Training & Education
Outside Training & Higher Education
Please note that the following listed agencies, groups and companies are not affiliated with or endorsed by IME in any way. IME does not guarantee that the information listed is current or exhaustive. Information is posted as it is received by IME from those agencies, groups and companies listed.
Any North American provider of training or other relevant coursework pertaining to commercial explosives is welcome to request that their contact information appear on this list. Please contact IME for details.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:- TRANSPORTATION
- BLASTING
- DETONATION MECHANICS
- EXPLOSIVE MANUFACTURE/TESTING
- OILFIELD / PERFORATING
- VIBRATION
- EXPORTING
- SECURITY
- PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT
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American Trucking Association
950 North Glebe Road, Suite 210
Arlington, Virginia 22203-4181
Tel: 703.838.1700
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Compliance and Safety LLC
PO Box 44
Middletown, DE 19709
Tel: 1-(800) 975-7640
Fax: (302) 358-2020
E-mail: Sales@Complianceandsafety.com
Web site: http://ComplianceAndSafety.com
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Dangerous Goods Advisory Council (DGAC)
7501 Greenway Center Drive
Suite 760
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Tel: 800-634-1598, 202-289-4550
Fax: 202-289-4074
E-mail: info@dgac.org
Website: www.dgac.org
DGAC offers a wide range of hazardous materials transportation regulatory compliance training programs. These programs are designed for individuals who participate in the development, implementation, evaluation, execution or training for their organization's regulatory compliance activities. Please contact them for a list of courses. -
Emergency Film Group
P.O. Box 1928
Edgartown, MA 02539
Tel: 1-800-842-0999
Fax: 508-627-8863
e-mail: info@efilmgroup.com
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EPA Region III Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident Training Seminars
EPA Region III (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), will hold 3 seminars on preparing for hazmat transportation incidents. For registration/and or exhibitor information, call the conference hotline at 410-676-0882. -
Explosives Academy
7777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33434
Tel: 800-432-0840
E-mail: info@explosivesacademy.org
Web site: www.explosivesacademy.org
Explosives Academy offers numerous online and in-person classes on explosives safety
and awareness training to prepare for blasters certification, blasting contractor licenses,
ATF, DOD, & DOT explosives transportation. Regular classes are also available on
improvised explosives devices (IEDs) and explosively formed penetrators (EFPs).
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Explosives Risk Managers, LLC
11104 Innsbrook Way
Ijamsville, MD 21754
Mr. Lon Santis, principal
Tel: (202) 288-2029
santis@ermanager.com
Explosives Risk Managers LLC provides a wide array of training services for the explosives industry. ERM is recognized by state blasting authorities for providing continuing education training for blasters' certifications and provides training to U.S. and foreign government agencies as well as other private clients.
- J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
3003 W. Breezewood Lane
PO Box 368
Neenah, WI 54957-0368
E-mail: sales@jjkeller.com
Website: www.jjkeller.com
- Lorne Bellamy and Associates
34 Lee Avenue
Bradford, OH, Canada L3Z 1A9
Tel: 905-775-4771
Fax: 905-778-9002
E-mail: lbellamy@technologist.com
- National Transportation Consultants, Inc.
P.O. Box 5728
Douglasville, GA 30154
Tel: 770-942-7460 or 770-942-2731
t.dunaway@worldnet.att.net or r.tynes@bellsouth.net
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RAM Inc., Explosives Educational Services
2116 Hardin Lane
Powell, OH 43065
Tel: 740-363-6976
Fax: 740-362-3946
E-mail: r.mcclure@ramets.com
Web site: www.ramets.com
Onsite, custom and scheduled training courses
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Regulations Training, Inc.
