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Students will learn how to apply appropriate safety assurance for activities involving explosives and ordnance.
At a glance
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- Dates
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- 03 - 07 Mar 2025
- Duration5 days
- LocationÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ at Shrivenham
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Cost£2,350 - Short Course for Credit fee
£2,100 - Standalone Short Course fee Concessions available
Course structure
Lectures and syndicate work.What you will learn
On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Assess the importance of regulations and legal context for OME safety assurance,
- Collect and evaluate the body of evidence required to demonstrate OME is safe using a Risk based Approach,
- Justify the key safety factors throughout the phases of the CADMID cycle for OME,
- Evaluate the most suitable risk assessment methodologies for OME safety assurance.
Core content
- Key safety legislation and regulations,
- Threats and failure modes of munitions,
- Safety assessments,
- Complexity of safety protocols.
Upgrade to a professional qualification
When taken as a Short Course for Credit, 10 credit points can be put towards the Explosives Ordnance Engineering MSc.
Find out more about short course credit points.
Who should attend
Students must have successfully completed the Introduction to Explosives Engineering course or have relevant experience in order to take this as a Short Course for Credit.
There are no prerequisites if taken as a Standalone Short Course.
Concessions
A limited number of MOD sponsored places are available.
Location and travel
Cranfield Defence and Security (CDS) is a Cranfield School based at the Ministry of Defence establishment on the Oxfordshire/Wiltshire borders.
Shrivenham itself lies in the picturesque Vale of the White Horse, close to the M4 motorway which links London and South Wales. It is 7 miles from Swindon, the nearest town, which lies off the M4 at the hub of Britain’s motorway network.
Bath, Cheltenham, Bristol and Oxford are all within an hour’s drive and London less than two hours away by car.
All visitors must be pre-booked in at reception by the person they are visiting on the campus.
How to apply
Read our Professional development (CPD) booking conditions.