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M00A Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) Apprentice

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Overview

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit apprentice performs diving, demolition, and ordnance location and identification duties. The apprentice also provides operational and logistics support to Explosive Ordnance Disposal commands.

Core Skills

  • Ordnance location and identification
  • Diving and demolition for EOD commands
  • Operational logistics support for EOD commands

Civilian Career Paths

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Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

Military demolition and ordnance location and identification provide directly relevant experience for civilian explosives work.

How to prepare: Have a prospective employer and the relevant licensing authority assess your documented demolition experience and existing qualifications against the intended work, including OSHA construction-blaster requirements for demonstrated competency in the blasting methods used and knowledge of applicable laws. Jurisdiction-specific entry rules matter: New York requires three years of training and experience under a certified blaster before its written examination, so ask the state how your military record would be assessed.

What the civilian work involves
  • Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.

Commercial Divers

Military diving duties provide directly relevant experience for commercial diving assignments.

How to prepare: Ask a commercial-diving employer to assess your existing qualifications, training records and dive logs against its assigned diving mode and equipment, identifying only missing preparation. OSHA-covered work requires task-relevant experience or training, CPR and first aid, and diving physics and physiology training for personnel exposed to or controlling hyperbaric exposure; if pursuing an ADCI Entry Level card, seek assessment against its 625 documented hours of formal instruction or recognized equivalent rather than assuming you must repeat training.

What the civilian work involves
  • Check and maintain diving equipment, such as helmets, masks, air tanks, harnesses, or gauges.
  • Obtain information about diving tasks and environmental conditions.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Diving logbook software

Notes & Sources

  • For explosives employment, ATF business licenses and acquisition permits are distinct from employee authorization to possess explosives; license or permit holders must report newly authorized employees, with background checks conducted when appropriate.
  • ADCI classifications are an industry certification framework, not a universal government diving license. Its Air Diver classification requires at least 100 field days and 30 working dives as an Air Diver, with only surface-supplied dives counting.
  • For OSHA-covered commercial diving, employers may not expose a diver to hyperbaric conditions during a known temporary impairment likely to compromise safety or health.
Evidence for this guidance (7 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC M00A

    [1] NEC entry "M00A - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) Apprentice"; cached text line 8295; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Ordnance location and identification, Diving and demolition for EOD commands, Operational logistics support for EOD commands, Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters (O*NET 47-5032.00), Commercial Divers (O*NET 49-9092.00)

  2. O*NET: Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters (O*NET 47-5032.00)

  3. OSHA 29 CFR 1926.901: Blaster qualifications

    [3] Construction blasting, paragraphs (a)-(e). Verified 2026-09-24.

    Supports: Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters (O*NET 47-5032.00)

  4. New York Department of Labor: Blasters Certificate of Competence

    [4] Blasters Certificate of Competence; Explosives Licenses. New York example only, not universal national requirements. Verified 2026-09-24.

    Supports: Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters (O*NET 47-5032.00)

  5. O*NET: Commercial Divers

    [5] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Commercial Divers (O*NET 49-9092.00)

  6. OSHA 29 CFR 1910.410: Qualifications of dive team

    [6] Commercial Diving Operations, paragraphs (a) and (b). Verified 2026-09-24.

    Supports: Commercial Divers (O*NET 49-9092.00)

  7. ADCI: Commercial diver classification requirements

    [7] Entry Level and Air Diver card classifications. ADCI framework, not a universal government license. Verified 2026-09-24.

    Supports: Commercial Divers (O*NET 49-9092.00)

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