Blasting School Dresden
The Sprengschule Dresden is an educational institution for the areas of blasting technology , pyrotechnics , ordnance disposal , transport of dangerous goods , handling of hazardous substances , construction technology and contact for authorities and institutions at home and abroad.
Start of training in blasting technology
In 1946, blasting training was resumed in Halle until 1948. As part of the Research Institute for Stones and Earths of the State Geological Institute, the first courses in blasting technology took place under the direction of the blasting engineer Friedrich Weichelt . At the beginning of the training, a distinction was made between blasting work above ground and underground. In the early 1950s he continued teaching in Dresden until his death in 1961. In 1949 his textbook was published, the manual of commercial explosive technology for demolition masters, technicians and engineers in the stone and earth industry, in construction and well construction, in forestry and agriculture , which is still one of the basics of demolition training today. The basic blasting courses included demolition blasting with a focus on removing ruins and clearing rubble:
- Masonry blasts,
- Concrete blasting,
- Steel blasts,
- Wood blasting,
- Earth bursts.
The examination and the issuance of the certificates of competence took place after acceptance by expert labor inspectors from the employment offices.
Founding of the explosives school
In 1961 Werner Hartmann took over the blasting training in Dresden under the sponsorship of VEB Montagebau Berlin. This laid the foundation stone for the blasting school in Dresden. On October 16, 1961, the explosive technology school moved to a basement apartment at Bayreuther Strasse 21. In 1963, the basic courses were geared towards the new economic issues. For example, the first special course for large borehole blasting took place. A fundamental expansion through the hiring of additional specialist lecturers also increased the quality of training and teaching at the facility. The course lasted eight weeks, including the examination to qualify as a demolitionist or demolition expert.
In 1965 the training facility for explosive technology in Dresden was relocated to Würzburger Strasse 41 in a wooden barrack in the backyard. At the same time, Rudolf Sachse, as the responsible manager, took over the further development and management of the teaching facility under the sponsorship of the VEB Spezialkombinat Verkehrsbau Magdeburg, division drilling and blasting technology Berlin; from 1968 VEB Autobahnbaukombinat. During this time, the training facility was further specialized with expansion of blasting training with special courses for:
- Hot explosions,
- Forming explosions,
- Exploratory blasts,
- Steel blasts,
- Reinforced concrete blasting,
including the legally required repetition courses as a requirement of the First Order on the Explosives Act of the GDR. In addition, the range of training courses was expanded to include pyrotechnics .
Development from 1968
In 1968, Wilfried Reithe took over as the new head of the blasting technology training facility in Dresden. The work program was expanded to include the following training opportunities:
- Machine technology,
- Drill operator and
- Special construction machinists.
Due to increasing demand, 27 internal in-house training centers were set up in the GDR area under the direction of the Dresden explosives school . These were constantly looked after professionally and organizationally by the Sprengschule Dresden. The training center, with its range of specialist skills in the training and further education programs, developed rapidly and expanded. In addition, in-house regular courses:
- Foreman (brigadier),
- Master,
- Occupational Safety Officer
educated and trained. The first blasting courses for building blasting were also carried out. In 1970 were in addition to the blasting technology courses
- Hoist operator,
- Construction machinists for drilling rigs and
- Large drilling rig operator
educated. Two years later, the first courses in non-explosive demolition and dangerous goods transport took place. Furthermore, there were apprentices in the fields
- Construction workers,
- Concrete worker,
- Carpenter ,
- Bricklayer ,
- Construction machinist and
- Construction machinery operator
educated.
Development from 1971
In the period from 1971 to 1972 the Dresden blasting school moved to the current Heidenschanze facility . The former bismuth barracks , later a storage facility for the HO -Warenhaus Dresden, were laboriously rebuilt through personal initiative and after work . Another building was subsequently renovated and rebuilt. Thus the course participants could be accommodated and fed, today's Hotel Heidenschanze. The buildings were modernized between 1990 and 1992. Furthermore, a practice area was created for practical training, so the blasting school has its own practice area in a former quarry below the Heidenschanze in the south of Dresden. The educational institution was named the Central Training Center for Drilling and Blasting Technology Dresden (ZABS) and, from 1982, the leading training institution for drilling and blasting technology . In 1975, the implementation of the training system for four-year blasting repetition tests was completed in the establishment of the training centers. An additional training center was built in the Silberhütte Freiberg .
In June 1988, on behalf of the Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research WBF , courses lasting several days for hot blasting , blasting in hot masses and in October 1988 for chamber blasting in the blasting school were carried out for Swiss blasters . International cooperation developed in the research and application of explosive devices. As an important and recognized partner for business and industry, the training center was involved in the development of specialist literature, specialist and textbooks and teaching letters. Likewise in the scientific section of the Blasting Department of the Chamber of Technology (KdT) and in specialist committees for training and further education, hot blasting and explosive vibrations.
Development from 1990
In 1989 there was a restructuring according to the new federal German regulations. This ensured the continued existence of the Dresden explosives school as a branch of Verkehrsbau Union Berlin GmbH . In 1991 the training center received state recognition for the implementation of training and further education courses according to the explosives law for the areas of blasting technology and pyrotechnics. Bärbel Gütig and Hilmar Schmidt took over the technical management of the courses. The blasting school in Dresden has been a member of the German Blasting Association since 1990 .
