13.9 Provide technical or safety advice and/or guidance to others on explosives

You must demonstrate the health, safety and environmental and other statutory legislation, regulations, safe working practices and procedures governing explosives, and their implications for your area of work. You need to know and understand the relevance of personal protective equipment (PPE); the nature, characteristics, hazards and risks of the explosive substance and/or article; the actions to be taken in response to an unplanned event; your own licensing authority’s policy and procedure; the applicant organization’s business objectives and modus operandi; the purposes of the explosives facility; the purpose of safeguarding; when to refer the application to another licensing authority; the licensing criteria; when and why it might be appropriate to impose conditions and/or caveats, or amend or withdraw the licence; the sanctions available to your licensing authority; when and why it might be appropriate to consult local authorities and your level of authority in granting, amending or withdrawing the licence.

This activity is likely to be undertaken by someone whose work role involves Weapons, Ordnance, Munitions or Explosives work activities. This includes people working as managers and supervisors working in any explosives environment.