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Membership Categories
Voting Members
The
3 types of voting membership of the Institute of Explosives Engineers
(Singapore) are Fellow, Member and Associate. The entrance qualifications
and experience for each of these is described below. Appropriately
qualified persons may enter at any of these levels and there is a
progressive path from Student through Associate to
Member
The status of
Member of the Institute of Explosives Engineers (M.I.Exp
.E.) shall be accorded by the Council to candidates not less than 23 years
old who shall have:
- Passed, or been exempted from, the
appropriate examinations stipulated by the Council, and either been
trained and become qualified for, and shall have held for at least
three years, a responsible post engaged in explosives engineering or
equivalent technical explosives management duties, or
- Been trained and become qualified as
Ammunition Technical Officers or Ammunition Technicians Class I in the
Army, or their equivalents in the British or appropriate foreign Armed
Services, and
- Been approved for admission by an Individual
Membership Committee comprising 3 members of Council.
Exceptionally,
applicants who do not hold adequate academic and/or professional
qualifications which would permit exemption from the Institute
examinations, and who are applying for membership without examination,
shall be required to demonstrate their competence by submitting a thesis of
5000 words in length on a topic related to explosives technology. This
thesis may be supported by appropriate diagrams, graphs and photographs.
The candidate shall be interviewed by an examining board appointed for the
purpose and this board shall ascertain whether the applicant has knowledge
adequate to have completed the thesis by his own original work and shall
report its findings to the Membership Committee.
Associate
The status of
Associate of the Institute of Explosives Engineers (A.I.Exp.E.)
shall be granted by the Council to candidates not less than 23 years old
who shall have either:
- been trained and become qualified to hold a
responsible post as a skilled operative in such pursuits as explosives
development, manufacture or use, or
- been trained and become qualified as a
serviceman or related civilian whose duties involve the handling and
use of military explosives and associated munitions but whose expertise
does not yet equate to the standards laid down above for a Member of
the Institute, or
- reached a responsible position and gained
adequate experience, but who have not yet sat or been exempted from
the examinations for full membership status, and Attended for
interview by members of Council, if so required.
Associates
are not entitled to be nominated for election as members of Council.
Non Voting Members
Company Members
The
status of Company Member may he accorded to any
company, firm, or sole trader engaged in the use of explosives in mining, tunneling, quarrying, demolition, excavation,
underwater or offshore work, or other appropriate commercial or government
enterprise, as approved by Council. Company Members are not allowed to vote
in elections. Company Members may use the Institute logo.
Admission to Company Membership shall be granted provided that suitable
applicants are proposed by one Company Member or Council Member, seconded
by another Company Member or Council Member, and approved by the Council.
Each application must be accompanied by proof that the Company has been
engaged in a qualifying area of enterprise as described above for a minimum
of 3 years and employs in management of such business functions one or more
Voting Members of this Institute. Failure to keep to this latter
requirement after admission may lead to expulsion.
Company Affiliate Membership
Any company,
firm or sole trader shall be admissible as a Company Affiliate provided
that the applicant satisfies Council that it has an appropriate interest in
explosives technology. Company Affiliates shall receive all information
issued to Company Members, and shall be eligible to send representatives to
branch meetings, conferences, examinations and training courses on the same
basis as Company Members. Company Affiliates shall not be eligible to use
the Institute logo on business letterheads, or to otherwise claim to be
Company Members of the Institute.
Student
The status of
Student shall be granted by the Council to candidates of at least 18 years
of age who are either following a course of study or otherwise learning a
trade which requires knowledge of the science and/or practice of explosives
technology. Students are not entitled to vote or to use any designatory
letters after their name.
Fellow
The status of
Fellow of the Institute of Explosives Engineers (F.I.Exp.E.)
shall he conferred by a resolution of a general meeting of Members upon
members of the Institute who:
- Are over 35 years of age and
- have had at least 15 years
experience in pursuits connected with explosives engineering
and
- have been a Voting Member of the Institute
for a minimum of five years.
- are, to the satisfaction of Council, either:
- Recognized by others, in their own
specialist field, as a leading authority by having planned,
negotiated, organized and supervised work of a sufficiently complex
nature and responsibility, or
- recognized by scientific and academic
bodies as a research leader or technical innovation in their chosen
field, or
- regular, authoritative contributor to
scientific or technical papers on explosives-related sciences,
engineering or related topics, or
- known to have contributed greatly to the
improvement in safety practices and standards within the explosives
industry.
Honorary Fellow
The status of Honorary Fellow may be
accorded to someone who is, to the satisfaction of Council, worthy.
Honorary Fellows shall be either distinguished persons, who from their
position have been or are enabled to render assistance to the Institute, or
persons eminent for science and experience in pursuits connected with
explosives engineering, whether or not currently engaged in the practice of
that profession. An Honorary Fellow may or may not have voting rights
depending on his/her previous membership status.
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