Blasting courses

EPC-UK is a market leading provider of blasting and commercial explosives related training courses, delivered in a classroom environment or via online webinar. We support professionals across a diverse range of industry sectors, with courses from Explosives Awareness and Environmental Management to Shotfiring and Explosives Legislation.

Utilising the latest explosives technology, our trainers have many years of industry experience and knowledge, all of which is distilled into our comprehensive training courses, both bespoke and modular.

Our courses are specifically designed to develop understanding and good practice on-site, with a focus on day-to-day operations, and contribute directly to the ongoing training and professional advancement of the industry and individuals.

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Our modular courses

Each course is specifically designed to combine periods of formal teaching with extensive application experience and case studies. Full course notes are provided for all participants and in many cases, include a site visit. Modular courses and assessments can lead to the explosives Supervisor Qualification. The full training course is composed of 4 modules: Quarry Shotfiring, Blast Calculation and Design, Environmental Control and Safety and Legislation. Bespoke courses can be planned for customers’ specific requirements on any blasting and related topics.

Shotfiring Course

E1. Fundamentals of Explosives

E2. Types of Explosive

E3. Initiation Systems

E4. Live Firing Demonstration

E5. Introduction to Explosives Legislation

E6. Hazard Classification and Emergency Procedures

E8. Personal Safety

Q1. Introduction to Bench Blasting

Q2. Initiation Techniques for Bench Blasting

Q3. Design of Initiation Patterns for Bench Blasting

Q4. Bench Blast Geometry, Surveying and Setting Out

Q5. Flyrock, Causes, Effect and Control

Q6. Basic Design of Bench Blasts and Blast Hole Loading

Q7. Shotfiring Operations for Bench Blasting

Q8. Causes, Avoidance and Handling of Misfires in Surface Operation

Q9. Quarries Legislation and the Blast Specification

Underground Mining Course

E1. Fundamentals of Explosives

E2. Types of Explosive

E3. Initiation Systems

E4. Live Firing Demonstration

E5. Introduction to Explosives Legislation

E6. Hazard Classification and Emergency Procedures

E8. Personal Safety

M1. Shotfiring in Miscellaneous Mines.

Awareness Course

E1. Fundamentals of Explosives

E2. Types of Explosive

E3. Initiation Systems

E4. Live Firing Demonstration

E5. Introduction to Explosives Legislation

E6. Hazard Classification and Emergency Procedures

E8. Personal Safety

Explosives Supervisor Course

BD1. Explosives Characteristics for Supervisors

BD2. Initiation Techniques for Bench Blasting

BD3. Geometry for Supervisors

BD4. Blast Sequencing for Supervisors

BD5. Blast Design for Supervisors

BD6. Changing the Blast Design

BD7. Smooth Blasting

SL1. Organisation and Planning

SL2. Legislation and Codes of Practice

SL3. The Quarries Regulations

SL4. Misfires

EN1. Environmental Basics

EN2. Blast Monitoring

EN3. Vibration Monitoring and Prediction

EN4. Environmental Control

Book your classroom or webinar course

Shotfiring Webinar Course

30 Nov 2020

Sessions

30 Nov
10am – 12pm
2pm – 4pm

01 Dec
10am – 12pm
2pm – 4pm

02 Dec
10am – 12pm
2pm – 4pm

03 Dec
10am – 12pm

£2125/+VAT