Occupational Safety Training for Weapons Manufacturing

1. Overview of weapons

a. What is a weapon?

• A weapon is a tool or device used for offense or defense in war or other military activities. Types of weapons include guns, ammunition, missiles, bombs, tanks, planes, warships, etc. The use of weapons in military activities can cause damage and danger to humans, property, and the natural environment. Therefore, the use of weapons is often controlled by international laws and international treaties.
• Vietnam is one of the countries with a rapidly developing national defense industry in the region and the world. However, due to economic, scientific-technological, resource, and manufacturing experience limitations, Vietnam’s weapons manufacturing industry is still quite low compared to other major countries.
• However, due to issues with technology investment and production management, Vietnam’s weapons manufacturing industry still has some limitations and problems. Therefore, to improve the efficiency of weapons manufacturing, Vietnam is focusing on investing in and developing technology, as well as strengthening cooperation with other countries to access and apply newer and more modern technologies.

b. Types of machinery for weapon manufacturing

The types of machinery for weapon manufacturing depend on the specific type of weapon; however, below are some machines commonly used in the weapon manufacturing process:

• Lathe: used to create small, simple details such as weapon parts like screws, gears, shafts, etc.
• Milling machine: used to create larger, more complex details such as bullet blocks, warheads, gun barrels, gun handles, etc.
• Grinding machine: used to grind surfaces to achieve high precision and accuracy.
• Welding machine: used to join parts together.
• Plasma cutting machine: used to cut metal sheets into the required shapes for weapon manufacturing.
• Drilling machine: used to drill small holes, or perforate on the metal surfaces of weapons.
• Stamping machine: used to shape metal parts into the desired form.

Additionally, there are many other machines such as paint sprayers, rolling machines, material testing machines, etc., depending on the specific type of weapon.

c. Weapon manufacturing factories in Vietnam

Currently, Vietnam has a number of weapon manufacturing factories such as:

• Z111 factory has its main headquarters in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam. This is a place that specializes in manufacturing small-caliber weapons for the Vietnam People’s Army. Enterprise 1 of Z111 factory is a cooperative project to transfer infantry rifle Galil ACE manufacturing technology from the Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) Group and is directed and owned by the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam.

d. Types of weapons manufactured in Vietnam

Vietnam manufactures many different types of weapons to meet the needs of the army and police. Below are some types of weapons manufactured in Vietnam:

• Rifles: Including many types such as sniper rifles, assault rifles, and shotguns, manufactured at factories such as 7.62 gun factory, 719 gun factory, and 67 gun factory.
• Handguns: Including pistols, semi-automatic pistols, and large-caliber pistols, manufactured at the 7.62 gun factory and 719 gun factory.
• Ammunition: Including many different types of ammunition such as rifle ammunition, pistol ammunition, anti-aircraft ammunition, anti-tank ammunition, and homemade ammunition. These types of ammunition are manufactured at many different factories such as 7.62 gun ammunition factory, 55 ammunition factory, and 75 ammunition factory.
• Artillery: Including mortars, self-propelled artillery, and heavy artillery, manufactured at the 7.62 artillery manufacturing factory and 12.7 artillery manufacturing factory.
• Missiles: Including surface-to-air missiles, surface-to-surface missiles, anti-ship missiles, and anti-tank missiles, manufactured at the 25 missile factory and 36 missile factory.

In addition, Vietnam also manufactures many other types of weapons such as cannons, grenades, bombs, mines, etc.

d. Specific jobs in a weapon manufacturing factory

Group 1

• Executive director, deputy executive director, department head in a weapon manufacturing factory.

Group 2

• Safety officer: manages safety in the factory, designs safety procedures, supervises and urges employees to comply with safe working procedures.

Group 3

• Component manufacturing and assembly: this job includes manufacturing components and assembling them into complete products.
• Inspection and testing: this is an important job to ensure the quality and effectiveness of weapon products before they are delivered to customers.
• Maintenance and repair: these jobs ensure that weapon products are maintained, repaired, and serviced to ensure effective and safe operation.

Group 4

• Office jobs, service, sales, and marketing.
• Designing safe manufacturing processes, designing and researching weapons: this job includes researching, designing, developing, and testing types of weapons.
• Procuring raw materials and accessories: this is an important job to ensure the supply of raw materials and accessories for weapon manufacturing.
• Manufacturing management: this is an important job to manage the weapon manufacturing process, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and standards, ensuring product quality, and optimizing manufacturing efficiency.
• Personnel training: this job ensures that employees are adequately trained to perform their jobs and comply with safety regulations and manufacturing processes.

2. Overview of work safety training for weapon manufacturing

Within the scope of this article, we focus on issues related to Group 3, because Group 3 is the group directly involved in the manufacturing process, bearing the highest risk of work safety. Refer to other groups here

a. What is Group 3 work safety training?

