Individually Purchasable Course Seats for Bomb Techs

Individually purchasable course seats for bomb techs | PSBT HME & AMT courses

Point One is proud to offer individually purchasable HME & AMT course seats based on demand for advanced homemade explosives and advanced manual techniques training. Alongside our well-known Bomb Technician Operations Course offered for teams, we now have individual seats available on select dates on both coasts. These sessions are intended for certified public safety bomb technicians (HDS graduates) or military NAVSCOLEOD graduates.


The Point One PSBT HME Course training increases operational skills related to a response that involves homemade explosives.

HME training session topics include:

  • Threat assessment (conventional/HME)
  • Dynamic defeat techniques and tools
  • Principles of HME production
  • HME desensitization
  • Production of monomolecular,
    binary HME and precursors

View all topics, schedule, lodging, and reserve your seat:

HME East: 21–24 September 2021 | Virginia Beach, VA

HME West: 09–12 November 2021 | Desert Center, CA

Update:Postponed until 2022 due the pandemic-related limitation of travel and funding. New dates to be determined. Please check back on next opportunity to take these courses.”


The PSBT AMT Course training session increases operational skills related to a response that involves a Category A situation such as a hostage rescue or a sophisticated, high consequence device.

AMT training session topics include: 

  • Threat assessment (Cat A)
  • Immediate actions & booby trap defeat
    in a tactical environment
  • Hostage handling
  • Manual access tools and techniques
  • Cat A practical tasks

View all topics, schedule, lodging, and reserve your seat:

AMT East: 28 September–01 October 2021 | Virginia Beach, VA

Update:Postponed until 2022 due the pandemic-related limitation of travel and funding. New dates to be determined. Please check back on next opportunity to take these courses.”


All training will be conducted at Point One facilities in Virginia Beach, Virginia or Desert Center, California, depending on the course.

Minimum of eight seats required to run the PSBT HME & AMT courses. If minimum is not achieved, the course will be rescheduled to a later date.

Contact Mike Clayton at (706) 200-6454, or email reservations@pointoneusa.com with any questions regarding individually purchasable course seats or training for teams.

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