What do UXO Tech 1’s Do?

The UXO Technician I assists fully qualified personnel (UXO Technician II and above)
in the following functions:

    -Reconnaissance and classification of UXO
    -Identify all types of military munitions, including possible fuses and their condition, armed or unarmed
    -Excavate subsurface UXO
    -Move and/or consolidate UXO that has been determined safe to move within a controlled area, but not over public traffic routes
    -Transport demolition materials and/or UXO that have been determined safe for transport over authorized routes, when required
    -Prepare firing systems, both electric and non-electric, for demolition / demilitarization operations
    -Operate personnel decontamination stations
    -Assist in the inspection of material that potentially presents an explosive hazard
    -Properly store explosive materials per applicable guidance
    -Perform field collection procedures to identify contaminated soil
    -Operate authorized modes of transport for transporting UXO, for which the risk of movement has been determined acceptable, when appropriate