MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR JUL-DEC 2013 (VOL 2) KDN NO: PP8487/06/2013(032604) FOR MEMBERS CIRCULATION ONLY INSTITUTE OF QUARRYING MALAYSIA IQM Assalamualaikum dan selamat sejahtera kepada semua ahli IQM dan juga yang membaca IQM Newslet- ter ini. Kepada sesiapa yang meraya- kan tahun 2014 saya ucapkan sela- mat merayakan tahun tahun semoga kita semua mendapat kenikmatan, kegembiraan dan moga moga In sya Allah tahun baharu ini dengan azam yang baharu adalah lebih baik dari tahun sebelumnya. Bagi saudara kita dari kaum Cina Gong Hi Fa Chai. Sekali lagi kita berjaya melaksanakan Konferen dan Exhibition tahunan yang mendapat sambutan yang sangat baik. Di harap pada tahun ini kita akan mendapat sambutan yang jauh lebih baik dari ahli yang lebih ramai. Bagi ahli kita yang masih lagi belum menyelesaikan tahunan yang lalu harap jangan lupa menyelesaikan kewajipan anda disamping membayar yuran tahun semasa supaya kita terus dapat menjadi ahli keluarga industry kuari ini. Tahniah kepada saudara saudara kita yang telah Berjaya melengkapkan dan lulus semua kursus yang telah melayakkan mereka menerima Quarry Manager Certificate. Saya percaya dengan kejayaan ini akan memberI mereka keazaman yang lebih untuk Berjaya dalam kerjaya mereka. Sehingga kini hanya IQM dalam keluarga IQ antarabangsa yang memperkenalkan kursus seperti ini untuk ahlinya. Ini merupakan satu keperluan yang kita berjaya laksanakan kerana sehingga kini masih belum ada Institusi di Malaysia yang dapat menganjurkan kursus yang serupa. Seperti biasa IQM akan terus menganjurkan kursus dan aktibiti lain seperti “technical Talk” sebagai salah satu proses Pembelajaran Berterusan atau pun pembelajaran keakhir hayat seperti yang dikehendaki oleh kerajaan masa ini. Ini merupakan satu keperluan supaya kita tidak ketinggalan dan menunjukkan kita berupaya menyambut cabaran masa hadapan. Insiden seperti batu berterbangan dari kuari yang disiarkan di akhbar tempatan menunujukkan kita perlu bersedia meningkatkan ilmu keperingkat yang lebih tinggi supaya kejadian seperti ini dapat dielakkan dimasa hadapan. Kita tahu tekanan yang lebih dari segi pengenalan peraturan baharu dan juga tekanan dari orang awam yang mahukan keselamatan akan terus di kenakan terutama kepada kuari yang berdekatan dengan kawasan perumahan, perindustrian dan dimana sahaja manusia berada. Peraturan kerja akan diperketatkan, mungkin “Code of Practice”, SOP (Stand- ard Operating Procedure) dan syarat operasi yang lebih ketat akan diperkenalkan. IQM akan In sya Allah akan berusaha membantu dengan memperkenalkan kursus baharu yang sesuai dengan cabaran terkini. Hanya dengan ilmu baharulah kita dapat meningkatkan taraf kita kepada tingkatan yang lebih baik. Penyebaran ilmu hanya boleh berlaku jika ada orang yang berilmu dan juga berpengalaman dan sanggup menurunkan ilmu yang ada padanya kepada generasi muda yang akan mewarisi orang “senior” seperti kita. Kita tidak boleh sentiasa mengharapkan “pakar” luar sahaja.Saya percaya kita mempunyai ramai orang yang boleh melatih anak anak muda kita dengan menyumbang contoh nya artikel, kertas kerja dan juga memberi “technical talk” atau idea bernas semasa Konferen, workshop atau perjumpaan yang dianjurkan oleh IQM. Kadang kadang aktibiti ini akan melibatkan kos yang agak tinggi dan akan memerlukan penaja. Oleh sebab itu IQM juga mengalu ngalukan pihak Kuari atau pun individu atau pun persatuan yang berminat tampil kehadapan menaja aktibiti seperti ini