Course curriculum

  • 1

    Drilling - Basic Principles

    • Drill Consumables

    • Production Drill Consumables

    • Drilling Deviation

    • Drilling Deviation

    • Desktop Tutorial

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 1-4

    • Drill Deviation (cntd).pdf

    • Desktop Tutorial Download 5

    • Drill Set Up & Mark Up

    • Drill Set Up & Mark Up

    • Worked Example Downloads
  • 2

    Blasting - Basic Principles

    • Initiation Systems

    • Bulk Explosives

    • Detonator Sensitive Explosives

    • Initiation Systems

    • Bulk & Detonator Sensitive Explosives

    • Bulk & Detonator Sensitive Explosives (cntd.)
  • 3

    Advanced Drilling Theory

    • Burden, Spacing & Hole Diameter

    • Burden & Spacing

    • Burden & Spacing Considerations

    • Hole Diameter

    • Burden, Spacing & Hole Diameter (cntd.)

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 6-7

    • Dump, Dip & Fly

    • Subdrill

    • Standoff

    • Dump, Dip & Fly

    • Dump, Dip & Fly (cntd.)

    • Subdrill & Standoff

    • Stope Geometry & Layout

    • Stope Geometry & Layout

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 8-9

    • Initial Void Methods

    • Rise design

    • Slotting

    • Ring Design

    • Desktop Tutorial Download 10

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 11-15

    • Worked Example Downloads
  • 4

    Advanced Blasting Theory

    • Swell Factor & Void

    • Swell Factor & Void

    • Swell Factor & Void (cntd.)

    • Desktop Tutorial

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 16

    • Desktop Tutorial Download 17-18

    • Firing Direction

    • Firing Direction

    • Critical Radius & Primers

    • Critical Radius & Primers

    • Rise Sequencing & Timing

    • Desktop Tutorial

    • Desktop Tutorial Download 20

    • Sequencing & Timing

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 21-22

    • Desktop Tutorial Download 23

    • Sequencing & Timing

    • Sequencing & Timing (cntd.)

    • Fragmentation

    • Fragmentation

    • Uncharged Collars & Stemming

    • Uncharged Collars & Stemming

    • Uncharged Collars & Stemming (cntd.)

    • Worked Example Downloads
  • 5

    Bridges and Removal Options

    • Bridges & Removal Options

    • Bridges & Removal Options

    • Desktop Tutorial

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 24-28
  • 6

    QAQC

    • QAQC
  • 7

    Stope Notes

    • Stope Notes

    • Stope Notes
  • 8

    Stope Design and Approval

    • Stope Design & Approval

    • Stope Design & Approval (cntd)
  • 9

    Stope Economics

    • Stope Economics

    • Desktop Tutorial Download 29

    • Worked Example Downloads
  • 10

    Stope Optimisation

    • Stope Optimisation

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 30-31

    • Stope Optimisation (cntd)

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 32-33

    • Desktop Tutorial

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 34-37

    • Desktop Tutorial Downloads 38-40

    • Worked Example Downloads
  • 11

    Final Notes

    • Final Notes

    • Feedback

    • AMPS Contact Details