Surface Coal Mining Blasters
MontanaActive
This record was last updated on September 11, 2018, before 2022. It may be out of date — confirm with the board.
- Exam
- No exam
- Education
- None
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- None
Surface Coal Mining Blasters prepare place and set off explosives to fracture rock over coal seams to make it easier for drag-lines and loaders to remove. Blasters study rock formations to determine the amount type and location of the explosive charges
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- No exam
- Education
- No education required
- Continuing education
- No continuing education requirement
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Montana Department of Environmental Quality
- Division
- Permitting and Compliance Division
- Board
- Coal and Uranium Mine Permitting
- Address
- PO Box 200901 NULL Helena, MT 59620
- Phone
- (406) 444-1515
- Agency website
- https://deq.mt.gov/mining/Programs/coal
- Licence page
- https://deq.mt.gov/mining/Programs/coal
- Last updated
- September 11, 2018
Occupations (O*NET)
- Professional Engineer 17-2151.00
- Asbestos Supervisor 47-1011.00
- Assistant Mine Foreman 47-5041.00
- Assistant Mine Foreman 47-5043.00
- Assistant Mine Foreman 47-5049.00
- Assistant Mine Foreman 47-5099.00
Source and verification
This record is Montana's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Coal and Uranium Mine Permitting — see the issuing body section above.
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