LEDAP/UC Progress report

1. LEDAP/UCProgress report EUEXCERT II 3rd progress meeting Shrivenham – UK José Carlos Góis

2. Education and trainingconcerning explosives sector • High schools • Mines and Geology engineering • Military schools • Military academy • Navy school • Police school • Civil training courses • Subjects • Transport of dangerous goods (not specific for explosives) • Truck drivers • Safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterway • Pyrotechnics (oriented to): • Main responsible or owner of manufacture company • Manufacture operators • Firework-festival users • Blasting (oriented to): • Rock blasting NO REGULAR COURSES LEDAP/UC – Progress report

3. Certification about education and training concerning explosives • Certification • Mining and Geology engineering courses at high school • Evaluated and certified for a period of time (5 years) by: • Portuguese Society of Engineers • National Board Committee on the Evaluation of High Schools • Training on transport of dangerous goods • Truck drivers • Safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterway • Evaluated and certified for a period of time (3 years) by: • General Direction of Transport LEDAP/UC – Progress report

4. Strategy – in the short time LEDAP UC AP3E APIPE ANIET POLICE SAFETY CIVIL PROT FORENS MILIT FOR MIL LAB LEDAP/UC – Progress report

5. Information wish • Type of courses (regular or not regular) • Duration of the courses • Target population • Previous education required • Competences to reach • Certification of the course • Correspondence to other courses LEDAP/UC – Progress report

6. Information achieved • High schools • Geology & Mines Department of High Technical Institute of University of Lisbon • 5th Master Course • Short Course (integrated in Seminars) • Subject: Blasting in Quarries and Excavation LEDAP/UC – Progress report

7. Information achieved • 5th Master Course • Duration: 52 hours • Methodology: on site and technical visits • Target population: People graduate in Geology Eng.; Mines Eng. ; Geotechnical Eng.; Civil Eng.; Chemical Eng.; Geology; Bachelor in Eng.) working in mines or large construction • Short Course (integrated in Seminars) • Duration: 24 hours • Methodology: on site • Target population: people graduate in Geology Eng.; Mines Eng. ; Geotechnical Eng.; Civil Eng.; Chemical Eng.; Geology; Bachelor in Eng.) working in mines or large construction • Objective: Basic knowledge or upgrading LEDAP/UC – Progress report

8. Information achieved • Transport of dangerous goods (not specific for explosives) • Target: drivers of dangerous goods • Training institution: • ANAREC – National Association of Fuel Deal: Basic course • ANTRAM – National Association of Transports of Goods: basic course and specialisation in cistern and in explosives • ATM – Association of Transports of Goods: Basic course; and specialisation in cistern • CFMTFA – Center of Military Training and Technique of Air Forces: Basic course; specialisation in cistern and in explosives • EPST – Practical School of Services of Transports of Military North Region: Basic course; specialisation in cistern and in explosives • FDF – Services; Accounting and Professional Training: Basic course; specialisation in cistern • SITRA – Syndicate of Employers of Road Transports: Basic course; specialisation in cistern • Certified: General Direction of Transports • Duration: • 18 sessions of 45 min • 8 sessions of 45 min • Exams: every 5 years LEDAP/UC – Progress report

9. Information achieved • Army (Practical School of Engineering) • Short course: • Biological and chemical weapons; mines and explosives apparatus LEDAP/UC – Progress report

10. Information achieved • Air Forces • Programme of typical course: • Social and cultural • Communication Technologies; Hygiene and Safety in the Work • Sciences • Maths and Physics - Chemistry • Technological and Practical • Equipment of fly and survive • Injection systems • Oxygen system • Armament • Safety with armament en explosives • Maintenance • Technical publications • Loading • Previous studies: • 11º (scientific area) • 12º (area 1 or technology in mechanics) LEDAP/UC – Progress report

11. Information achieved • Air forces • Basic course in explosives materials • Target: • 3 military forces • national explosive industry • Course on munitions inspection and explosives • Course for safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterway (with the support of ANTRAM) LEDAP/UC – Progress report

12. Information achieved • Academia of Navy Forces • Subject of the course of the Academia related with explosives: • Technology of ammunitions and explosives • Duration: semester (3 hours/week) • Main topics of the programme: • Fundamentals about explosives: characteristics, ignition and reaction regimes • Low explosives (powders): characteristics and manufacturing, ignition and reaction regime, time life. • High explosives: characteristics, ignition, shock wave, performance and ammunition fragmentation LEDAP/UC – Progress report

13. Information achieved • Police force of inactivation • Course on Inactivation of explosives apparatus and Safety • Duration: 6 months • Forensic Police • Course on Explosives Investigation • Then follow also the course on Inactivation of explosives apparatus LEDAP/UC – Progress report

14. Training courses in Pyrotechnics Information achieved LEDAP/UC – Progress report

15. Training courses in Blasting Information achieved LEDAP/UC – Progress report

16. Training course in Blasting Information achieved • Course: Rock Blasting • Target Population: Responsible of quarries and stones size reduction and calibration • Programme: • Introduction (1 h) • Characteristics of Rocks for Blasting (2h) • Characteristics of stones with different sizes (3h) • Drilling (4,5h) • Blasting with explosives (6h) • Fire plan (1,5h) • Secondary fragmentation, projections and vibrations (3h) • Loading and transport (3h) • Noise and dust controlling (1,5h) • Size reduction equipments (4,5h) • Classification of stones (3h) • Quarry licence process and start activity (3h) • Cost analysis (6h) • Safety and Hygiene Plan (3h) • Exam (3h) LEDAP/UC – Progress report

17. Training Basic course in blasting To start in October LEDAP/UC – Progress report

18. 2nd EUEXCERT Conference • Paper • “Portuguese education and training for the workers involved in civil explosives sector” The second symposium on Education & Training in Explosives 13 – 15 June 2007 Defence Academy, Shrivenham, UK LEDAP/UC – Progress report

19. Strategy – in the long time • Workshop concerning Training in Explosives Matters in Portugal • Join civil, military and police • Objective: • Discuss the needs and the methodology • Establish a network of institutions • Sensitise the govern to the needs of training course for people in explosives area • Identify the capabilities and training competences LEDAP/UC – Progress report

20. Strategy – in the long time • Courses • Master course • Explosives characterises, use and environment • Professional training • Civil courses • Basic shotfire • Explosive manufacture and storage • Firework manufacture and storage • Military and safety forces courses • Explosives characterises and dynamic effect LEDAP/UC – Progress report

21. Strategy – in the long time • Created a task forceto sensitise government to improve the legislation in order to establish guidelines for the certification of the training on explosives and pyrotechnics in different activities LEDAP/UC – Progress report