How much of your HAZMAT/CBRN training and maintenance shop skills translated into the civilian workplace?

Pretty much 100% translates into the civilian workforce. While the military is exempt from most OSHA regulations, the procedures followed by the military are pretty similar if not identical to OSHA regulations. Coming out of the military with a working knowledge of HAZMAT/CBRN is a skill that civilian employers desire. Nothing instills more fear in civilian management than the prospect of an OSHA inspection/investigation. Having employees with a working knowledge of how OSHA regulations impact their specific industry is almost mandatory. You may have to spend some time correlating military and OSHA regulations and getting the certifications necessary in the civilian world, but your experience makes that easy and puts you well ahead of civilian counterparts

Good Day, My skills sets as a hazmat tech and other CBRN training has come into play and has set a positive path for me. It has allowed to teach hazardous material respond courses at the college level, instruct at the USACBRN School, and provide training to the first responder community. So there are many opportunities out there for you to use your skill sets.

I was a 63B when that existed...as far as education goes, I learned more in high school auto shop. Like most tech jobs, I did my real learning once I was in the shop & field. As far as hazmat, AOAP, etc goes, it helped to have already learned the stuff, but I still had to sit through the X amount of training time required by the company. What has really helped me & helped me help others was my H8 training. I'll tell you what will be really valuable is hybrid/ high voltage training and safety certification. I am always in high demand because of that. Hybrids & fully electric vehicles are here to stay.