At the beginning of the nineties, a huge retraining measure was carried out to familiarize those who were authorized to blast in the former GDR with the new applicable rules and regulations. The educational institution as a branch of Verkehrsbau Berlin was converted into the independent Sprengschule Dresden GmbH in 1992 . Wilfried Reithe and Jürgen Lippok were responsible for the management. In additional courses, the company increasingly focused on the areas of demolition and handling of hazardous substances, and in 1992, as a new training branch, ordnance disposal . In 1993, in special courses under the direction of Günter Fricke, technical observation personnel were trained in the disposal of all types of ammunition from the former Warsaw Pact . The course participants from Lithuania , Estonia , Latvia and the former Yugoslavia were trained on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety . At the same time, training centers were set up in the federal states with the support of the demolition school.
In 1993, the training center received state recognition for the implementation of training and further education courses in ordnance disposal . This not least contributed to the further international recognition of this training center. The pyrotechnics training area was expanded in 1994 under the technical direction of Jörg Rennert with basic and special courses in the areas of handling pyrotechnic safety restraint systems for vehicles and handling explosive substances in the context of film and television productions. Furthermore, collaborations in research projects were created in collaboration with cooperation partners from business and industry. From 1996 to 1997 members of the Dresden demolition school worked in the field of humanitarian demining in Angola , Laos , Mozambique and Bosnia, among others . Training centers have also been set up there.
With a further restructuring, the Dresdner Sprengschule GmbH was founded in 1998 with the responsible managing directors Günter Fricke and Jörg Rennert. An ammunition cabinet and the further expansion of the training area took place for the training of borehole soundings and naval ammunition clearance. The business fields were continuously expanded in the following areas:
- Blasting technology,
- Transport of dangerous goods,
- Ordnance disposal, mine clearance,
- Pyrotechnics,
- Handling of dangerous goods,
- Training of official employees or institutions,
- Cancellation,
- Structural engineering,
- Engineering training and advice.
In order to be able to meet the further high demands of science and technology, topic-related specialist courses and seminars were created:
- Use of modern electronic and non-electronic ignition systems,
- Measurement using the latest GSP technology,
- computer-aided exploration,
- Organization and implementation of mine clearance measures.
Development from 2000
In 2001, an ammunition database was developed in collaboration with the SENNYS company, as well as a computer-aided load calculation and data acquisition system for carrying out large borehole blasts. Version 8.0 of the ammunition database was expanded in 2011 and comprises over 3,500 data records and is available in German and English. The data can now be called up via ammunition and detonator data sheets on the Internet. In 2005 the training for drilling rig operators for the manufacture and installation of extraction blasting began. Special courses in baggage and personal control are also offered today. In addition, a special basic course on handling explosives as part of the training of service dogs was developed. The annual training seminars for dangerous goods officers in the IHK districts of Leipzig, Chemnitz and Dresden were also held several times in the demolition school. Certification by the Office for Accreditation and Licensing Regulations for Employment Promotion (AZWV) took place in October 2008.
In December 2014, the Dresden Explosive School held the 11th Ordnance Disposal Conference under the patronage of the Saxon State Minister of the Interior, Markus Ulbig . In addition, there is cooperation in EU projects and in other European bodies and associations, ESSEM, EUExcert, EUExNET and EFEE.
Jörg Rennert was appointed Vice President of the European Federation of Explosives Engineer in 2010 and was President EFEE between 2012 and 2014. In 2011, the Dresden Explosive School celebrated its 50th anniversary and was able to look back on over 42,500 apprenticeships:
| year | Participant / area |
|---|---|
| since 1961 | 14,143 participants in the field of blasting technology |
| since 1961 | 10,750 participants in the field of construction and mechanical engineering |
| since 1975 | 11,162 participants in pyrotechnics |
| since 1990 | 2,587 participants in the transport of dangerous goods |
| since 1992 | 4,711 participants in the field of ordnance disposal |
The demolition school is in close contact with the following associations and institutes:
- Association of German Fireworkers and Defense Technicians eV,
- German Explosive Association,
- European Explosive Association,
- German Demolition Association,
- Quality protection association for ordnance clearance.
Front view
entrance
view
View of the blasting school and hotel
Proof of qualification: person authorized to blast from December 4, 1970
literature
- Friedrich Weichelt : Manual of commercial blasting technology for demolition masters, technicians and engineers in the stone and earth industry, in the building trade and well construction, in forestry and agriculture. 2., revised. Edition. Verlag Marhold, 1953, DNB 455415897 .
- Anke Rössler: The war after the war: Dresden demolition school clears mines in Bosnia. In: Dresdner Blätter. 9 (1998), pp. 6-8.
- Bärbel Gütig, Jörg Rennert, Günter Fricke, Gerd Vogel: Chronicle 1961–2011 Dresdner Sprengschule 2011.
- Professions in portrait. In: Nordbayerischer Kurier. January 16, 2012.
- BG Bau currently. Corporate magazine. Issue 2, May 2012, p. 14 ff.
- Christiane Raatz: My job is highly explosive! In: Bildzeitung. January 7, 2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Chronicle 1961–2011 Dresdner Sprengschule 2011.
- ^ Manual of commercial blasting technology
- ↑ a b c d e Archive of the Dresden Explosive School
- ↑ efee2015.com ( Memento of the original dated December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
