Cement Manufacturing
Cement Chemistry and Quality
Quality Control Censorship for Pollution in Cement Industry
Monitoring and controlling emissions to the standard a regulator and a neighbour will both accept.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Contact hours
- 30
- Level
- Intermediate
- Fee from
- On enquiry
Overview
Emission control is a measurement problem before it is an abatement problem, and a plant that cannot defend its data cannot defend its performance. This week covers the monitoring systems, continuous and periodic, their calibration and quality assurance, the abatement equipment behind the stack and what limits each, and the reporting regime. Excursion management is given its own session, because how a plant handles an exceedance usually matters more than the exceedance.
Who should attend
Environmental and compliance officers, laboratory and monitoring staff, process engineers responsible for abatement equipment, and plant managers.
What you will be able to do
- Specify a monitoring system fit for the consent it serves.
- Maintain calibration and quality assurance on continuous monitors.
- Assess abatement equipment performance and limits.
- Manage an excursion including notification.
- Report data that will withstand audit.
How it is taught
Short input, then work, across 5 days of roughly 6 teaching hours each. Exercises run on situations delegates bring rather than on a case study written for a different organisation. Cohorts are capped so that everybody is asked something.
Available as classroom, live online, in house.
Programme outline
Day 1
What is monitored
- Dust, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide
- Trace pollutants and periodic sampling
- Consent limits and averaging periods
Day 2
Monitoring systems
- Continuous emission monitoring equipment
- Sampling location and representivity
- Availability and data capture requirements
Day 3
Quality assurance
- Calibration and drift checks
- Parallel measurement and certification
- Data validation and substitution rules
Day 4
Abatement
- Filters and precipitators
- Nitrogen oxide reduction techniques
- Sulphur capture and scrubbing
Day 5
Excursions
- Detection and immediate response
- Notification obligations and timing
- Investigation and corrective action
What you leave with
- A monitoring plan with quality assurance built in.
- An abatement equipment performance review.
- An excursion response and notification procedure.
Dates and fees
| Dates | Location | Format | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 to 27 November 2026 | Cairo, Egypt | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 30 November 2026 to 4 December 2026 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Durban, South Africa | Classroom | R15,000 |
| 14 to 18 December 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | US$1,500 |
Fees are per delegate and cover tuition, all programme materials and the certificate. Travel, accommodation and visas are arranged by the delegate. Registration closes two weeks before a programme starts.
Certificate
A GATI certificate recording what was attended, issued after the programme has run and attendance has been taken. Attending at least 80 per cent of the days earns a certificate of completion; attending less earns a certificate of attendance stating exactly what was attended. Every certificate carries a code that anybody can check against GATI's own record.
It records participation. and GATI does not claim one it does not hold.