Blasting operations are a strong and important part in any kind of building and mining industry, a shot-firer profession is one of the oldest professions in the civilized world. It still serves an important and ongoing purpose in the modern economy all over the world.rnEurope, nowadays, values strongly the mobility of workers, the movement of know-how and labor force between different countries inside Europe. There are no borders for most of the everyday professions.rnBlasting work, however, is still a national task in most countries. In a Pan-European perspective the technical skills and available training means for workers and related staff handling civil explosives for use in blasting operations varies from well satisfying to non-existent training. Most countries have developed their own training courses, fitted to their local regulations or in some countries there is no possibility to acquire any training nor the certification for the profession. The main hindrance to crossing the borders with competent blasting labor force is still the national certification system for shot-firers and blast designers.rnAs these problems are familiar not only to Europe but also to the US, we would like to bring you an European experience, as one possibility to find a way through this.rnSo in order to tackle these problems, the European Federation of Explosives Engineers (EFEE) has taken some steps to influence the situation in Europe. EFEE is strongly involved in current discussions concerning the European Union working standards. The idea is to create a unified training system which would certify a person’s good technical competences and then use this certification in different countries. It would enable this category of professional shot-firers and blast designers to apply for jobs outside of their own countries without time-consuming delays in obtaining appropriate permits.
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