• Work safety training for Group 3 are sessions that provide awareness on how to prevent work accidents for employees.
• The work safety training course will help employees recognize and avoid dangers, and limit the risks of work accidents while working.

b. Training duration

Initial safety training duration

• Total training duration is at least 24 hours, including inspection time.
• 8 hours of theoretical study on the policy and legal system regarding work safety and hygiene
• 8 hours of theoretical study on basic knowledge of work safety and hygiene
• 4 hours of theoretical study on specialized training content
• 2 hours of practical training on specialized training content
• 2 hours of theoretical testing at the end of the training course

The safety training center will distribute the time into several training sessions depending on the time arrangement for employees. But usually, there will be 6 training sessions, the course will take place over 3 days, provided that the manufacturing company can arrange continuous study time.

Periodic safety training duration

• Before the work safety card expires, if an employee wants to have it reissued, they must undergo a periodic work safety training course, with the periodic safety training duration being at least 50% of the initial safety training duration.

Explanation: the total periodic work safety training duration is at least 12 hours, including inspection time. After completing the periodic training course and passing the test with a satisfactory score, the employee will have their work safety card reissued or renewed.

c. Content of the training course

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d. Work safety card

After completing the work safety training course and passing the test, the employee will be issued a work safety card (in practice, it’s often called a work safety certificate for Group 3).

The Group 3 safety card will clearly show information such as: full name, date of birth, specific job, and working environment. It also includes the training duration, a red seal, and a signature confirming completion of the training course.

According to the regulations for issuing safety cards specified in clause 2 Article 24 of Decree 44/2016/ND-CP, there are two cases:

• In the case where the employer and the employee have a labor contract, the employer must sign and stamp and affix a seal to the safety card for the trainee in Group 3 after they have undergone the training course from a work safety training unit and passed the test.
• In the case of freelancers or seasonal employees, who do not have a labor contract, the training unit must sign and stamp and affix a seal to the safety card for the employee after they have undergone the training course from the work safety training unit and passed the test.

3. Identifying hazards in weapon manufacturing

Weapon manufacturing is a special industry that contains many potential dangers related to security, safety, and the environment. The main dangers in weapon manufacturing include:

• These accidents often occur during the manufacturing, storage, transportation, or use of weapons.
• Weapon manufacturing requires the use of many chemicals and toxic substances, which can cause environmental pollution and affect human health.
• Weapon manufacturing requires the use of machinery, equipment, and hard materials such as metal, which requires employees to have experience, skills, and competence to use them safely. A lack of safety during the manufacturing process can lead to serious work accidents.
• Security: Due to the special nature of the weapon manufacturing industry, issues related to security are also potential dangers, including information leakage, weapon theft, or attacks from hostile forces.
• Issues related to ethics: Weapon manufacturing is sometimes controversial regarding ethics and sometimes faces opposition from some segments of society.

4. Common work accidents in weapon manufacturing

Weapon manufacturing is a high-risk industry, and work accidents can have serious consequences, especially accidents related to guns, ammunition, and explosive materials. Common work accidents in weapon manufacturing include:

• Explosions and fires: Explosives and explosive materials used in weapon manufacturing have a high risk of fire and explosion, especially during processing, handling, and transportation.
• Physical injuries: Machinery and equipment used in weapon manufacturing can cause injuries and wounds if not used correctly or properly maintained.
• Chemical poisoning: Weapon manufacturing may involve the use of harmful chemicals, which can be dangerous to the health of workers if not used correctly and safely.
• Contamination: Some materials used in weapon manufacturing can pose a risk of contamination to workers, such as metal dust or soil contaminated with toxic chemicals.
• Accidents when using weapons: Accidents when using weapons can occur when weapons are not used correctly or are defective, posing a danger to the user and those around them.

5. Safety measures when participating in weapon manufacturing

Safety measures when participating in weapon manufacturing include:

• Using safe materials to ensure no quality or durability issues occur during the weapon manufacturing process.
• Employees in the weapon manufacturing factory must be fully trained and instructed on work safety, techniques, manufacturing procedures, and how to use machinery and equipment.
• Using full protective equipment such as safety glasses, helmets, gloves, fire-resistant jackets, steel-toed boots, face masks, and other protective equipment to ensure the safety of employees during manufacturing.
• Regularly inspecting, maintaining, and repairing equipment to ensure they operate correctly and safely.
• Raw materials and products must be controlled during manufacturing, storage, and transportation to ensure they do not pose a danger to employees and society.
• Electrical equipment and systems must be installed, maintained, and used correctly to ensure the safety of employees and avoid electrical incidents.
• Toxic waste must be handled correctly to ensure it does not harm the environment and human health.
• Work safety regulations must be fully implemented to ensure the safety of employees during weapon manufacturing.
• Weapon manufacturing activities must be regularly inspected and supervised to ensure safety and avoid accidents.
• Periodically organizing work environment monitoring in factories and enterprises, collecting and analyzing harmful factors for employees, thereby adjusting to reduce the level of harm to prevent occupational diseases for them.