untuk manafaat bersama. Setakat ini hanya pembekal peralatan kuari sahaja yang menaja aktibiti “technical talk” yang lebih kepada memperkenalkan alat atau peralatan baru kepada industry kuari. Saya harap pada masa hadapan ada Kuari dapat menaja aktibiti ini mengenai subjek semasa seperti isu alam sekitar umpama kejadian batu berterbangan, keselamatan dan keselamatan, perundangan dan isu yang berkaitan dengan kuari dan orang awam. IQM juga boleh menjemputan Jabatan jabatan kerajaan untuk memberi pandangan atau kehendak mereka dari industry kuari. IQM juga boleh memanggil pakar tertentu untuk memberi syarahan subjek khas yang penting kepada industri kuari. Sekian Ir Hj Look Keman bin Sahari Editor
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MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
JUL-DEC 2013 (VOL 2) KDN NO: PP8487/06/2013(032604) FOR MEMBERS CIRCULATION ONLYINSTITUTE OF QUARRYING MALAYSIA
IQMAssalamualaikum dan selamat
sejahtera kepada semua ahli IQM dan juga yang membaca IQM Newslet-ter ini. Kepada sesiapa yang meraya-kan tahun 2014 saya ucapkan sela-mat merayakan tahun tahun semoga kita semua mendapat kenikmatan, kegembiraan dan moga moga In sya Allah tahun baharu ini dengan azam yang baharu adalah lebih baik dari tahun sebelumnya. Bagi saudara kita dari kaum Cina Gong Hi Fa Chai.
Sekali lagi kita berjaya melaksanakan Konferen dan Exhibition tahunan yang mendapat sambutan yang sangat baik. Di harap pada tahun ini kita akan mendapat sambutan yang jauh lebih baik dari ahli yang lebih ramai. Bagi ahli kita yang masih lagi belum menyelesaikan tahunan yang lalu harap jangan lupa menyelesaikan kewajipan anda disamping membayar yuran tahun semasa supaya kita terus dapat menjadi ahli keluarga industry kuari ini.
Tahniah kepada saudara saudara kita yang telah Berjaya melengkapkan dan lulus semua kursus yang telah melayakkan mereka menerima Quarry Manager Certificate. Saya percaya dengan kejayaan ini akan memberI mereka keazaman yang lebih untuk Berjaya dalam kerjaya mereka. Sehingga kini hanya IQM dalam keluarga IQ antarabangsa yang memperkenalkan kursus seperti ini untuk ahlinya. Ini merupakan satu keperluan yang kita berjaya laksanakan kerana sehingga kini masih belum ada Institusi di Malaysia yang dapat menganjurkan kursus yang serupa.
Seperti biasa IQM akan terus menganjurkan kursus dan aktibiti lain seperti “technical Talk” sebagai salah satu proses Pembelajaran Berterusan atau pun pembelajaran keakhir hayat seperti yang dikehendaki oleh kerajaan masa ini. Ini merupakan satu keperluan supaya kita tidak ketinggalan dan menunjukkan kita berupaya menyambut cabaran masa hadapan. Insiden seperti batu berterbangan dari kuari yang disiarkan di akhbar tempatan menunujukkan kita perlu bersedia meningkatkan ilmu keperingkat yang lebih tinggi supaya kejadian seperti ini dapat dielakkan dimasa hadapan. Kita tahu tekanan yang lebih dari segi pengenalan peraturan baharu dan juga tekanan dari orang awam yang mahukan keselamatan akan terus di kenakan terutama kepada kuari yang berdekatan dengan
kawasan perumahan, perindustrian dan dimana sahaja manusia berada. Peraturan kerja akan diperketatkan, mungkin “Code of Practice”, SOP (Stand-ard Operating Procedure) dan syarat operasi yang lebih ketat akan diperkenalkan. IQM akan In sya Allah akan berusaha membantu dengan memperkenalkan kursus baharu yang
sesuai dengan cabaran terkini. Hanya dengan ilmu baharulah kita dapat meningkatkan taraf kita kepada tingkatan yang lebih baik.
