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EUExImp Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Occupational Standards .............................................. 1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 2
FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................. 2
EQF QUALIFICATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 1
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NORMATIVE REFERENCES
1.
The referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this handbook. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the
referenced document, including any amendments, applies.
2.
Normative references are important documents to which reference is made in this guide and
which form part of the provisions of this guide.
3.
The following normative documents contain provisions, which, through reference in this text,
constitute provisions of this handbook. For dated references, subsequent amendments to, or
revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. However, parties wishing to implement
occupational standards are strongly encouraged to apply the most recent editions of the
normative documents indicated below. For undated references, the latest edition of the
normative document referred to applies.
4.
The full details of all the explosives-related occupational standards can be found at the following
websites:
4.1.
Working with Scottish Government and the devolved administrations, Skills Development
Scotland (SDS) has managed the
National Occupational Standards
(NOS) database from
November 2016, in advance of the closure of the UK Commission for Employment and
Skills. The standards are used across the UK, specifying the standards of performance
individuals must achieve in the workplace, together with the knowledge and understanding
required for roles.
4.2.
Homeland Security Qualifications – brings the ESA occupational standards together:
http://www.homelandsecurityqualifications.co.uk/documents/
Informative References
5.
Further informative references are given as footnotes within the text of the handbook. These
form a bibliography of additional documents and websites that contain other useful information
for the implementation of occupational standards.
General
6.
The latest version/edition of any references should be used. All the references are in the form of
footnotes and are available either as hyperlinks or are available to the general public. Please
bear in mind that the hyperlinks were good at the time of publishing but the project team has no
control over any changes made by the originators. National authorities, employers and other
interested bodies and organisations should obtain copies before starting to implement these
occupational standards.
OVERVIEW - 1
OVERVIEW
1.
Aim. The aim of this manual is to provide the reader, be they a training provider, individual
candidate, organisation seeking qualifications or another way of measuring competence of
explosives-workers in the workplace, or other interested party, the how and why of
implementing Occupational Standards for Explosives, Munitions and Search Occupations. The
‘how’ will be demonstrated through the associated ‘
Step-by-Step Guide to the Implementation
of Occupational Standards
’ with additional detail in relation to those activities that were
undertaken by the partners in the EUExImp project. The ‘why’ will be demonstrated through the
case studies of each of the ‘industry partners’ in the project.
2.
“EUExImp was “set up as a case study where five industry partners from five nations will
implement selected key-roles from the occupational standards in tight collaboration with the
five other partners in the project team, who all have previous experience of developing the
standards.”
3.
Did the project achieve its aims?
4.
Yes:
4.1.
The EUExImp Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Occupational Standards was published
[1]
in June 2016.
4.2.
The Handbook for the Implementation of Occupational Standards in the Explosives Sector
was published
[2]
in August 2017.
4.3.
Bofors Test Center (Sweden) considered the use of occupational standards as a
management tool in Key Role 3 – Test and Evaluation; Key Role 7 – Storage and Key Role 13
- Generic. The company will use the principles, processes and procedures from the project
in its bid for ISO17025 accreditation when it is required.
4.4.
Event Horizon (UK) implemented a new suite of training and qualifications for the UK
explosives special effects industry in Key Role 10 – Other Applications (Use of Explosives in
the Entertainment Industry) and Key Role 13 - Generic.
4.5.
GJR Pirotecnia e Explosivos SA (Portugal) qualified all the members of its black powder
manufacturing team in Key Role 4 – Manufacture; Key Role 11 – Disposal and Key Role 13 –
Generic
4.6.
Maxam Deutschland (Germany) mapped the training and qualifications of the staff on its
Mini-Booster production line to show any obvious differences and/or similarities between
the existing ‘traditional’ German training and qualification system with the ‘outcome-
centred’ occupational standards system. In addition, it would also show any competences
that were required by the company that are not covered in the training and vice-versa,
training that is given but where competences are not required. In this way, the company
[1]
http://www.euexcert.org/pdf/EUExImp-Step-by-Step-Guide-to-Implementing-Occupational-Standards-First-
Edition.pdf
[2]
http://www.euexcert.org/
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