Membership Types - Non Voting

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 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.