Penyebaran ilmu hanya boleh berlaku jika ada orang yang berilmu dan juga berpengalaman dan sanggup menurunkan ilmu yang ada padanya kepada generasi muda yang akan mewarisi orang “senior” seperti kita. Kita tidak boleh sentiasa mengharapkan “pakar” luar sahaja.Saya percaya kita mempunyai ramai orang yang boleh melatih anak anak muda kita dengan menyumbang contoh nya artikel, kertas kerja dan juga memberi “technical talk” atau idea bernas semasa Konferen, workshop atau perjumpaan yang dianjurkan oleh IQM. Kadang kadang aktibiti ini akan melibatkan kos yang agak tinggi dan akan memerlukan penaja.Oleh sebab itu IQM juga mengalu ngalukan pihak Kuari atau pun individu atau pun persatuan yang berminat tampil kehadapan menaja aktibitiseperti ini untuk manafaat bersama. Setakat ini hanyapembekal peralatan kuari sahaja yang menaja aktibiti “technical talk” yang lebih kepada memperkenalkan alat atau peralatan baru kepada industry kuari.
Saya harap pada masa hadapan ada Kuari dapat menaja aktibiti ini mengenai subjek semasa seperti isu alam sekitar umpama kejadian batu berterbangan, keselamatan dan keselamatan, perundangan dan isu yang berkaitan dengan kuari dan orang awam. IQM juga boleh menjemputan Jabatan jabatan kerajaan untuk memberi pandangan atau kehendak mereka dari industry kuari. IQM juga boleh memanggil pakar tertentu untuk memberi syarahan subjek khas yang penting kepada industri kuari.
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Ir Hj Look Keman bin SahariEditor
WHAT’S IN STORE FOR YEAR 2014
1. Training Course for Shot-Firers : 03 – 08 March 2014 (IQM)2. Drilling Course : 7 – 10 April 2014 (IQM)3. Shot-Firer Practical Exam Course : 25 – 26 April 2014 (IQM)
4. Crushing & Screening Course : 5 – 8 May 2014 (IQM)5. Training Course for Shot-Firers : 19 – 24 May 2014 (Sabah)6. OSH for Quarry Managers : 9 – 12 June 2014 (IQM)7. 12th AGM/Technical Talk : 21 June 2014 (Holiday Villa Subang)
10. Training Course for Shot-Firers : 10 – 15 November 2014 (IQM)
Please note that courses listed in italic are part of the requirements for the Quarry Managers Certificate issued by IQM. All other Courses are part of Continuous Professional Development planned by IQM and many more will be planned to ensure our members will be always up to date with the current legal, management and also technological development.
IR LEE KAM FATT PRESIDENTHJ MUSTAPHA MOHD LIP DEPUTY PRESIDENTCHEN NYET LIN HON. SECRETARYDATO’ PROF IR DR ERIC GOH HON. TREASURERIR HJ LOOK KEMAN SAHARI COUNCIL MEMBER
COUNCIL MEMBERS (2012/2013)MOHD ZA’IM ABDUL WAHAB COUNCIL MEMBERIR NORHAMIDI MD DIN COUNCIL MEMBERPANG KANG NGEN COUNCIL MEMBERCHUNG TING YEW COUNCIL MEMBERNIRMALA DEVI MANAGER
Courses / Activities for 2014
IQ United Kingdom has recommended that every member of IQ should endeavour to accumulate at least 30 CPD hrs every year to ensure all members are up to date in knowledge or expertise in the industry. This 30 hrs can be accumulated through some of the following activities:
1. Attending seminars, conferences or workshop 2. Attending technical talks3. Technical visits to quarries, factories etc related to quarrying activities4. Studying or reading related literatures5. Representing IQ in meetings6. Giving talks or lectures on related subjects
The hours should be recorded as a document proving that the member earned the CPD hrs.For more information the member should go to the IQ UK website.
CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FOR 2014
Please be informed that the Annual Subscription (Membership Fee) for 2014 is due for payment. Kindly ensure that your subscription is paid in time to avoid termination of membership.
Kindly send in your payment by crossed cheque / bank draft / money order made in favour of “Institute of Quarrying Malaysia Bhd”.
