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CASE STUDY – VOGLERS EESTI
BACKGROUND
Voglers Eesti OÜ
is a private company which started in Estonia on 1996. The company specializes in
drilling, blasting and explosives, and on the earlier days loading and mocking, also crushing the
blasted rock. In recent years Voglers Eesti has cooperated in several international projects in
different countries for drilling and blasting, for example in Sweden, Norway, Brazil and Australia.
The company has been successfully operating for 21 years. During these years the experience in
blasting has been very various, starting from quarries and ending up with explosive demolition of
buildings and underwater blasting. The key person involved in this project has a wide horizon in
international expertise of blasting through different projects, partnerships and experience on field,
and has a certificate as a person responsible for organising the handling of explosive substances. As
the company is also renting out workforce for different projects, with certificates for senior blasters,
blasters and pyrotechnics, we hope to get more experience and knowledge with Pan-European
value. The number of staff involved in the project is expected to be approximately 10 persons.
Voglers work in the EUExImp project is supported by Tallinn University of Technology (TTU), which
was established in 1918 and is the leading engineering R&D institution in Estonia. The mission of TTU
is to support Estonia’s sustainable development through R&D and science-based higher education in
the fields of engineering, technology, natural and social sciences.
In addition to the classification scheme (CERCS) T140 , other research fields are related to energy
research in TTU: P305 Environmental chemistry, P360 Inorganic chemistry, P430 Mineral deposits,
economic geology, T150 Material technology, T190 Electrical engineering, T270 Environmental
technology, pollution control, T340 Mining, T350 Chemical technology and engineering, T370
Carbochemistry, petrochemistry, fuels and explosives technology.
Energy research in Tallinn University of Technology is mainly divided between 2 faculties: School of
Engineering includes research in energetics groups as follows: Power Electronics; Electrical
Engineering and Electromagnetic Compatibility; Power System Dynamics and Control; Energy
Demand-Side Management and Microgrids; Electrical Drives, Electric Vehicles and Automation;
Electrical Machines; High Voltage; Energy Systems; and
School of Science
includes Mining
Technology and Resources; Peat Science; Mining Waste Management;. TTU is internationally well
known in oil shale technology, chemical and materials technology research and electrical
engineering.
The Division of Mining of TTU deals with research and teaching drilling and blasting technologies,
usage of explosives in construction and military applications, including investigating environmental
effects like dust, noise, seismic waves and stability of infrastructure. This Division has been involved
in previous projects and has long experience of research in the field of Explosives engineering.
In outline, Voglers’ sub-project has the following elements:
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Understanding vocational qualifications
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Understanding occupational standards
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Understanding the combination of standards that make a qualification
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Understanding assessment in the workplace
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Consultation on which approach to take to qualifying company staff.
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Role Profiling workers
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Confirming the qualifications required across the company
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Prioritising which qualifications need to be part of the project and which might wait
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Identifying which members of staff will be involved in the project and in the future
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Identifying a qualifications centre to provide the required registrations, training, assessment
and verification.
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Undertaking the qualifications
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Maintaining the Case study
UNDERSTANDING VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
During the first Company Visit, there were a couple of presentation about the use of occupational
standards and particularly their use as the basis for vocational qualifications.
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Understanding occupational standards
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Understanding the combination of standards that make a qualification
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Understanding assessment in the workplace
ROLE PROFILING
The roles identified for this part of the project were:
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Explosives Safety Manager
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Explosives Safety Supervisor
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Blasting Master
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Transport supervisor
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Storage supervisor
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Mixing supervisor
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Blaster
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Blasting assistant
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Mixing operator
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Plant operator
The company invested some considerable time and effort in this role profiling activity, bringing in
the Managing Director (also Explosives Safety Manager, with ultimate responsibility in Estonian Law)
and two explosives safety supervisors, one of whom is also the company’s Blasting Master. As is
often the case, working systematically through the various roles helped the company to understand
how the Standards can be used to see which members of staff undertake which tasks. It also aided
the understanding the subtle differences between role profiles in this context and job descriptions,
which are descriptions of all the activities that the job incumbent undertakes and therefore might
include a number of different role profiles.
IDENTIFYING QUALIFICATIONS
The role profiling activity proved very useful in terms of the company structure and identifying the
likely qualifications that different roles would attract. The company aspires to have all its staff
formally qualified for their explosives-related roles but recognises that the best approach for them
would be to run a pilot scheme that would help them understand the detail of obtaining a
qualification and also how it can be compared with the existing Estonian vocational qualification
system.
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