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advice and/or
guidance to others
substances and/or
articles
Make presentations
on matters relating to
explosives.
13.10
Pack or re-pack
explosive
substances and/or
articles
13.12
Manage equipment in
an explosives
environment
13.14
Unpack explosive
substances and/or
articles
13.13
Prepare and care
for equipment in
an explosives
environment
13.15
Certify as Free
From Explosives
13.17
VQs relevant to this role
HSQ Level 4 VQ in Explosive
Substances and Articles
Manufacturing Management
(04-001-04)
HSQ Level 3 N/SVQ in Explosive
Substances and Articles
Manufacturing Supervision (04-
002-03)
HSQ Level 2 VQ in Explosive
Substances and Articles
Manufacturing Operations
(04-003-02)
Training relevant to this role
Explosives Substances and
Articles
Risk assessment
Explosives awareness
Risk Assessment and Risk
Management e.g.
FMECA, Fault Tree
Analysis, HSG65,
HSG268…
Process engineering
Quality management and
continuous improvement
Explosive substances and articles
awareness
Process engineering
Management/supervision of
small teams
Safety process leadership
Assessment of Competence in the
Working Environment
Process Safety Management
IDENTIFYING QUALIFICATIONS AND STAFF FOR THE PROJECT
The selection of qualifications that would benefit the company and the staff to undertake those
qualifications was the key driver for GJR’s involvement in the project, to provide assurance to the
management that their competence management system met the same rigorous criteria as the
other parts of their quality management system.
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Bearing in mind that participation in the EUExImp project was very much a pilot for improving the
demonstrability of competence within the company, GJR decided that the black powder production
team would undertake vocational qualifications.
Taking into account the work done in role profiling the staff against the entire suite of occupational
standards, and comparing the role profiles with the HSQ qualifications available, it was evident that
the staff needed to be qualified in manufacture and disposal (because waste is a natural by-product
of manufacture). It was equally clear that two options were available at the time: either each person
could undertake two separate qualifications from the existing suite available or the company could
ask a training provider and the awarding organisation to design a bespoke qualification.
Figure 12. Example of Qualification Design
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As it happens, at the same time, HSQ had been introducing a new suite of qualifications at Diploma
level, in ‘Explosives Operations’. GJR took a second round of comparison of their requirements
against these new qualifications during a company meeting in June 2016 and concluded that this
was a much better route because it combines their need for manufacturing and disposals
qualifications.
The mapping of the new qualifications to the role profiles is shown at Appendix A.
SELECTING A QUALIFICATIONS CENTRE
During the first company visit, specifically during an explanation of the company’s intentions to the
staff who would undertake the qualifications selected, it became clear that assessment must be
conducted in Portuguese. Although all the staff speak some English, some very well indeed, the
complication of translating backwards and forwards was considered too cumbersome, time-
consuming and could lead to misunderstanding for the assessor and verifiers. The logical conclusion
was therefore that the Portuguese partner(s) should have their own assessors trained.
The outline proposal at this stage was thus for:
a.
Training 1 (or possibly 2) assessors from the company. It was clear in our discussions and
talking with the staff that it would be best if the assessments were to be conducted in the
candidates’ mother tongue. The assessor and IV would then be able to have relevant parts
from evidence translated.
b.
Creating a satellite centre of the UK-based qualifications centre within GJR.
c.
Registration and support for 1x Level 4 ESA Manufacturing Manager, 1x ESA Manufacturing
Supervisor, 3x ESA Manufacturing Operator
d.
The qualifications centre to provide Internal Verification / Internal Quality Assurance
services to GJR. The company’s quality management policy for all their activities is to use a
third-party for ‘internal audits’.
After the second meeting, the revised outline proposal became:
a.
Training 1 (or possibly 2) assessors from the company and possibly the University. It was
clear in our discussions and talking with the staff that it would be best if the assessments
were to be conducted in the candidates’ mother tongue. The assessor and IV would then be
able to have relevant parts from evidence translated.
b.
Creating a satellite centre of the UK-based qualifications centre within GJR.
c.
Registration and support for 1x Level 4 Explosives Operation Managers, 1x ESA Explosives
Operations Supervisor, 3x ESA Explosives Operations Operator.
d.
The qualifications centre to provide Internal Verification / Internal Quality Assurance
services to GJR. The company’s quality management policy for all their activities is to use a
third-party for ‘internal audits’.
The company that provides GJR with its 3
rd
-party audits for quality management was briefed on the
proposal and the roles and responsibilities of assessors and IV, after which GJR concluded that they
would make use of the external company as their assessor.
Initially, GJR was aware of only one organisation that could offer all the requirements listed,
however, in the time between the first and second company meetings a second organisation
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