Based in Orlando, FL
Tel: 1-800-317-0518
Website: www.hazardousmaterials.com
Offers multimodal hazardous materials and dangerous good transportation training covering DOT 49 CFR IATA DGR, and IMDG Code regulations
- Transportation Safety Institute (DTI-30)
6500 South MacArthur Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73169-6900
Tel: 1-800-858-2107
Fax: 405-954-3521
E-mail: TSI@dot.gov
TSI is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation. They offer courses that are designed to train individuals in skills necessary to monitor the transportation of hazmat in their areas of responsibility. Please contact them directly for a list of courses.
Explosives Risk Managers, LLC
11104 Innsbrook Way
Ijamsville, MD 21754
Mr. Lon Santis, principal
Tel: (202) 288-2029
santis@ermanagers.com
Explosives Risk Managers LLC provides a wide array of training services for the explosives industry. ERM is recognized by state blasting authorities for providing continuing education training for blasters' certifications and provides training to U.S. and foreign government agencies as well as other private clients.
International Society of Explosives Engineers - ISEE
30325 Bainbridge Road
Cleveland, OH 44139
Tel: 440-349-4400
Fax: 440-349-3788
www.isee.org
Please visit the ISEE at www.isee.org/calendar.htm for a list of upcoming events sponsored by ISEE.
The International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE) is a professional society dedicated to promoting the safe and controlled use of explosives in mining, quarrying, construction, manufacturing, forestry, and many other commercial pursuits. They provide numerous courses related to explosives.
Konya Industries
Montville, OH
Tel: (440) 747-6700
www.konyaindustries.com
www.AcademyBlasting.com
Online Blast Design Training
Northwest Explosives Academy, LLC
PO Box 841
Eugene, OR 97440
Tel: 541-554-6720
Website: www.nwexplosives.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nwexplosives
Two-day classroom and field training program in Oregon-- Explosives & Blasting Level One
A special Law Enforcement Training Program -- B-TEAM, Breaching Teambuilding Explosives and Motivation
RAM Inc., Explosives Educational Services
2116 Hardin Lane
Powell, OH 43065 USA
Tel: 740-363-6976
Fax: 740-362-3946
E-mail: r.mcclure@ramets.com
Web site: www.ramets.com
TerraDinamica Lucca-Brown, LLC
5 Meadow Brook Road
Granby, CT 06035
Web: 860-844-0506
Fax: 860-844-0507
E-mail: explosives@terradinamica.com
Website: www.terradinamica.com
Please contact EESI or visit their website for more information www.expledusvc.com
US Department of Labor, National Mine Health and Safety Academy
DOL - Mine Safety & Health Administration
National Mine Health & Safety Academy
Attention: Student Services
1301 Airport Road
Beaver, WI 25813-9426
Tel: 304-256-3257
ABS Group
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16855 Northchase Drive
Houston, TX 77060
Tel: 281.673.2800
Fax: 281.673.2950
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Baker Engineering & Risk Consultants, Inc.
3330 Oakwell Court, Suite 100
San Antonio, TX 78218
Tel: 210.824.5960
Fax: 210.824.5964
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Colorado School of Mines
Office of Special Programs and Continuing Education
Golden, CO 80401
Tel: 303.273.3321
Fax: 303.273.3314
Contact: Dr. Vilem Petr, Assistant Research Professor
Mining Engineering Department
Website: www.mines.edu/outreach/cont_ed
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Computational Mechanics Associates
P.O. Box 11314
Baltimore, MD 21239-0314
Tel: 410-532-3260
Fax: 410-532-3261
Website: www.compmechanics.com
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Franklin Applied Physics, Inc.
98 Highland Avenue
Post Office Box 313
Oaks, PA 19456
Tel: 610-666-6645
Fax: 610-666-0173
E-mail: FrankPhys@aol.com
Website: http://members.aol.com/FrankPhys
Course: Electro Explosive Devices -- Functioning, Reliability and Hazards
Date: January 21-25, 2019
Location: Oaks, PA
Cost: $1,869.00 per trainee (does not include food or lodging)
The class size will not exceed 30 -- contact us to see if there is still room. The nearest airport is PHL (Philadelphia, PA). Hotel rooms at a special rate are avaiable. Further information and a registration form, are on the Franklin Applied Physics website.
