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Colorado Residents!

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Front Range Training & Consulting is now on the Colorado Eligible Training Provider List allowing eligible students to access Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds to assist in paying for this UXO Tech 1 course.

Visit the Colorado Workforce website

Who Qualifies for Career Transition Services?

- Laid off or received a notice of layoff from employment due to no fault of your own and eligible for or receiving unemployment insurance or
- Age 22+ and considered to be low-income by federally established guidelines or
- Self-employed and in the process of going out of business or
- A full-time homemaker who has been dependent on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by that income; and is unemployed or
- Laid off from a Trade Adjustment Act (TAA) certified employer

Larimer County residents can visit the Larimer CountyWorkforce website
to learn more about their Career Transition Program

Where do UXO Tech 1’s Work?

Friday, June 26th, 2009

According to US Environmental Protection Agency documents released in late 2002, UXO at 16,000 domestic inactive military ranges within the United States pose an “imminent and substantial” public health risk and could require the largest environmental cleanup ever, at a cost of at least $14 billion. It costs roughly $1,000 to demolish a UXO on site. UXO cleanup in the US involves over 10 million acres (40,000 km2) of land and 1,400 different sites. Some individual ranges cover 500 square miles (1,300 km2), and, taken together, the ranges comprise an area the size of Florida.

According to the EPA’s National Priorities List (NPL) Sites by State the top five states with the largest number of active sites are: California, Washington, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Alaska, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Illinois.

UXOinfo.com also maintains a list of UXO sites in the US.

Tuition Assistance

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Front Range Training is willing to offer a payment plan for UXO Tech 1 course tuition for those in financial need. A deposit of $1,000 is required to reserve your spot in the course regardless of how you decide to pay the balance of the tuition. If you do not expect to be able to pay the remaining balance of $4,750 by completion of the course, you may opt to enter the payment plan. You must opt into this plan at least 2 weeks before of the end of the course. Upon opting into the payment plan the student must:

    a) pay a non-refundable administrative fee of $800
    b) provide bank account information for collection of tuition.
    c) provide a credit card with an available balance of at least $2,000 as backup for collection of tuition.
    d) sign payment plan contract

The OSHA HAZWOPER Certification may also be rolled into this payment plan an additional $100.00 up-front, and an additional $80.00 non-refundable administrative fee.
This allows a student to pay only $1,800.00 up-front to take the course and repay the balance of $4750 over the next 13 months, for a total of 6550.00 for the UXO Tech 1 course. To include the OSHA HAZWOPER Certification course, the up-front cost would be $1980.00, with a balance of $5,150 paid over 11 months of payments (10 @ $500, and the 11th at $150) and a total amount paid of $7,200.

The terms of this payment plan are as follows:
You will be given a 90-day grace period starting at completion of the course before we will collect tuition payments. This is intended to allow you time to secure a job in the UXO field.
On the 91st day after completion of the course, and on the same date of each following month, we will automatically collect a payment of $500.00 directly from your bank account until the balance of the tuition is paid. This is a total of 10 payments, the last of which will be $250.00; if the HAZWOPER Certification course is included, 11 payments, the last of which will be $150.00. If we are unable collect the amount from your bank, you will be contacted. If you are unable to make a sufficient payment within 15 days of the failed payment, we will attempt to collect the payment via the credit card provided, as noted above. Failed payments are subject to a $25.00 fee at the discretion of Front Range Training. If we are unable to collect full payments owed for 90 consecutive days your account will be turned over to a collection agency and associated negative feedback submitted to credit agencies. Furthermore, if tuition payments are unable to be collected, we reserve the right to revoke a student’s Certification as a UXO Tech 1, thus preventing them from working in the field until tuition payments are complete.

We offer this payment plan to allow individuals without the means to pay for the course up-front to pursue this exciting career and repay the tuition in a reasonable amount of time after training. The $500 per month may sounds like a lot now, but it is only 8% of average gross monthly pay for a UXO Tech 1.
A student may choose to pay the balance of their tuition earlier than the 90 days plus 10 months schedule if they so choose. Because there is no interest being charged or any time-related fees, this option would merely provide the student peace of mind that they had satisfied their debt.

UXO Tech 1 Safety

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

EOD Technologies, Inc. has an excellent safety record. Their Experience Modification Ratio is 0.83, well below the industry average of 1.00.