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To encourage members to retain their membership on a long term basis, IQM is offering a new membership scheme, for an advance payment of five (5) years membership fee the member will be given a free one year membership fee. This will benefit not only the member but also reduce the administration cost. IQM hope more members will accept this beneficial scheme.
Membership Payment Scheme
The writer recently had the opportunity to attend an Advanced Safety Audit and Inspection Course (Free of Charge as a CPD Auditor) organised by a local Training Provider but run by a foreign experienced Trainer. The three day Course cost US 2000 dollars. One of the first and primary issue the Auditor would ask in the Auditing program is the budget for training of the related employees. The availability of enough fund for training is a proof of commitment of the employer not only to the safety of his plant, equipment and also to the safety of his employees. In the context of the quarry industry where the statistic in many countries has proven that it is one of the more dangerous industries, the selection of courses for the employee to attend is also an important criteria to consider. How often are they required to attend refresher course and how many days per year he is allotted for training and retraining is really a very important issue especially in the current modern world where technology changes very fast. What is current today may be obsolete in a few months time. What we learned a few years ago may no longer be sufficient to tackle issues created by the new technologies supposed to improve our lives. The fast pace of technology development no doubt has
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With the immense success and popularity of the Quarry Directory 2013, IQM is now introducing yet another issue of the Quarry Directory Malaysia 2014. Companies who wish to advertise in the next issue of the Directory can contact the IQM Secretariat, Madam Nirmala Devi at 603-80624194 / 5 or email to [email protected] to enquire on the rates and artwork. You could also visit our website to download the Space Order Form at www.iqm.com.my. If your company is not listed in the Directory, and you think it should be, send us your updated details immediately.
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made our lives better but also require us to learn new subjects as well. Unfortunately for many it requires us to continuously learn and learn until the day when we go to sleep for good. The old idea where once we pass an examination , the Certificate is valid for life is no longer applicable. It is the trend nowadays where a Certificate that we earned today is only valid for a few years and renewal is necessary and only on condition of attending a Professional Development Course and sometime passing an examination. This is particularly true with competency certificate where the handling of dangerous materials is part of the job. Continuous practicing and drill is a requirement to ensure alertness in job.
Risk assessment is also a continuous process a worker must do whether in advance that is in report before a job is carried out or in his head when the job is being performed. It is quite normal in an accident enquiry for the committee to ask for such evaluation before a decision to allow for a job to proceed. It seems that the era of only a brave man can do a difficult and dangerous job is no longer applicable now. An intelligent, knowledgeable and competence worker is now the choice and the brave one is only one of the required trait and it is the expensive one with high insurance cover.
There are many other subjects that need to be considered in Safety Auditing such as the availability of Code of Practice, Safe or Standard Operating Procedures, chosen standards to follow, Safety equipments etc.
Audit should be performed regularly whether internally or by an an independent external auditor to ensure alertness within the company and to ensure the company is ahead.
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Sustainable Development, Green Technology and Best Practices
Governments, industry captains, academia and the quarrying industry will find
this an invaluable reference which provides a comprehensive overview of the
holistic challenges faced by the quarrying industry worldwide complemented
by unique strategies towards economic sustainability of the quarrying sector.
Information in this international book ranges from strategic advances in
sustainable development, impacts of respective legislation, state-of-the-art
green (environmental-friendly) technology; effective environmental,occupational
safety and health management, best industrial practices, research (R&D)
innovations, quarry management certification, risk management and
supplemented by the mineral development master plan to spearhead the
quarrying sector to another level of global excellence. The strength of this
practical reference lies in the manner that the overall concepts of integrated
quarries and quarrying innovations are discussed towards effective quarrying
stewardship. The chapters have been presented methodically for ease of
comprehension to address a wide range of global readership. This handy
reference book is appropriately useful as an invaluable guide to the government
and industry towards sustainable development; as academic teaching material,
and as a catalyst for further research and development (R&D) worldwide.
