PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-722
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 722
JANUARY 2013
46
PS 722
JAN 13
• load planning
• filling out
transportation
documents
• ID marking
on crates and
equipment
• blocking
and bracing
containers
• ISO container
packing
Training
Make sure your unit has plenty
of
Soldiers
with
HAZMAT
certiFcation. These are the people
who classify, inspect, document and
certify HAZMAT shipments. Have
them get the training early, well
before deployment. The training is
not easy. It’s two weeks of college-
level classes.
Initial and refresher HAZMAT
training is available through the
Defense
Ammunition
Center.
Here’s their website:
±ind out who is already HAZMAT certiFed in your unit. Go online to the Army
Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS):
±rom the home page, click on the ARMY heading. Then click on ATRRS Training
Tracker. The Training Tracker allows a command sergeant major or a Frst sergeant to
view the training records of Soldiers assigned to his unit identiFcation code (UIC).
(The UIC is a six-character code that identiFes each Army unit.)
Budget
Set aside funds to buy regulations, labels, placards and containers. You’ll need
them to help make sure your HAZMAT is legal to ship. Don’t scrimp on preparing
HAZMAT. That can delay shipments. It’s also dangerous. You’ll need the most
current regs to keep up with all the changes in the HAZMAT world. And there are
lots of changes.
Hazardous
Materials…
PREPARING TO SHIP EQUIPMENT
Here are some
simple
guidelines
for deploying
with HAZMAT—and some
people who can give you
hands-on help…
Gearing up for
deployment is a
major
challenge.
Your unit must
prepare items
(including vehicles
and aircraft) for
transport.
The work
includes…
Your goal is to have your equipment
arrive in theater
intact
and
fully
mission capable.
if you have to deploy with
hazardous materials,
you’re faced
with
another
challenge.
HAZMAT is a
small
portion
of the items
a unit moves
with.
But because
of its weighty
nature, it
presents
some of the
greatest
problems.
Make sure Soldiers get HAZMAT training
Put placards on HAZMAT
we’re
ready
and
rarin’ to
go!!
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