Internship Program

The SkillBridge tour member will be trained as an EOD Subject Matter Expert/Equipment Admin and Tech Specialist with work related to the development of tools, equipment, information, and procedures with specialized application to ground, underwater and air delivered ordnance, U.S. and foreign. He/she will learn how to perform as a project officer for assigned projects and how to advise on munitions technology, EOD applications, and EOD procedures by collecting technical data for assigned project; reviewing and analyzing information; devising detailed step-by-step procedures for use for EOD technicians so they may render safe and dispose of specific munitions items or weapons systems items or weapons systems.

The SkillBridge EOD Subject Matter Expert/Equipment Admin and Tech Specialist tour member: Demonstrates practical knowledge of the characteristics, properties, uses and interrelationships of complete explosive ordnance systems/subsystems, including IEDs, to serve as a technical advisor regarding such equipment and make a variety of technical equipment decisions that materially affect the capability of EOD personnel; Applies knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures used in the design, construction, operation, maintenance, modification and repair of complete explosive ordnance systems and subsystems; Utilizes knowledge of relational database information and its employment, application and use; Demonstrates working knowledge of the primary manufactures of items of complete ordnance systems or subsystems of both U.S. and foreign manufacturers; Facilitates understanding of ordnance preparation, firing, function, render safe fuzing, and disposal; Applies knowledge of the principles of electricity, explosives, and mechanics and the use and application of mechanical tools and common electrical measuring equipment