American Technologies, Inc. (ATI) has removed and recycled over 5.8 million pounds of MEC scrap material from Fort Irwin’s ranges, cleared over 2,491 square kilometers, discovered 378,363 live ordnance items, and demilitarized over 25,467 ordnance items for recycling.

They have had ZERO explosive related accidents. In fact, their Fort Irwin site currently has over 1,000 days with out a lost time accident and still counting…

What are UXO Tech 1’s Paid?

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Average annual compensation for a UXO Tech 1 is approximately $76,000*.

Base pay is typically $18-24 per hour.

In addition to base pay, UXO Tech 1’s typically collect 8% hazard compensation and the tax free Per Diem and Lodging. Typical Per Diem and Lodging in accordance with the JTR (approx. $130/day). Normal work weeks, many times, are 50 hours. This means 10 hours a week are at an overtime rate.

Total starting compensation: $52,199 – 99,504.

*Based on a average 43-hour work week, 45 working weeks of the year.

What do UXO Tech 1’s Do?

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

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

BECOME A TECH 1

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Register for UXO Tech 1 Training at uxotech.com

Jobs

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Within 3 weeks of graduation, 80% of our students have achieved their employment goals.

Check out current Job Listings at the following sites:

UXO Tech 1 Jobs at Monster.com UXO Tech 1 Jobs at Monster.com
UXO Tech 1 Jobs at CareerBuilder.com UXO Tech 1 Jobs at CareerBuilder.com
UXO Tech 1 info at UXOinfo.com More Information about the UXO community at UXOinfo.com

Registration

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Next available UXO Tech 1 class starts July 12, 2010

2010

Tech 1 February 22 – March 19, 2010 Class In Session
HAZWOPER March 22 – 26, 2010 CLASS FULL
Tech 1 April 26 – May 21, 2010 CLASS FULL
HAZWOPER May 24 – 28, 2010 Loveland, CO
Tech 1 July 12 – August 6, 2010 Loveland, CO
HAZWOPER August 9 – 13, 2010 Loveland, CO
Tech 1 September 13 – October 8, 2010 Loveland, CO
HAZWOPER October 11 – 15, 2010 Loveland, CO
Tech 1 October 18 – November 12, 2010 Loveland, CO
HAZWOPER November 15 – 19, 2010 Loveland, CO

Download Application Packet!

Application Process:
1) Download Application Packet
2) Submit completed application along with $1,000 deposit to reserve your seat in the class.
3) Obtain a Criminal Background Check from your local Police or Sheriff’s Department (you may also allow FRTC to run your background check for only $25.00)
4) Take the OSHA physical test within 30 days of the start of the class you are applying for
5) Submit the results of a 10-panel drug screen taken within 30 days of the start of the class you are applying for
6) Arrive before 8:00 am on your first day of class

Payment:
-A $1,000 deposit is required to reserve your seat in the class.
-The balance of tuition, $4750, is due by the end of the last day of class.
Front Range Training does offer a payment plan for UXO Tech 1 course tuition
for those in financial need.

Download Application Packet!

HAZWOPER is required to work on any Department of Defense installation and a UXO Tech 1

Certification

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

This UXO Tech 1 course was developed following the guidelines outlined in Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board Technical Paper 18 “Minimum Qualifications for Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technicians and Personnel,” 20 December 2004.

Front Range Training & Consulting, LLC is a Private Occupational School, accredited and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education.

Front Range Training & Consulting, LLC is also proud to have its program affiliated with the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS). Students attending the UXO Training program at FRTC will be eligible to receive college credits for the time invested in this advanced study program.

In 1965, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs moved to a craggy hill with a panoramic view of Pikes Peak. Known as the Cragmor Parcel, this became the UCCS home for a growing following of scholars. Now, more than 40 years later, the university offers a broad range of degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences in addition to professional programs in business, engineering, nursing, education and public affairs to meet the needs of Colorado’s second-largest metropolitan area and beyond.

UCCS now offers 29 bachelor’s, 18 masters and four doctoral degrees and aims to become the premier comprehensive regional research university in the nation with 10,000-12,000 students. In recent years, U.S. News and World Report named UCCS a top Western public university, placing it seventh in its most recent edition. In addition to its academic programs, UCCS fields 14 men’s and women’s NCAA Division II sports teams and has a full range of student life programming.

Students will be enrolled into UCCS as part of their training and receive the course credit upon successful completion of the program. For further information on the course and the accreditation process please contact Front Range Training.

UCCS Certification
UCCS Certification