Preparing the shot-firer Certificate examination
(Common-core syllabus)

Description :
Statutory documents required by the shot-firer
Typology and use of explosives
Typology and use of fireworks
Priming charge: typology, construction, prohibitions
Mine charging
Electric firing
Handling of incidents
Regulation on the acquisition, transportation and possession of explosives
Nuisances caused by blasts
Field day

Option No. 1: Underground work

Description :
Specific vocabulary
Typology of explosives
Typology of priming methods
Firing sequences
Condition for use, for charging blasts
Underground safety instructions
Regulation applicable to underground work

Option No. 2: Under-water activities

Description :
Typology of explosives
Typology of priming methods
Firing sequences
Condition for use, for charging blasts
Sub-aquatic safety instructions
Special regulation for the aquatic environment

Option No. 7: Bulk loading with material
Using energy

Description :
Explosives which may be bulk-loaded with energy
Production and utilisation materials
Utilisation : methods and safety
Regulation applicable to this type of utilisation

Option No. 8: Electronic priming

Description :
Sequential firing (materials, electricity returns, functional principles, safety) Electronic firing (functional principles, safety rules, example of the DCI system)
Specific regulation

Instrumentation of a firing operation

Description :
1. Before the firing operation : Using the laser profiler, installing seismographs and the detonation speed measurement equipment (VoD), on-site blocometry analysis (WipJoint)
2. During the firing operation: Video acquisition of the firing operation to check the sequence coherence and the quality of the discharge.
3. After the firing operation : analysing the seismic the VoD (verification of the explosive's characteristics), analysing the blocometry (photo-analysis) and the long wall profile (laser profiler)

Fire plan conception

Description :
Typology and presentation of materials (detonators, exploders)
Typology and characteristics of surface firing (mining, clear-cut firing, firing in urban areas, casting…)
Presentation and use of the fire plan software QUALITIR
Field day used to apply one of the fire plans drawn
Fire instrumentation (vibration, VoD…)
Result analysis, especially in terms of blocometry and vibration


Blocometrical analysis

Description :
Learning the basic principles and the working of the software used in measuring blocometry through WIPFRAG© photo-analysis of an image on a fixed station up to on-line processing (on conveyor, for instance). The training will be based on several practical cases and will result in real and concrete mastery of the software. This training complements the one-day training offered to WIPFRAG licence-holders and will enable them to widen and accelerate their mastery of the software.

Regulation on mining

Description :
The big set of legal themes to be discussed will mainly be structured around:
The use of explosives
On-site manufacturing
Storage
Transportation of explosives and pyrotechnic devices
The problem of vibrations


Legal bases

RGIE Industrie Extractive
Decree 87-231 of 27/03/87 on the use of explosives in building works, civil-engineering works and agricultural works.

Vibrations

Description :
Analysis of vibration-problem-related regulations
Recalling the vibration analysis methods (frequency, Fourier transformation…)
Instrumentation utilisation protocol
Instrumentation of a firing operation
Evaluation and analysis of the results of a firing operation
Vibration reduction methods


Pedagogical characteristics

Using Instantel seismograph, QUALITIR 5.1 analysis software, possibility of analysing the signals brought by the participants