Blasters training now includes 16 hours of training in the following states:
Alabama, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Delaware, Missouri, Arkansas, Hawaii, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Kentucky
Blasters Training will be held Friday January 26 and Saturday January 27
Early bird Blasters training registration is $445 for members and $555 for non-members.
Standard registration beginning on November 1 is $495 for members and $605 for non-members.
Blasters Training Schedule 2024
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| Friday, January 26,2024 | |
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| 8:00 am - 8:15 am | Welcome Billy Obermire, Austin Powder |
| 8:15 am- 9:15 am | Safety and Security During Loading Operations Brad Brown, Dyno Nobel |
| 9:15 am - 10:15 am | How Drilling Inaccuracies Affect Blasting Katie Muhs, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Regulatory Panel TBD, ATF / PHMSA |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Blast Vibration vs. Diggability Clayton Smith, Vibra-Tech |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Bulk Trucks: Calibration. Types, Uses, New Technology Mark Curry, Orica |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm | Blaster's Math Workshop Nick Adams, Austin Powder |
| Saturday, January 27, 2024 | |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | The Results of Small Mistakes on Blasting Operations Adam Nichols, Austin Powder |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 am | Close Proximity Blasting Next to Sensitive Structures Brandon Babka, McCallum Rock Drilling |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Perimeter Control through Step drilling and Cushion Blasting Mike Koehler, BE Consultants, Inc. |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Delay Timing for Different Geologies Joe Nawrocki, Retired from Dyno Nobel |
| 12:30pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm -3:00 pm | Seismograph Setup & Interpretation Jeff Taylor/Keith Best, Sauls Seismic, LLC |
| 1:30 pm -3:00 pm | Best Practices When Using Detonating Cord and Detonators Frank Lucca, Terra Dinamica |
| 3:00 pm -3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Seismograph Setup & Interpretation Jeff Taylor/Keith Best, Sauls Seismic, LLC |
| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Best Practices When Using Detonating Cord and Detonators Frank Lucca, Terra Dinamica |