IExpE Specialist Examination No 2
Quarrying

In the two papers candidates will be examined in the theory and use of explosives in different types of quarry.

Paper 1

• Legislation Relating to the Use of Explosives in Quarries
• Licence Requirements for Site Mixed Explosives
• Shotfiring Rules
• Blasting Specifications
• Storage and Conveyance of Explosives and Detonators
• Dealing with Deteriorated Explosives and Detonators
• Profiling and Measurement of Quarry Faces
• Shotfiring Equipment
• The Dangers of Pre-Initiation of Electric Detonators
• Checking the Position of Finished Shotholes
• Shotfiring Procedures
• Estimation of Danger Zones
• Explosives: Types Used, Characteristics and Suitability
• Misfires

Paper 2

A two hour paper of questions in essay form, requiring the candidate to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and experience of the use of explosives in quarries.

NECESSARY BACKGROUND READING

• The Quarries (Explosives)Regulations 1999: Approved Code of Practice
  

  HSE Books

• The Use of Explosives in Quarrying
  

  T E White & P Robinson Institute of Quarrying

• Location of Quarry Blast Holes:

  HSE Contract Research Report No 6/1988

• Literature and Selected Papers on Characteristics and Use of Quarry Explosives and Initiation Devices:

  Available on Application, from Explosives Suppliers Including Exchem Explosives and Orica Europe

• The Safe Use of Explosives in Quarries

  SL8 Institute of Quarrying

• Past Papers on Drilling and Explosives Quarry Management
• Specialist Papers on the Use of Explosives Quarry Management
• Specialist Papers on the Use of Explosives in Quarries Explosives Engineering
• Quarries Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions Regulations
  

  1995 HSE Books

• The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

  1995 HSE Books

• A Guide to the Control of Explosives Regulations 1991
  

  * ISBN 0 11 885670 7. HSE Books

Advised Reading

• QPTC Guideline Series : No 1 Misfires EPIC
• QPTC Guideline Series : No 2 Managers Rules for Shotfirers EPIC
• QPTC Guideline Series : No 3 The Blasting specification EPIC
• QPTC Guideline Series : No 4 Training, Appointments and Competence EPIC
• Explosives Use, Drilling and Surveying Guidance for the Quarrying and Associated Industries
  

  * IExpE Publication No. 853000 I.Exp.E 6.

• ISEE Blasters Handbook
  

  International Society of Explosives Engineers Publication

Supporting Literature

• Product Literature from Explosives Manufacturers
• SI No 2093 Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations
  

  1996 ISBN 0 11 062925 6 HSE Books

• Guidance Notes for Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations
  

  ISBN 0 7176 12511 HSE Books

• Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering
  

  P A Persson & R Holmberg ISBN 0 8493 8978 X CRC Press 1993

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
  

  1988 HSE Books