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ULC Purple Book Course Description
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QRP/Ordnance and Explosives Recognition and Safet
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Control Number:
444
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Course Number:
58QRP01A
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Length:
12
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Tuition:
$770.00
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CEUs:
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This course has been designed for Qualified Recycling Program (QRP) personnel in accordance with training requirements identified in a Memorandum from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, dated 15 May 1998. The objectives of the course is to train ORP personnel in the recognition of unsafe, and unauthorized material called Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH) when recycling firing-range scrap consisting of expended brass and mixed metals gleaned from firing ranges through direct sales. Successful completion of this training is one of the requirements for an Army QRP to directly sell firing range scrap.
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Technical content is focused on classroom instruction devoted to military ordinance and explosives identification, explosives and military ordnance safety considerations, and QRP requirements. Course contents include Characteristics of Military Explosives and Chemical Agents, Ammunition Color Codes, Projected Munitions, Rockets and Guided Missiles, Placed Munitions, Thrown Munitions, Dropped Munitions, Pyrotechnics and Propellant Actuated Devices.
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The Primary Target Audience for this course are Installation Recycling Program Managers and QRP Managers where the program includes the recycling of expended small arms brass and gleanings from fire range clearance.
The Secondary Target Audience are solid waste and pollution prevention program managers at the installation or higher headquarters who supervise QRP managers, and other QRP personnel.
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| Session | Location | Start Date | End Date | Seats Open |
| 1 | Huntsville, AL | 4/7/2009 | 4/8/2009 | 15 |
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