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ANNEX 4 Papers presented at conferences 1. Parari conference in Australia, November 03 Educating the Next Generation of Explosives Specialists 2. NIXT conference in South Africa, April 05 Education and Training in the Explosive Sector 3. EFEE conference in UK, September 05 Developing and Maintaining Skills in the Explosive Sector 4. IExpE conference in UK, May 06 Developing and Maintaining Skills in the UK and European Explosives Sector 26
Educating the Next Generation of Explosives Specialists Professor Ian G Wallace, Department of Environmental & Ordnance Systems Cranfield University, Royal Military College of Science Shrivenham, Swindon SN6 8LA,United Kingdom Abstract Explosives accidents have claimed the lives of more than a thousand people around the world since the turn of the Millennium. Added to the loss of life has been the significant loss of defence capability and infrastructure. Many of the accidents have been caused not by failure of design, but by human failure. Much of the human failure can be attributed to the lack of competencies, skills and adequate training of the people concerned. This paper describes some of the initiatives being taken in the UK and in the European Union to ensure that workers in the explosives community have the skills and competencies required to safely sustain activities involving explosives. It will describe the development and evolution of a range of explosives competencies and the training and qualifications framework being developed to generate and maintain the competencies. Finally, the paper will refer to some of the novel training approaches which are being applied. Explosives Safety Since the turn of the Millennium there have been a number of well publicised explosives accidents around the world. Annex A, taken from reference 1, details the majority of these. One of the characteristics of these accidents is that they frequently have catastrophic consequences. In Lagos, Nigeria an ammunition dump exploded, the explosion created mass panic which subsequently led to the death of nearly 1000 people, most of whom were children. Another explosives accident aboard the Russian submarine led to the loss of 118 sailors, a loss of significant defence capability and serious political destabilisation of the Putin Government. In Holland an explosion involving fireworks destroyed 200 houses and killed 22 people, whilst in France an explosion involving ammonium nitrate destroyed a major industrial facility, killed 30 people and injured around 2000. The consequence of explosives accidents is frequently serious in human, economic and political terms. Figure 1 – Explosion at Enschede, 13 May, 2000 27
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such as munitions testing and evalu
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STAKEHOLDERS This study has been ca
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Nowadays, manufacturing and product
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DOSG provides: impartial appra
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the need to generate greater effici
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also involves safeguarding the site
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element using MoD facilities. This
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ROYAL NAVY HMS Collingwood is the R
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As for the other armed forces, the
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Indeed, the procurement imperative
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funding for maintenance; likewise,
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September 2001 and the significant
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The industry has been under financi
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exists now than three decades ago.
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sophisticated tactics. Many types o
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MOTOR INDUSTRY Every modern car is
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the British campaign against the Ja
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consumer market is worth around £6
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In 2003, the worldwide film industr
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51.55 Explosives wholesalers 92.11
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DISPOSAL The figures below were lis
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TOTAL ESA ESTIMATES IN COMMERCIAL A
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Grand total 24,080 ROYAL AIR FORCE
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Total 20 6 3 Grand total 29 125
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Grand total 70 DEFENCE MOVEMENTS AN
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SUMMARY OF MOD ESA POPULATION Organ
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GRAND TOTALS Total population: 5,23
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materials, management of technology
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INTEGRATED PROJECT TEAMS (IPTS) The
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storage is allocated to particular
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depending upon the load content, th
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Equivalent to Officers of the Quart
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Ranking from Captain to Colonel, Am
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ARMAMENT TRADE JUNIOR MANAGERS Usua
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The Trials Officer/Manager is respo
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LABORATORY TECHNICIAN There are two
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models on in-house developed softwa
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This role relates directly to that
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This role relates directly to that
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OTHER ROLES Managerial roles also e
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equipment, and will have a strong i
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major incident. The No 1 Operator w
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See Defence Research for descriptio
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drivers and fork lift truck drivers
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detailed knowledge and understandin
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knowledge of the use of firearms an
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ROYAL AIR FORCE New non-officer rec
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EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURE Exchem offer
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oles is the RMCS Shrivenham’s Mas
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Many personnel enter the industry w
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Shotfiring in the Construction Indu
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NOS AND N/SVQ OPPORTUNITIES AND CON
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The implementation of NOSs and N/SV
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Competence requirements in the mini
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