Duration: 6 Months
Language medium: English
Target group:
The explosives and armaments industry (including commercial, arms manufacturing, military, police, mining, structural engineering and explosives regulatory sectors)
''All students wishing to register for the Short Learning Programmes in Explosives have to be employed in the explosives industry''
Admission requirements:
Senior Certificate or an equivalent NQF level 4 qualification. Note: Students should be competent with language, numeracy and communication skills at NQF Level 5.
Registration periods:
Semester registrations
Course leader details:
Mrs Magdel van Heerden
MCom Business Management
Lecturer (School of Management Sciences)
Department of Business Management
Nkoana Simon Radipere Building, office number 3-33
Tel: 012 429 4370
E-mail: legrams@unisa.ac.za
Mrs Rachelle Reeler
MCom Business Management
Lecturer (School of Management Sciences)
Department of Business Management
Nkoana Simon Radipere Building, office number 3-33
Tel: 012 429 2057
E-mail: deysert@unisa.ac.za
Programme administrator:
Admin Officer: Lyndsey Lourie
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
Christiaan De Wet Drive, Florida, Johannesburg
Tswelopele Building 3rd floor Room 15
Tel: 011 471 2747
Email address: lourilc@unisa.ac.za
Purpose statement:
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
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, critically and 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