EuexImp Handbook for Implementation of Occupational Standards Final
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ANNEX G - 2 Sweden Stefan Krol Saab Bofors Test Center AB Box 418 SE-691 27 Karlskoga Sweden Tel +4658684001 Mobile +46734464004 Fax +4658684016 e-mail: Stefan.krol@testcenter.se webpage: www.testcenter.se Erik Nilsson KCEM AB Gammelbackav. 1 SE-691 51 Karlskoga Sweden Mobile +46 73 668 29 75 e-mail: erik.nilsson@kcem.se webpage: www.kcem.se United Kingdom Ken Cross PICRITE Ltd Vectis House Banbury Street Warwickshire UK CV35 0JS E: kencross@picrite.co.uk T: +44 (0)1926 659550 Tom Goodman Event Horizon Ltd The Old Brewery Stagman Lane Ashcott Somerset TA7 9QW E: info@precisionenergetics.co.uk T: +44 (0)1458 210280 Website: http://www.precisionenergetics.co.uk/ Awarding Organisation Homeland Security Qualifications Ms Denise Clarke 52 Ickburgh Road London E5 8AD United Kingdom E: denise.clarke@homelandsecurityqualific ations.co.uk T: +44 20 8806 4910 Website: http://www.homelandsecurityqualificati ons.co.uk/ EUExcert Association Erik Nilsson KCEM AB Gammelbackav. 1 SE-691 51 Karlskoga Sweden Mobile +46 73 668 29 75 e-mail: erik.nilsson@kcem.se webpage: www.kcem.se ANNEX G - 3 EUExNet National Nodes Sweden UK Estonia Portugal Germany KCEM AB Institute of Explosives Engineers TTU University of Coimbra Dresdner Sprengschule Mentors and facilitators Hinton Associates 91 Montrose Grove Greylees Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 8GT United Kingdom T: +44 1526 834435 M: +44 7866 429559 E: ahinton22@hotmail.co.uk Qualifications Centres See HSQ website: http://www.homelandsecurityqualifi cations.co.uk/hsq-approved-centres/ GJR (TBC) Registers of Assessors and Internal Verifiers Homeland Security Qualifications - RAIVEMS 52 Ickburgh Road London E5 8AD United Kingdom E: denise.clarke@homelandsecurityqua lifications.co.uk T: +44 20 8806 4910 Website: http://www.homelandsecurityqualifi cations.co.uk/ ISSEE Assessor Centre The Centre for Homeland Security Talbot Hall Heythrop Park Enstone Oxon OX7 5UE United Kingdom E: Brendan.Vanner@issee.co.uk T: +44 1608 678382 Website: http://www.issee.co.uk/ ANNEX H - 1 THE STANDARDS 1. National Occupational Standards in Explosive Substances and Articles have been developed in the UK for the whole industry – both civilian and military – by the Standards Setting Body for Explosives, Munitions and Search Occupations (SSB for EMSO). These standards are based on the outcome of a methodical analysis of the roles and functions of people working within the industry. 2. Even without the formal external recognition provided by the associated formal vocational qualifications, the standards provide systematic mechanisms to support the following: 2.1. the design of criteria for: 2.1.1. the selection, training and assessment of: 2.1.1.1. new entrants 2.1.1.2. existing staff 2.1.2. staff appraisal and promotion 2.2. the identification of training needs 2.3. the specification of organizational human resource (HR) policies 2.4. an infrastructure for assuring the competence of staff without the member of staff necessarily having to go away from their workplace. Internal and external training courses and the necessary lost productivity can be costly but may be the most effective way of gaining the required knowledge and basic skills. 2.5. targeting the use of budgets and human resources 2.6. the demonstration of a commitment to quality (e.g. EN ISO9000), investment in people, and the ability to comply with Industry Codes of Practice 2.7. benchmarking tools. 2.8. Improving the professional image of workers in the sector 3. The benefits of the external accreditation of these standards, which have great utility in their own right, are described later in this booklet. History of UK National Occupational Standards for Explosives Munitions and Search Occupations 4. From 2000 to 2003 the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognised that it was losing expertise and experience. In 2005 the UK MOD commissioned a Munitions Strategy study from which one of the conclusions was that “There is a growing concern throughout the munitions community over the reduction in numbers and competence of those employed in the munitions business”. From the end of the Cold War, reduced demand, privatisation and rationalisation saw the traditional MOD explosives capability shrink dramatically. In the mid-80’s, the Royal Ordnance Factories employed some 19,000 people but by 2006 this had reduced to less than 5000. Throughout this period, in response to this declining demand, industry managed its own contraction and consolidation but its concern then was that in the near future it would have to deal with less knowledgeable customers and legislative authorities. As you might expect, all this contraction led to the expertise in the industry remaining vested in fewer people and a much reduced need to recruit and train new staff. Only when the remaining staff began to retire or move to other jobs, did the scale of the decline in expertise begin to manifest itself. Yüklə 4,46 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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