Underground Excavation Operations Course
Master underground excavation through practical drilling, blasting, and safety skills. Gain expertise in rock mass assessment, blast design, productivity planning, and risk control to ensure safer and faster tunnel and mining projects in challenging construction settings. This course equips participants with essential techniques for efficient underground operations in medium-hard granite environments.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides a practical overview of safe underground blasting operations. Participants will learn rock mass characterization in medium-hard granite, blast design, drilling patterns, step-by-step drilling and blasting cycles, and charge calculations. Additionally, master ventilation, gas and vibration control, misfire prevention, emergency response, and production planning to achieve consistent advance targets with high-quality results.
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Develop skills
- Blast design mastery: plan efficient tunnel rounds in medium-hard granite.
- Drilling and charging: execute safe, accurate underground blast cycles step by step.
- Ventilation and gas control: manage fumes, airflow and safe re-entry after blasts.
- Underground risk control: prevent misfires, overbreak, rockfalls and vibration issues.
- Productivity planning: estimate advance rates, resources and cycle times for 10 m/day.
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