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Programme in the Introduction to Explosives

Qualification code: 76704
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.

Course leader details:

Mrs Magdel van Heerden
Department of Business Management
Tel: 012 429 4370
E-mail: legrams@unisa.ac.za

Mrs Rachelle Reeler
Department of Business Management
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 elementary explosives technologies during manufacturing processes in an explosives environment and to ensure students are able to supervise limited manufacturing processes, apply principles of quality control and solve management problems on middle management level

Modules:

PIIE01P - Explosives Technologies and Skills

Content: Different types of explosives. Differences between the explosives. What makes an explosive. Characteristics of different explosives. Principles of specific applications.

PIIE02Q - Explosives or Combination of Explosives for a Particular Application

Content: Practical skills required to operate, maintain and manage the following: Introduction including types of explosives, the power and sensitivity of explosives and explosive trains. Military applications of explosives (ammunition). Mining applications of explosives. Other applications of explosives (cladding, welding, forming and explosive art).

PIIE03R - Appropriate Common Explosives Accessories

Content: The use of boosters, primers, detonators and power cartridges. The composition and manufacture, properties and use of common commercial explosive accessories. The handling and transportation of explosives accessories. Military application applications of explosives (ammunition). Mining applications of explosives. Other applications of explosives (cladding, welding, forming and explosive art).

PIIE04S - Services & Measuring Apparatus in Explosive Plants

Content: Practical laboratory skills. The ethics of analysis and measurement - is your answer the true answer? Principles of measuring instrumentation (basics of measurements). Measurement of temperature. Measurement of pressure and vacuum. Measurement of humidity and moisture content. Measurement of liquid levels. Measurement of the flow of liquids. Other measuring techniques (i.e. measurement of certain physical parameters).