Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division
Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers
8 AAC 62.059 - Training requirements
Universal Citation: 8 AK Admin Code 8 AAC 62.059
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) For an applicant for a certificate of fitness to satisfy the training course requirement in 8 AAC 62.020, or for an applicant for renewal of a certificate to meet the refresher course requirement in 8 AAC 62.055, the applicant must document that the course provides at least
(1) 32 hours of
instruction in the subject areas listed in (b) of this section, if the course
is an initial training course;
(2)
eight hours of instruction in the subject areas listed in (b) of this section,
if the course is a refresher course.
(b) An initial or refresher course must include instruction in each of the following subject areas:
(1) an introduction to being an explosives
handler;
(2) federal statutes and
regulations that pertain to explosives handlers;
(3) statutes and regulations of this state
that pertain to explosives handlers;
(4) types and properties of
explosives;
(5) initiation
systems;
(6) blast
design;
(7) environmental effects
controlling blasting damage;
(8)
priming and loading operations;
(9)
blasting safety practices;
(10)
transportation, recordkeeping, and cold weather operations;
(11) blasting calculations.
Authority:AS 08.52.010
AS 08.52.030
AS 08.52.040
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