Program Overview

Programme in Control of Explosives and Activities

The Programme in Control of Explosives and Activities is designed for individuals employed in the explosives industry. The programme aims to apply safe handling principles during explosives processes throughout the life cycle of explosives products and to ensure students are able to control explosives and explosives-related activity safely in a practical environment.

Target Group

The target group for this programme includes individuals from the explosives and armaments industry, including commercial, arms manufacturing, military, police, mining, structural engineering, and explosives regulatory sectors.

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for this programme, students must have a Senior Certificate or an equivalent NQF level 4 qualification. Additionally, students should be competent with language, numeracy, and communication skills at NQF Level 5.

Programme Details

• Qualification code: 76832
• Duration: 6 months
• Language medium: English

Modules

The programme consists of the following modules:

PCEAA00 - Control of Explosives Activities

Content: Understand explosives and their influence. Analyse the explosives work. Develop process instructions. Do command and control of explosives work. Do explosives work.

PECMPRX - Explosives Classification Marking and Packaging Requirements

Content: Understand and apply different types of dangerous goods Legislation, Protocols, and Conventions. Identify and explain the various explosives classifications with regards to dangerous goods. Identify and explain the various explosives marking and labelling requirements in terms of national legislation and organisational requirements. Identify and explain the various explosives packaging requirements in terms of national legislation and organisational procedures.

PESLR04 - Explosives Storage Legislation and Regulations

Content: Explain and calculate the storage facility capacity requirement. Conduct explosives storage inspections to ensure compliance to national legislation and organisational procedures. Process applications and renewal for storage licenses in terms of national legislation and organisational procedures. Explain explosives and ammunition storage requirements. Demonstrate an understanding and ability to analyse, evaluate, and critically reflect on the design and construction of an explosive's storage facility.

PETLRW1 - Explosives Transportation Legislation and Regulations

Content: Identify and explain the various explosives transport requirements in terms of legislation. Conduct explosives transport inspections to ensure compliance to national legislation and organisational procedures. Process applications for transport licenses and permits in terms of national legislation and organisational procedures. Identify and explain the various explosives import regulations in terms of legislation. Identify and explain the various explosives export regulations in terms of legislation. Process applications for import/export permits in terms of national legislation and organisational procedures.

PPCOESQ - Control of Explosives

Content: Demonstrate an understanding of legal prescripts pertaining to explosives and explosives control. Identify and explain national legislation, national standards, and international instruments pertaining to explosives control. Identify and explain the functioning of the different South African explosives control regulatory authorities.