Packaging Specialist
Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
Preservation, Packaging, Packing, and Marking Specialists plan, supervise, train, and perform various duties pertaining to items for which military packaging and re-packaging (right size packaging) is required to meet operational demands. Tasks cover a range of logistics, distribution, and supply chain support requirements. Areas of particular focus include certification and classification, shipping documentation/papers, marking and labeling, placarding, compatibility, and containers/containerizations authorized for packaging of hazardous materials for global movement. Preservation, Packaging, Packing, and Marking Specialists become proficient in facilities management, materiel management processes, and procedures applicable to the protection of material from deterioration and/or physical damage. They are further instructed in the use of motorized Material Handling Equipment (MHE) and the operation of labor-saving devices and machinery to accomplish operational tasks. Administrative activities involve the establishment of Quality Control functions to be used in meeting materiel-processing requirements, and processing forms used in the preservation, packaging, packing, marking functions, warehousing, and transportation/distribution operations. Preservation, Packaging, Packing, and Marking Specialists are required to know or be familiar with all State, Federal, and DOD regulations governing the preparation and transportation of all classes of material (to include the preparation of associated forms and certifications) for shipment by contract carrier.