview of the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG) and to improve participants’ knowledge and application of ammunition-stockpile management and storage techniques. The course deals with safe and secure ammunition stockpile management, including risk management, ammunition accounting, storage, processing and transportation, stockpile security and destruction and demilitarisation. 

What you will learn?

The course strengthens participants’ capacity to:

  • Identify basic safety requirements when working with ammunition and explosives;
  • Explain the different types of ammunition and explosives and outline UN Hazard Classification Codes (HCC), Hazard Divisions (HD), Compatibility Groups (CG) and mixing rules;
  • Explain the approach to risk as per IATG (and, where relevant, national ammunition technical guidelines), including the risk reduction process levels (RRPL);
  • Explain the use of barricades and the concept of Quantity Distances (QD) and Explosive Limit Licences (ELL) to control and reduce risks in ammunition facilities;
  • Outline the main security considerations in ammunition storage, processing and transportation activities to ensure safe, effective and efficient operations;
  • Describe the principles of nomenclature and marking in relation to ammunition and its packaging;
  • Explain why and when demilitarisation and disposal of ammunition are required, and explain the different disposal methods available;
  • Assess, in an informed way, the national ammunition stockpile;
  • Support the development of a national policy on the safe and secure storage of ammunition and implement best practices.

Who should attend?

  • All technical personnel responsible for day-to-day operational-level activities in ammunition storage areas.

Language level requirements

Participants should be able communicate and present on their national standards in English. The following standards of proficiency in English should be met (as described in STANAG 6001).

  • Listening: good | 3
  • Speaking: fair | 2
  • Reading: fair | 2
  • Writing: elementary | 1

Language requirements are compulsory and should be confirmed by applicants’ superiors. 

Equipment requirements

None

Teaching approach

  • Presentations with interactive discussions, practical examples and exercises

Assessment

  • Individual evaluation of performance during the exercises;
  • A final written assessment
  • After a successfull completion of the course, you will be awarded with the certificate of achievement.

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