Operations & Standards Committee (OSC) NAOC BOD & Membership Briefing November 2013 Rick Hanoski, EA Chairman, Operations & Standards Committee

OSC Members & Organization Webinars Document Review UXO Qualification Record UXO Tech I Training Programs UXO Technician I School Accreditation Discussion Topics

To advise government agencies on operations and standards issues in the areas of personnel, safety, training, and technology as they relate to Munitions Response programs and work sites. Mission Statement

2013 OSC Members & Organization Dan Haines, Environet Sonny Richardson, AMEC Dennis Lecher, Advent Joe Riner, OER Gene Barber, TLI Scott Pontius, TLI Dave Courtney, Sterling Katie Catlett, Neptune Megan Donahue, AECOM Shank, Jacob, Aerotek Robert Crownover, USA Environmental Dan Tompkins, ECC Les Clarke, Battelle John Monk, EA Hud Heaton, AMEC Jeff Leberfinger, Terranear PMC Wayne Martrildonno, Bay West Jack Norris, AECOM Steve Young, Burns & McDonnell Terry Collins, Relyant Jeff Bryant, BSE Jeff Kennedy, ECC Richard Satkin, Matrix Neil Feist, HGL Rafael Velazquez, ECC Ed Brinkley, TEEX Lanette Shea Waite, CH2M Hill Harald Dewit, Terranear PMC Victoria Kantsios, URS Rick Hanoski, EA (Chairman) Ryan Steigerwalt, Weston 31 Total Members

2013 OSC Members & Organization Seven OSC Meetings held Meeting Dates & Attendance 12/19/12: 15 1/23/13: 13 2/21/13: 3 4/10/13: 11 5/29/13: 10 8/20/13: 9 11/15/13: 12

2013 OSC Members & Organization Seven Tiger Teams 1. Webinar Presentations/Workshops: Lanette Waite (CH2M Hill) and Jeff Leberfinger (Terranear PMC) 2. Guidance Document and Polices Review: Rick Hanoski (EA) 3. UXO Technician I Schools Visits: Rick Hanoski (EA), Sonny Richardson (AMEC) and Dan Tompkins (ECC) 4. UXO Technician I School Accreditation:Rick Hanoski (EA) 5. UXO Qualification Record: Megan Donahue (AECOM) 6. Collaboration Other Organizations: Jacob Shank (Areotek) 7. Geophysicist Qualifications (in collaboration with Technology Committee): Hud Heaton (AMEC)

 Lead: Lanette Waite (CH2M Hill) and Jeff Leberfinger (Terranear PMC)  Benefit to the Membership Provide the NAOC members and guest speakers/presenters with an open forum to address industry topics or concerns. Provided Memo documenting attendance for use as PDU’s.  Five Webinars held during 2013 Totaling 284 Participants Geophysics 101 for UXO Projects (5/23/13) 136 Registered, 57 Attended (42%) Webinar Seminars

Webinar Seminars (Cont.) Summary of Classification Technology (6/12/13) 118 Registered, 47 Attended (40%) An Overview of NOSSA D (9/17/13) 87 Registered, 54 Attended (62%) Marine Geophysics Processing (10/16/13) 90 Registered, 52 Attended (58%) VSP (11/14/13) 192 Registered, 74 Attended (38.5%)

 Lead: Rick Hanoski (EA)  Task Provide the NAOC membership an opportunity to review guidance documents/policies at the governments request.  OSC lead the review of two document reviews Mr. Doug Murray, NOSSA asked the NAOC to provide input for the DDESB Technical Paper 18: “Minimum Qualifications for Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technicians and Personnel ” Review Panel Established on 6/27/13 The 13 NAOC member companies provided a total of ~50 comments. A total of 28 recommendation/comments submitted 30 June 2013 Document Reviews

Mr. Bryan Harre, NAVFAC EXWC asked NAOC to review and provide review comments of the Draft Navy RI/FS Guidance A total of ~100 recommendation/comments from 6 NAOC member companies were submitted 27 September 2013 OSC assisted the International Committee in review and feedback of the IMAS EOD Level 4 Program Document Review (Cont.)

UXO Qualification Record  Lead: Megan Donahue (AECOM)  Task Provide a acceptable format to document individual’s UXO qualifications and experience  Purpose Assist Managers to match UXO experience with the planned activity Often time resumes don’t convey the actual experience This process provides a tool to document & verify experience

 Lead: Rick Hanoski (EA)  Task Conduct site visit was to observe classroom training and provide feedback to the NAOC membership of UXO Technician I schools.  Preliminary Actions TEEX volunteered as the first school to participate in 2012 UXO Global volunteered as the next school to participate.  Review Schedule Classroom Review- EA: 22 May 2013 Demolition Range- ECC: 6-8 May 2013 Grid Operations- CBI: June 2013 UXO Tech I Training Schools

 Results As a result of the site visits, OSC put together a report that generalizes personal opinions and observations of the training facility. Report submitted 9 July 2013 to the president of NAOC for BOD’s approval for distribution to the membership. UXO Acted upon NAOC Report to improve training safety!!  Near Future Actions for OSC OSC is currently working with Relyant as the next UXO Technician I Training schools to be observed. UXO Tech I Training Schools (Cont.)

 Lead: Rick Hanoski (EA)  Task: As the NAOC continues to grow and has become the voice of the Munitions Response Industry, the NAOC should take a leadership role by establishing a oversight accreditation process for UXO Technician I training programs to ensure they meet the industries standards and meet established DoD training criteria i.e. TP-18  Results: OSC submitted a White Paper to the 2012 BOD for discussion proposing the establishment of a accreditation process UXO Technician I School Accreditation

Questions from the 2013 NAOC BOD were submitted to OSC Periodicity of Accreditation Process Costs of Accreditation Insurance Requirements Tax Implications Criteria Application Process Other Industry Accreditation Examples  Action: OSC put together a package and submitted to the 2013 NAOC BOD for further consideration and discussion. UXO Technician I School Accreditation

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