Governments, industry captains, academia and the quarrying industry will find this an invaluable reference which provides a comprehensive overview of the holistic challenges faced by the quarrying industry worldwide complemented by unique strategies towards economic sustainability of the quarrying sector. Information in this international book ranges from strategic advances in sustainable development, impacts of respective legislation, state-of-the-art green (environmental-friendly) technology; effective environmental, occupational
safety and health management, best industrial practices, research (R&D) innovations, quarry management certification, risk management
and supplemented by the mineral development master plan to spearhead the quarrying sector to another level of global excellence. The strength of this practical reference lies in the manner that the overall concepts of integrated quarries and quarrying innovations are discussed towards effective quarrying stewardship. The chapters have been presented methodically for ease of comprehension to address a wide range of global readership. This handy reference book is appropriately useful as an invaluable guide to the government and industry towards sustainable development; as academic teaching material, and as a catalyst for further research and development (R&D) worldwide.
The cost of this publication is RM150 for IQM members and RM200 for non-members. Additional RM10 per book will be charged for postage.
To purchase a copy, please fill in the order form below and send it to us with your payment.
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IQM CONEX 2013Quality Strategies towards Quarrying Excellence
22 & 23 October 2013 Palm Garden Hotel, Putra 1 & 2, IOI Resort, 62402 Putrajaya, Malaysia.
RECIPIENTS OF THE QUARRY MANAGER’S CERTIFICATE (QMC) PRESENTED AT THE IQM CONEX 2013 OPENING CEREMONY
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For a quarry that operates near houses or any structure of important blast recording and monitoring is no longer an option but a must do. Blast monitoring alone as required by the authority is no longer sufficient to satisfy the authority. To the knowledge of the writer, the authority so far has not asked for blasting record. The Authority normally set the limit for Airblast and Ground Vibration which means blast monitoring must be performed.The limit as set by the Authority such as for example according to the German Standard DIN 4150 is not actually a limit that will cause damage to a common structure such as houses, factory, offices etc but is more a limit that will minimise disturbance to the people and in turn will minimise complain and also fear from the public, it is impossible to eliminate complain altogether because of differences in the ability of human being to detect vibration. Some people can detect vibration at well below 2.0 mm/sec.
Blast monitoring alone will not tell the performer why at a particular reading is high or low. The distance from the blasting site, the total amount of explosives and also the maximum instantaneous charge (MIC) or charge per delay are also a very important parameters that must be taken into account. The blast design parameter such as burden, spacing, depth, timing, direction of blast are also very important parameters to consider not forgetting, the geology of the area.
As such the blasting parameters must therefore be properly recorded. The distance from the blasting site can be estimated
from the mining/quarrying scheme plan or by using GPS. Properly prepared blasting plan and blast monitoring record will become handy when there are complains of alleged damage to building from the public or in worse case an accident such as even flyrock. The properly prepared records will make it easier for the quarry operator or the Authority to do investigation.
Proper recording will also enable the operator to estimate the value of vibration and airblast in advance and make it easier for the blasting engineer to plan for compliance instead of checking for compliance as is normally done now by many quarry operators. There are very few quarry operators that record blasting event in a proper manner and thus one of our speakers during last year’s conference had to rely on readings from those few quarries for his thesis paper. May be the Authority should come up with an acceptable format reporting that can be used to a Court standard where experts argue against each other typical in a damage claim. ACTUALLY the sample of such report can easily be obtained from the website or papers from training workshop mainly from USA and be modified and used in our local application.
Considering that many of the quarries are operating near residential areas especially in Selangor, Penang and also Johor there is an urgent need for the quarry
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operators to upgrade the expertise of their Blasting engineer and also their Shotfirers in blasting, blast recording and also blast monitoring to protect themselves when neighbours complaints of alleged damaged from blasting work. Properly prepared blast recording and monitoring also wil make it easy for lawyers to defence his client in lawsuit by complainants.
For research and development purposes, proper records can help our current and future scientists in their research work to improve our blasting practices unlike now when the results we obtained from blasting work become useless for our future blasters and engineers.
The aims of well recorded blast record and blast monitoring records are to make them usable at least to the following people:
1. The blaster himself2. The Quarry engineer and management3. The Authority/Investigator/Consultants4. The Researcher5. The lawyer
There are so many people who may one day want to see those records. It is not cheap to do a proper blasting and blast monitoring record. So, why not do a proper one ?