We accept payment by credit card, funds transfer, cash, purchase order or check.
Course: Electro Explosive Devices -- Functioning, Reliability and Hazards
Dates: January 21-25, 2019
Oaks, PA
Topics covered will include: explosions, explosive trains, safe-and-arm mechanisms, EED construction, EED applications, EED firing, inadvertent ignition, electrostatic discharge 9ESD) accidents, lightning, radio frequency (RF) hazard, testing EEDs, test statistics, explosive chemistry, detonation, applications of detonation, propellants, pyrotechnics, storage/shipment, history, and resources. Class size will not exceed 30.
For registration information, please contact Franklin Applied Physics website.
Cost: $1,869.00 per trainee (does not include food or lodging).
We accept payment by credit card, funds transfer, cash, purchase order, or check.
University of Rhode Island -
DHS Center of Excellence Explosives Detection, Mitigation, Response
Attn: Jimmie C. Oxley, professor of Chemistry
Kingston, RI 02881
Tel: 401 874-2103
Fax: 401 874-2103
E-mail: joxley@chm.uri.edu
For more information, visit http://energetics.chm.uri.edu/For details and registration for Fundamentals of Explosives see the brochure at http://energetics.chm.uri.edu
- Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center
NM Institute of Mining and Technology
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801-4796
Website: www.nmit.edu
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EUEXCERT
Website: www.euexcert.org
Online training program for explosive certification and training for energetic manufacturing employees in the EU
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Explosives Risk Managers LLC
11104 Innsbrook Way
Ijamsville, MD 21754
Mr. Lon Santis, principal
Tel: (202) 288-2029
santis@ermanagers.com
Explosives Risk Managers LLC provides a wide array of training services for the explosives industry. ERM is recognized by state blasting authorities for providing continuing education training for blasters' certifications and provides training to U.S. and foreign government agencies as well as other private clients. -
Franklin Applied Physics, Inc.
98 Highland Avenue
PO Box 313
Oaks, Pa 19456
Tel: 610-666-6645
Fax: 610-666-0173
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National Safety Education Center --an OSHA Training Institute Education Center
Call 1-800-656-5317 to order a free course catalog, or visit their website at www.earnyourcard.com/courses.cfm
- RAM Inc., Explosives Educational Services
2116 Hardin Lane
Powell, OH 43065 USA
Tel: 740-363-6976
Fax: 740-362-3946
E-mail: r.mcclure@ramets.com
Web site: www.ramets.com
OILFIELD/PERFORATING
Course: Shaped Charges
Instructors: William P. Walters, Ph.D and David J. Leidel, Ph.D
This is a four-day introductory course in the theory and application of shaped charges. It provides the necessary background into the physics of shaped charge performance and the application of shaped charges in terminal ballistics and in the upstream oil and gas industry.
The major topics included in the course are:
- Shaped charges and their application;
- Physics of liner collapse and jet formation
- Nature of jets from explosively-formed penetrators (EFPs)
- Types of liner materials
- Shaped charge jet penetration
- Cratering and hole profiles
- Shaped charge jet instrumentation
- Linear shaped charges and their application
- Shaped charge perforators and oilfield applications
Contact information:
Dr. David J. Leidel
Landline Telephone: (817) 478-6518 or e-mail: djl58@tx.rr.com
- ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers
Continuing Education Department
PO Box 79536
Baltimore, MD 21279-0536
Tel: 1-800-548-2723/ 703-295-6300
Fax: 703-295-6144
E-mail: conted@asce.org
- Blasting Analysis International, Inc.
