KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—The University of Tennessee is training students how to handle unexploded ordnance in cooperation with a Maryville based contractor.
The course does not earn college credit, but completion earns a certification.
Relyant, whose contractors dispose of explosive materials globally, is the university’s partner in the course.
The Knoxville News Sentinel ( ) reported nearly all of the student taking the course served in the military.
The only similar programs offered by universities in the United States are at Texas A&M University and Colorado State University.
Students who graduate from the seven-week course will be Level 1 technicians—qualified not only to clear shells from battlefields, but also to clean up hazardous waste.
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Information from: The Knoxville News Sentinel,
