Phakwe

Barnard Explosives Technology and Training (Pty) Ltd, (BET&T) is based in Pelindaba, outside of Pretoria, South Africa, and is an accredited training service provider. In this regard, BET&T has a proven capacity to provide training in all of the different disciplines within the explosives field. BET&T was established in March 2016 to provide specialist explosives management services and solutions which included: auditing, risk assessment and analysis, training, and consulting in the explosives environment, with the purpose of delivering a wide range of solutions to their clients. BET&T has the necessary expertise in the full life-cycle management of military and commercial explosives, which includes: the safe disposal of unexploded ordnance (UXO), abandoned explosives, and unstable unsafe and post-shelf-life expired explosives. This expertise was gained by its core members having served more than 20 years in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) coupled with responsibilities for peace support operations in various African states like Burundi and the DRC, and with the clearance of the Ammunition Depot detonation in Mozambique in 2007.