Course Information and Overview
8-9 hrs per day over 3 days = 27 hours total
Course Outcomes
Advanced Drill and Blast Principles
- Timing and sequencing
- Slashing design
- Design a working plan from set parameters
- Critically evaluating extraction method
Stope Design and Optimisation
- Complex stope design
- Mining economics
- Charging risks and considerations
Additional Considerations
- Backfill considerations and complications
- Data and physicals tracking
- Management and reporting
Requirements
- 0 – 4 years’ experience in an underground drill and blast engineering role
- Undergraduate degree in:
- Science (Mining)
- Engineering (Mining)
- or related discipline
- This training course is held in an office space and hi-vis clothing is not required
Course Content
Day 1
Advanced Drill and Blast Principles
- Detailed D&B concepts to problem solving case studies to real mine situations
- Timing and sequencing
- Slashing designs
- Create working designs
- Critically thinking extraction method not just doing the standard/ same repetition.
Day 2
Stope design and optimisation
- Stope design and optimisation
- Mining economic considerations
Day 3
- Charging through broken ground
- Brow management
- Backfill considerations and complications
- Data/physicals tracking, management and reporting
Assessment Method
- Simulated learnings and tutorials
- Group problem solving
- Exercise D&B design
- Case study
1-2 people $3,500.00 per person
3-5 people (from the same mine) $3,400.00 per person
- Fee includes the course, course facilities, course materials, lunch & refreshments.
- Participants’ laptops are required for this training.
- This training course is held in an office space and hi-vis clothing is not required.
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