The duties include a combination of the following tasks: undertaking regulatory control of blasting and use of explosives; reviewing hazard-to-life assessments; undertaking site audits and managing an annual safety audit consultancy; reviewing and analysing blast monitoring data and assessing the effect of blasting on sensitive receivers; preparing and managing contracts; managing Government explosives depots and the Explosives Delivery Unit; responding to complaints and queries; providing training to other staff and developing technical standards and guidance.

(a)Corporate Membership of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (Civil or Geotechnical Discipline) elected after 5 December 1975, or equivalent [Note (1)], and 5 years’ post qualification experience in one or more of the following fields: blast design, blasting assessment, specifications of blasting risk mitigation measures for tunnels, shafts and caverns (preferably with some local tunnelling experience), and dangerous goods storage and/or transport management; or (b)Holder of a Hong Kong university degree in civil engineering, engineering geology, geology or mining engineering, or equivalent, and 7 years’ post-graduation experience in a responsible position in one or more of the following fields: blast design, blasting assessment, specifications of blasting risk mitigation measures for tunnels, shafts and caverns (preferably with some local tunnelling experience), and dangerous goods storage and/or transport management; and (c)Level 2 or above in English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) or Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), or equivalent [Note (2)].