Managing Director Student Brief Your Role Your role

Managing Director Student Brief Your Role Your role is to lead and support your colleagues in the company, throughout the planning of the display. You will need to allocate funds from the budget and make sure that information is shared and that deadlines are met. You also need to create the final presentation and proposal of your company’s ideas. What You Need to do • Throughout the Project − Decide on the division of the budget and allocate what is needed to each member of your team − Facilitate information sharing within your team − Think about the proposal and how you want to present your team’s ideas − Help with any task that needs assistance − Make sure everyone in your team is on task • During the Second Session − With your team, decide on a company name − Work out a rough budget for cost of fireworks, manpower, profit, etc. − Work out important deadlines with your team and who will be doing what − Decide how the written task will be carried out − Discuss your plans with the expert • By the Third and Fourth Session − Work on the presentation − Work with the Site Manager and DG Safety Officer to determine the amount of manpower needed for the site − Ensure your team is up to date on their paperwork − Facilitate information sharing within your team • By the Fifth Session − Make sure everyone else has their paperwork to hand in − Finalize the fireworks budget with the Creative Director − Give your presentation and hand in your team’s paperwork

Managing Director Student Brief Things to Think About: Managing Your Team Your team will be working individually on some tasks and will need to work together on other tasks. How are you going to help organise the team and help support them in working with each other? How will information and techniques be shared within the team? Budgets and Profits In the first week, you will need to work out how to spend the money given by BUSU. Some of this will need to be your profit, some will need to be spent on fireworks and some on other costs (manpower for set-up, transport, etc. ). How are you going to divide up the money? How much profit are you expecting? Can you resource anything from outside the company? Producing a Winning proposal Your proposal needs to show off your technical expertise, creativity, and safety. How will you communicate this to the Student Union representatives? You will have a visual aid with the simulation software, how will you use a simulation to your advantage? If there is no simulation software, how will you explain or show the visual aspect of the display? You will need to include information from all your team and their work. Include how the £ 2000 will be spent, some simulation and display info, safety information, which field you chose and how the site will be laid out. How to prioritise your tasks and the tasks of your team: There are many common techniques used to organise one’s time and schedule which can be adapted to team based projects, too. Mind Maps - where you produce visual cues that connect the pieces of the project together. Would help to see who needs to work with whom on which parts of the project. Time lines - Used to organise when various pieces of paperwork need to be completed. To do list – Who needs to do what by when and cross them off as you go.

Creative Director Student Brief Your Role Your role in the company is to design the visual aspect of the fireworks display using a display simulation software. You will need to be creative and demonstrate technical knowledge of pyrotechnics. You will also need to work within the budget provided for you to create your show. What You Need to do • Throughout the Project − Design the show, using the simulation software • During the Second Session − Consider the site location and who the audience will be − With the Managing Director, decide on music for the show − Discuss ideas for colour scheme, theme or anything else related to the design of the show, with your colleagues − Discuss your plans with the expert • By the Third Session − Work out a rough draft of the show − Liaise with the Site Manager and Dangerous Goods safety officer to make sure your show meets the site safety requirements − Create a cue list/order form to budget for the fireworks you need so far − Help the managing director with the presentation − Decide on a Firing system to add to your cue list • By the Fourth Session − Have the design finalised − Have a simulation made and saved so it can be used in your presentation − Hand in your order form/ cue list along with the rest of the presentation

Creative Director Student Brief Things to Think About: Aerial Shells The most common and impressive type of firework, consists of a sphere or cylinder full of colour producing stars and a burst charge, to allow the stars to disperse in the air. Mines Ground based fireworks where the colour producing stars are ejected out of a mortar tube, creating a fountain-like effect. Some are often preceded by a small fountain, before the stars are ejected. Comets are simple pyrotechnic material that usually come in the form of a single pellet. They usually are ignited before the firing and produce a tail effect, straight out of the mortar. Small comets are often placed on aerial shells as a feature. Cakes A series of other fireworks pre-wired and pre-prepared to go off in a certain order. Often a mixture of mines, comets, and small aerial shells. Stars The main component of fireworks, which creates the colour and other effects upon ignition.

Site Manager Student Brief Your Role Your role in the company is to make sure the site is secure and set out in a reasonable way. You will need to make sure the correct location and amount of space needed is provided. You will have to work closely with other members of the team to make sure the site is planned correctly. What You Need to do • Throughout the Project − Organise the site location and how the site will be divided between the fireworks, audience and safety areas. − Work closely with the health and safety officer to determine the safe areas. • During the Second Session − Discuss the safety of the site location with the safety officer − Consider potential safety issues of the site − Make a list of questions to ask the expert • By the Third Session − Determine which field the show will be in (work with the rest of the team). − Measure the field and determine the best location for the audience, fireworks and safety zone, and fallout area. − Determine the maximum shell size to be used in the field, depending on the fallout area calculations. − Liaise with the creative director about the firework allowed for the size of the sites. − Work with the Dangerous Goods Safety officer to determine where the correct safety equipment needs to be on the site map • By the Fourth Session − Help present the show to the judging panel − Hand in a site plan which designates the firing direction, designated firing area, audience placement, safety areas, fallout area, and saftey equipment to hand (eg. Fire extinguishers).

Student Brief Site Manager Things to Think About: • How might you calculate the fallout distance for your show? − (Hint: a shell coming out of a mortar is projectile in motion) • What ways can you measure the fields? • What structures and buildings are nearby? • Where is the wind coming from? How will that affect your set up? • How might the wind direction affect your decisions on the fields? • What is the minimum amount of people to have on site for safety reasons? The essential areas for a fireworks display: Fallout Area Firing Zone Safety Zone Audience

Dangerous Goods Safety Officer Student Brief Your Role Your role in the company is to ensure the health and safety of the spectators and employees at the fireworks display. You need to work with the others in the company to identify the hazards, who will be at risk and the control measures needed to ensure the safety of all present. What You Need to do • Throughout the Project − Consider the safety issues of the site and the fireworks themselves − Help the Site Manager determine proper locations for safety equipment • During the Second Session − Consider the safety issues of the site −Discuss the safety of the site location with the site manager −Make a list of questions to ask the expert • By the Third Session − Help with the presentation and proposal − Advise the Site Manager about hazards near each possible field − Advise the Site Manager about safety measures needed on the day for the site plan − Advise the Creative Director on any hazards that may exist for any fireworks they choose • By the Fourth Session − Update your Risk Assessment and − Produce a final risk assessment and hand it in − Help present the proposal to get the bid for the display

Dangerous Goods Safety Officer Student Brief Things to Think About: How to Assess Risk: §Identify the Hazards −Walk around the site location and look for hazards. −Ask colleagues what they think. −Check manufacturer’s instructions. −Look at past risk assessments. §Decide who is at risk for each hazard −Is the audience at risk? −Are the stewards or your employees at risk? −Are buildings or other nearby structures at risk? −Who else could be at risk? §Evaluate the risks and determine control measures −How can the risk be avoided or prevented? −How can the risk be controlled to cause the least possibility of harm? −Is there a less risky option? −Think about guarding a dangerous location, personal protective equipment (PPE), barriers, etc. §Record findings and share with colleagues −Create a written risk assessment. −Share the findings with everyone else on the team. §Review the assessment and update −Always look for new hazards. −Update your risk assessment as new risks appear. −Update your colleagues on new developments. Based on the Health and Safety Executive Document “The 5 Steps to Risk Assessment”. See: http: //www. hse. gov. uk/pubns/indg 163. pdf (Accessed 08 Feb 2012).