Explosives Safety Planner Community Development and Sustainment
Abstract
The Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA) and Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) are examining approaches to developing a sustainable community of explosives safety (ES) planners. Unique to the Navy, our ES policies and guidance mandate the participation of our facility engineering/planning professionals in the explosives safety site approval (ESA) process. Traditionally, the planning community has been fairly stable at the installation level. With transformation to enterprise management of Navy facilities, the planning community is now more mobile, while at the same time we are demanding they master new enterprise tools, such as the DDESB's automated site planning tool (ASPT) and Navy's geographical information system (GIS). Experience within the Navy and the other Services has shown that an ad hoc approach, driven at the installation level, results in gaps in support for the development of ESA documentation and does not provide a clear chain of command to defend resources to support manpower and enterprise tools. The structure of NAVFAC provides a clear chain of command to defend resources, and provides personnel on the ground at the installation level, with Regional resources to backfill gaps at the installation. Effective Community Management, though, requires active participation with clear roles and responsibilities at all levels, from the installation to the Echelon II command. This paper will explore approaches to assure a stable work force with the required skills.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA531997
Entities
People
- Johnathan Stacy
- Karen Jones