Online Education Opportunities
The Noncoal, Explosives and Blasting Branch has approved the following online courses to fulfill the 8-hour annual blaster retraining as required in KRS 351.315 (4)(a).
The links provided for each course will lead you to information such as topics covered, registration, instructors, and cost and payment procedures. Please see sidebar for more information. Upon completion of these courses you will be provided with a certificate to verify you completed the course. This certificate is your proof of training and must be presented with your renewal paperwork at time of application for renewal. Additional courses will be added in the future. Please check back to see additional training opportunities.
Petr Explosives Group A comprehensive on-demand courses available anytime.
International Society of Explosives Engineers - ISEE Certificate Program The Online Practical Blasting Fundamentals Level I course may be used once to satisfy the 8-hour annual retraining requirement.
International Society of Explosives Engineers - Blasters Training Webinar This webinar series is prerecorded and availale anytime. Participation in two of the webinars would provide a total of 8-hours of continuing education (CE) hours. ISEE will issue a certificate after completion of each webinar.
Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME) This training is based on IME Safety Library Publications (SLP). The trainings are prerecorded and available anytime. Each module provides 1-hour of CE hours.
Wyoming DEQ Blasting Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) prerecorded blaster webinars. Blasters wanting to use these webinars for CE hours for retraining must complete the corresponding questionnaire form for each webinar (below) and email the Branch Manager of the Noncoal, Explosives and Blasting Branch at Cameron.Mullen@ky.gov or via US Postal Service to the address listed on the forms. Blasters will need to receive a score of 80% or better in order to receive a certificate for course completion. These certificates will be returned electronically or via mail to the blaster to be used for verification of training when submitting blaster license renewal paperwork. A copy of the certificate will also be added to the blaster’s electronic file maintained by the Department. Each webinar provides 4-hours of CE hours.
Blaster Training Verification Questionnaires for the Wyoming DEQ Webinars: