Operations & Standards Committee (OSC)

NAOC BOD & Membership

Briefing

November 2013

Rick Hanoski, EAChairman, 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 Teams1. 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 8020.15D (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: 24-25 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

Questions/Comments