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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Access and analyse relevant explosive chemical information
   • Identify the purpose of the required analysis, including the relevance of the chemistry of explosives.
   • Identify and obtain explosives safety, legislative and statutory requirements.
   • Analyse the information obtained to determine the relevance within its application and in the context of the organisation.
   • Formulate outcomes of the analysis and provide recommendations.
2. Implement recommendations specific to explosives
   • Establish work being undertaken and apply the relevant recommendations.
   • Assess, review and record effectiveness of the recommendations.
   • Adjust recommendations if required and document for future application.
3. Access and analyse relevant explosive chemical information
   • Identify the purpose of the required analysis, including the relevance of the chemistry of explosives
4. Identify and obtain explosives safety, legislative and statutory requirements
5. Analyse the information obtained to determine the relevance within its application and in the context of the organisation
6. Formulate outcomes of the analysis and provide recommendations
7. Implement recommendations specific to explosives
   • Establish work being undertaken and apply the relevant recommendations
8. Assess, review and record effectiveness of the recommendations
9. Adjust recommendations if required and document for future application

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and includes:

adhering to relevant work health and safety requirements and operational safety analysing and evaluating information applying safety, legislative and statutory requirements relevant to explosive chemistry conducting research identifying relevant information interpreting organisation role relevant to explosive chemistry using appropriate information technology and software writing research reports including recommendations

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and includes:

operational knowledge of: decomposition mechanisms of explosives, including: atmospheric effects on the rate of degradation of an explosive signs of degradation in explosive fills explosive process insensitive munitions principles of thermodynamics, including: heats of formation oxygen balance of explosives products of detonation principles of atomic theory, chemical bonding and organic chemistry properties of explosives and explosive compounds toxicology of explosives

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