I currently lead the development and assist in the commercialisation of ammonium nitrate based products for the South Africa explosives market. This includes the safety evaluation of emulsion products according to the United Nations tests and criteria. Products are developed according to the market requirements on a laboratory scale and then scaled up for plant production and customer trials.
I partake in risk assessments, incident investigations, HAZOPs and PDAs as a subject matter expert on emulsion explosives. Our team investigates customer complaints and determine the failure mode and corrective actions.