371 Daniel Street
Allentown, PA 18104-8509
Tel: 610-530-7415
Fax: 610-395-5552
- Detonation Safety Engineering
121 Cherrywood Drive
Nicholasville, KY 40356
Contact: Larry Schneider
Tel: 859-312-0625
- ESRA Consulting Corporation
1650 South Dixie Highway, 3rd floor
Boca Raton, FL 33432
Tel: 561-361-0004
Fax: 520-844-8555
E-mail: blast@esracorp.com
Website: www.esracorp.com
ESRA offers classes to prepare for the Blasting Contractor's License. Classess are also available on the safe DOT transport of explosives. These courses are taught by an engineer and licensed blasting operator.
- Explosives Academy
7777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33434
Tel: 1-800-432-0840
E-mail: info@explosivesacademy.org
Website: www.explosivesacademy.org
- GeoSonics/Vibra-Tech
PO Box 779
Warrendale, PA 15095
Tel: 724-934-2900
- Golder Associates Incorporated
6165 Ridgeview Court, Suite F
Reno, NV 89509
Tel: 775-828-9604
- Lorne Bellamy and Associates
See contact information under Transportation
- Missouri University of Science and Technology
Dr. Paul Worsey
Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center
1006 Kings Highway
Rolla, MO 65409-0660
Tel: 573-341-4317
E-mail: pworsey@mst.edu
Website: www.mst.edu
- National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association
1605 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 1-800-342-1415/ 202-342-1100
Fax: 202-342-0702
Website: www.nssga.org
- Northwest Explosives Academy
PO Box 841
Eugene, OR 97440
Tel: 541-554-6720
Explosives & Blasting Basics -- Two-day classroom and field training program. Students successfully completing the program and passing the exam will receive a 16-hour Certificate of Completion.
Classroom: Located on McKenzie Highway, 3 miles east of Springfield, OR. (Approximately 25 minutes from downtown Eugene) Field training is in Lane County. 30 minutes from McKenzie classroom location.
Students will be provided with textbook, lunch and beverages for both days and transportation to and from the field training site. Cost: $1,250 per student, government agency and group discount available.
- Precision Blasting Services, Inc.
PO Box 189
Montville, OH 44064
Contact: Dr. Calvin J. Konya - President
Tel: 440-474-6700
Fax: 440-968-3967
E-mail: info@idc-pbs.com
- RAM, Inc. Explosives Educational Services
2116 Hardin Lane
Powell, OH 43065
Tel: 740-363-6976
Fax: 740-362-3946
E-mail: r.mcclure@ramets.com
Website: www.ramets.com
- Register for Blasters Training
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Good for both full training and refresher training for license renewal. Enroll Now!
Website: http://blasters.mst.edu
Full 3-Day Seminar - $695; Earn 20 PDHs, equivalent to 2.0 CEUs
One-day Refresher Course - $295; Choose the day (Wed/Thurs/Fri). Earn 8.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs), equivalent to 0.8 CEUs.
Get the training you need through Missouri S&T's Annual Blasters Training Seminar. This seminar is great for anyone who needs a Blasters license or a refresher course.
Your instructor, Dr. Paul Worsey, has over 30 years of blasting experience and is responsible for the first explosives engineering master's degree program in the nation.
The Annual Blasters Training Seminar is a 20-hour course (or 8 hours of license renewal) that provides participants with basic training for blasting in the crushed stone and construction industries. It is of invaluable use for individuals concerned with other aspects of blasting, such as those used by underground mines and utility companies. The course also acquaints participants with federal and state purchase, transportation and storage regulations.
Experiences blasters and engineers may use the course as both a refresher and an update on new products, blasting techniques, and regulations, as well as to enhance their blasting knowledge and skills.
The advanced programming section of this course should be of particular interest to refresher attendees.
REGISTER ONLINE! More information available at http://blasters.mst.edu
- Seismic Surveys, Inc.
