Short Learning Programmes

Course in Explosive Product Assurance (76833)

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 Registration

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 product assurance during processes throughout the life cycle of explosives products and to ensure students are able to execute product assurance plans, apply principles of business improvement processes and solve management problems in the explosives industry.

Modules:

CICMADP - Measurement and Analysis of Data for Process Improvement

Content: Populations and samples. Variation Sampling distributions Data analysis Measure and calculate improvement

CIMIPDL - Managing Improvements Projects During the Life Cycle of Explosives Products

Content: The following scope and context applies to the whole unit standard: This unit standard covers the practical skills required to operate, maintain and manage the following: Planning, implementation and management of complaints handling process. Planning implementation and management of product improvement process. The use of root cause analysis in investing explosives related problems over the product life cycle. The use of different tools for continual improvement process in explosives industry.

CITMRER - The Management of Risk in Explosives Related Processes and Projects

Content: The use of different risk assessment procedures in explosives related processes. The steps to a comprehensive mitigation analysis and implementation. Good explosives practice