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M02A Basic EOD Technician

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

A basic Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician locates, identifies, renders safe, and disposes of foreign and domestic conventional, chemical, biological, nuclear, underwater, and improvised explosive ordnance. The technician operates, maintains, and repairs specialized equipment, supports intelligence and counterterrorism operations, trains military and civilian law enforcement agencies, and performs diving, demolition, parachuting, tactical delivery, and unconventional extraction duties.

Core Skills

  • Underwater ordnance identification and disposal
  • Open and closed circuit SCUBA diving
  • Weapons of mass destruction identification
  • Specialized EOD equipment maintenance and repair

Civilian Career Paths

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Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

Military ordnance identification, disposal, and explosive demolitions provide directly relevant explosives-handling experience.

How to prepare: Take your existing qualifications and documented demolition experience to a prospective employer and the applicable licensing authority for assessment against the intended blasting work. For construction blasting covered by OSHA, qualification requires evidence of competency in the methods used, relevant explosives training, knowledge or experience, and working knowledge of state and local explosives rules.

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

Open and closed circuit SCUBA diving and underwater EOD operations provide relevant underwater work experience.

How to prepare: Have a commercial diving employer assess your existing qualifications, military training records, and dive logs against its assigned diving modes, equipment, and tasks, then address only identified gaps. If pursuing an ADCI card, request an assessment of recognized-equivalent instruction and qualifying experience before enrolling in additional 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 OSHA-covered construction blasting, blasters must also be able to understand and give written and oral orders, be in good physical condition, and meet the regulation's substance-use restrictions.
  • New York is one jurisdictional example: its blaster certificate requires three years of training and experience under a certified blaster before the written examination. Separate explosives licenses involve background and mental health screening; ask the state how documented military experience is assessed.
  • ATF business licenses and acquisition permits are distinct from individual employment. License or permit holders must report newly authorized employee possessors, with ATF background checks when appropriate.
  • For OSHA-covered commercial diving, assigned work must match documented experience or training in the relevant equipment, diving mode, and emergency procedures. CPR and first aid training are required for all dive team members; diving physics and physiology training applies to those exposed to or controlling hyperbaric exposure. Temporary impairments that adversely affect safety can prevent diving.
  • ADCI is an industry certification framework, not a universal government license. Its Entry Level classification requires 625 documented hours of formal instruction or a recognized equivalent; Air Diver requires at least 100 field days and 30 working dives as an Air Diver, with only surface-supplied dives qualifying.
Evidence for this guidance (8 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC M02A

    [1] NEC entry "M02A - Basic EOD Technician"; cached text line 8336; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Underwater ordnance identification and disposal, Open and closed circuit SCUBA diving, Weapons of mass destruction identification, Specialized EOD equipment maintenance and repair, 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. ATF explosives licensing and employee-possessor reporting requirements

    [5] 27 CFR 555.41(b)(1)(i)-(iii) and 555.57(b)-(c), official 2026-09-21 XML snapshots retained. Individual employment and the employer business license are distinct.

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

  6. O*NET: Commercial Divers

    [6] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

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

  7. OSHA 29 CFR 1910.410: Qualifications of dive team

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

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

  8. ADCI: Commercial diver classification requirements

    [8] 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)

Defense contractor jobs for M02A

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