6. Benefits of work safety training for weapon manufacturing

An Toan Nam Viet provides wonderful benefits to your company after completing the work safety training courses in accordance with the regulations in Decree 44/2016/ND – CP on work safety and hygiene for companies, enterprises, and factories.

• Employees can identify potential risks of work accidents and thereby have preventative measures to avoid work accidents.
• Your company can establish risk prevention measures in the manufacturing, operation, and maintenance processes.
• Minimize costs when work safety risks occur.
• Uninterrupted manufacturing will help increase labor productivity and product quality.
• Complying with work safety laws correctly, avoiding legal risks.
• Creating reputation and professionalism in all aspects, thereby enhancing the brand for your company.

The training courses of Nam Viet are the solution to prevent and combat external factors affecting each individual so they can avoid dangers that can lead to injury or, more seriously, death.

7. Customer feedback after completing the work safety training course for weapon manufacturing

An Toan Nam Viet has many years of experience in the mission of accompanying many businesses in Vietnam in general and in the southern provinces in particular. And that responsibility is something very precious to Nam Viet, which is why Nam Viet’s work safety training is always given more and more professional attention. And the motivation for An Toan Nam Viet to grow strong to this day comes from the positive and constructive feedback from businesses. Below are the feedbacks from our valued partners that we have served.

KOSIA E&C Co., Ltd.

“I am very satisfied with Nam Viet’s safety training service, the teaching quality is up to the standards we set. It helps our company deal with one less problem, so we can focus more on our specialty.”

Lee Ki Hwa / General Director

Bac Nam E&C Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company

“The first time I used the service at An Toan Nam Viet, I was very surprised by the enthusiastic 24/7 support of the team of consultants. The class organization was very quick and convenient for our company, thank you very much for Nam Viet’s service!”

Nguyen Thanh Binh / Director

Hoa Dat Construction and Trading Joint Stock Company

“Nam Viet’s service has helped us a lot in simplifying work safety and completing safety records for the working process. The team of consultants is enthusiastic and timely in answering our questions. 5 stars for Nam Viet”

Truong Ba Ngoc Minh / Chairman of the Board of Directors

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8. An Toan Nam Viet’s capacity for work safety training

An Toan Nam Viet is a reputable and quality work safety training center in Vietnam today. With work safety training sessions held continuously at manufacturing workshops, factories, or construction sites across the country (63 provinces in Vietnam).

Work safety training license

• An Toan Nam Viet has been inspected by the Department of Work Safety of the Ministry of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs and granted a certificate of eligibility to operate in work safety and hygiene training. This further strengthens our capacity to provide work safety training.

Materials and lectures

• Before the work safety training materials are included in the work safety training courses, they are reviewed and censored to ensure that the lectures are always correct in terms of knowledge and effective when applied.
• The teaching method of our lecturers is synchronized according to the teaching standards of An Toan Nam Viet, which is a method that experts in work safety and hygiene training have researched and refined during the teaching process to bring the highest knowledge acquisition efficiency to trainees.

Facilities

• Controlling factors in the classroom that affect the training process will increase teaching performance and the effectiveness of knowledge acquisition for trainees.
• Our facilities that support the training course always have spacious classrooms that meet standards for area, lighting, training equipment, etc.

9. Reputable and quality safety training center nationwide

At An Toan Nam Viet, we always put our professional passion for work safety training as our top priority. For us, imparting knowledge on how to protect oneself to workers so that they can have a safe journey in their livelihood is a contribution to building the country.

To ensure the training is effective, we prepare carefully and meticulously every single detail, no matter how small. From preparing tools, equipment, teaching aids to curriculum, materials, sound, and lighting.

Our work safety training lecturers are experts with many years of experience in the field. They even have research projects on identifying hazards in all occupations and how to prevent them.

The lecturers’ lessons are refined from practice and conveyed in the most vivid and easy-to-visualize way to workers. These factors help workers feel comfortable during the study period and acquire our teaching knowledge well. Of course, the knowledge conveyed always closely follows Decree 44/2016/ND-CP.

From there, they grasp many measures to prevent dangers and how to protect themselves. At the same time, they also apply it in the most appropriate way in their actual work.

Our safety training center is proud to be a reputable and professional provider of work safety training services with the following advantages:

• Competitive training costs but training quality is still guaranteed.
• Flexible training schedule to match the manufacturing situation of the company.
• Quick procedures for issuing work safety training certificates, in accordance with the law.
• Lecturers are people with many years of experience in the profession.
• The classroom is controlled for factors affecting the training process to increase teaching performance and the effectiveness of knowledge acquisition for trainees.
• The lectures are compiled to be suitable for work safety at businesses.
• An Toan Nam Viet works with dedication and professionalism to support customers accurately and quickly.

10. See more materials for work safety training for weapon manufacturing

• Work safety training materials
• Work safety training test