Military

C-1. PERSONNEL

a. Qualification Procedures. Qualification of personnel will be as team members (TM), individuals (I), team leaders (TL), quality assurance personnel (QA), instructors (IN), and safety observers (SO).

b. Certification. The Navy will certify each person who is qualified and recommended for certification.

(1)Team member. All personnel whose duties require the handling, packaging, unpacking, assembling or disassembling, fuzing, loading, downloading, arming, or dearming of ordnance and explosive devices will be qualified and certified as team members. This level indicates an in-training status and applies to personnel who must be supervised while they perform their duties.

(2)Individual. Personnel whose duties require that they individually inspect (including acting as safety observers), prepare, adjust, arm, or dearm ordnance and explosive devices will be qualified and certified for such tasks. Personnel conducting magazine inspections; maintenance on aircraft, safety, and survival equipment; or performing any function that involves ordnance and explosive devices will be included in this program. Supervisors of ordnance and explosive device operations will be certified individually for operations that they may supervise or observe.

(3) Team leader. Personnel who have been qualified previously and certified to the I level and whose duties require that they direct and supervise others in safe and reliable operations may be designated TL.

(4) Quality assurance. This qualification and certification will be certified to the I or TL level. These personnel must have detailed knowledge of applicable ordnance and explosive devices or systems inspection criteria to determine that the device or system will function properly. Personnel also must be able to determine that the necessary assembly or installation procedures have been completed using applicable directives. Personnel who are quality assurance representatives or collateral duty quality assurance representatives and perform functions involving explosive devices also will be qualified and certified, as a minimum, to the QA level and as SOs as outlined below.

(5) Safety observer. The qualification and certification standards of the SO will ensure that the member knows the applicable safety procedures, equipment, and devices under his observation well enough to recognize and react to violations.

(6) Instructor. To obtain an IN qualification and certification, personnel will be qualified and certified as I or TL and have developed the necessary skills to instruct others using a command-approved course of instruction.

c. Revocation and Duration of Qualification and Certification. The commander of the embarked Army unit will determine the expiration date and cause for revocation.

This paragraph will be completed in the next version of this manual. The matrix on the following page will be completed with either a "yes" or "no" in each of the boxes. The matrix will indicate if a particular ammunition is cleared for loading, strikedown, or download, and recovery on the ship. The Navy is compiling data for this matrix as this manual is being completed. Figure C-3 is a sample format for an Army ammunition and recovery guide.