PO Box 1185
Frederick, MD 21702
Contact: David K. Muller, P.G. - President
Tel: 301-663-6630
Fax: 301-663-6647
E-mail: dmiller@seismicsurveys.net
Website: www.seismicsurveys.net
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Export Control Seminars
3 Bethesda Metro Conter
Suite 700
Bethesda, MD 20814
Tel: (301) 664-8453
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Colorado State University
Department of Civil Engineering
Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523
Tel: (970) 491-5048
Fax: (970) 491-7727
Website: www.colostate.edu
Undergraduate program: General Civil Engineering Degree
Graduate Programs: M.S., M.Engr. and Ph.D. degrees in geotechnical engineering
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Eastern Kentucky University
College of Justice and Safety
220 Stratton Building
521 Lancaster Avenue
Richmond, KY 40475-3102
Tel: (859) 622-1052
Fax: (859) 622-1530
Website: www.fireandsafety.eku.edu
Program in Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation
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Michigan Technological University
Mining and Materials Processing Engineering
309 Minerals and Materials Building
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
Tel: (906) 487-2610
Fax: (906) 487-2495
E-mail: mining@mtu.edu
Website: www.mg.mtu.edu/
Undergraduate program: Mining Engineering
Graduate Program Concentrations in: Environmental Impacts of Mining; Geostatistics; Materials Handling; Mine Health and Safety; Mineral Economics; Rock Fragmentation; Rock Mechanics; Solution Mining; and Underground Construction. -
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Department of Mining Engineering
226 McNutt Hall
1870 Miner Circle
Rolla, MO 65409-0450
Tel: (573) 341-4753
Fax: (573) 341-6934
Website: http://www.mst.edu/
Undergraduate Program: Mining engineering degree with quarry emphasis or minor in explosives engineering
Graduate Programs: M.S. or Ph.D. in mining engineering
Postgraduate Programs: Certificates in explosives engineering
Non-Traditional Program: Online master's degree in engineering science
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Montana Tech of the University of Montana
Mining Engineering Department
1300 W. Park St.
Butte, MT 59701
Tel (406) 496-4262, Fax: (406) 496-4260
Website: www.mtech.edu/mining
Undergraduate Program: Mining engineering; Graduate Program: M.S. in mining engineering
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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM 87801
Mineral Engineering Department (505) 835-5346
Mechanical Engineering Department (505) 835-5693
Website: www.nmt.edu
Undergraduate Program: B.S. in mineral engineering with an explosives engineering emphasis
Graduate Program: M.S. (a Ph.D. program has been proposed and is being reviewed)
Non-Traditional Program: Virtual Center for Blast Fragmentation and Control offers lectures via the Internet in drilling and blasting engineering and geotechnical dynamics
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Northwestern University and New Mexico Tech
Website: www.it.northwestern.edu/
Non-Traditional Program: Virtual Center for Blast Fragmentation and Control offers lectures via the Internet in drilling and blasting engineering and geotechnical dynamics. -
Queens University Department of Mining Engineering
Goodwin Hall
Kingston, ONT Canada K7L 3N6
Tel: 613-533-2197 or 613-692-0132
Fax: 613-533-6597 or 613-692-0131 - University of Rhode Island
Chemistry & Forensic Science Department
Attn: Jimmie Oxley
Kingston, RI 02881
Tel: 401.874.2103
Fax: 401.874.2103
E-mail: joxley@chm.uri.edu
For more information, visit www.chm.uri.edu/forensics/introexp.shtml
Undergraduate program: Mining engineering; Graduate program: M.S., M.E., Ph.D. degrees in mining engineering
- University of Washington Engineering Professional Programs
PO Box 358725
Seattle, WA 98198-8725
Tel: 206-543-5539
E-mail: uw-epp@engr.washington.edu
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Virginia Tech
Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering
100 Holden Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Tel: (540) 231-6671
Fax: (540) 231-4070
www.mining.vt.edu
Undergraduate Program: Mining and minerals engineering; Graduate Program: M.S., M.E., Ph.D. degrees in mining and minerals engineering
SECURITY
Mr. Juri Kasements
www.explosivesmanagement.com
Former NRCan, ESSB official provides courses on threats from explosives for private and public security sector. Courses are held in Canada (Halifax,Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver)