Overview

Fascinated by the explosives industry? Do you like to work outdoors, and in challenging environments? If so, you may be interested in exploring a career as a blaster. With our well-developed connections with industry and our specialized resources and drilling compound, students get the hands-on training necessary for their career in blasting.

Blasters fill blast holes with explosives and detonate them to dislodge coal, ore, rock, or aggregate, or to demolish structures.Blasters are employed by construction, mining, and drilling and blasting companies, as well as in the special effects industry.You will focus on three types of explosive cuts, and incorporate a wide range of skills in science, mathematics, and communications.Courses include explosives, blasthole drilling, blasting theory, blast design, geology, safety and accident prevention, and environmental issues.You will spend much of your time in labs, field classes and field assignments, and refining your skills in our state-of-the-art drilling and blasting training centre.

Key facts

Fleming College - Toronto's Blasting Techniques programme will teach you more about this topic.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Construction Blasting and Quarrying
Environmental Impact of Blasting
Blasting II: Blast Design and Layout
Mathematics and Trade Calculations for Blasting
Rock Studies
Indigenous Studies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-05-04 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2027-05-10 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-09-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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105

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TOEFL^® IBT

80

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PTE Academic

46

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IELTS

6

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Peterborough, Canada

Disciplines

Mining, Oil & Gas View 23 other Bachelors in Mining, Oil & Gas in Canada

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

Duolingo English Test

105

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TOEFL^® IBT

80

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46

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

OSSD with majority of credits at the Workplace (E) level including Gr 12 (E)English
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Tuition Fees

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21614 CAD / year

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8650 CAD / year

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Living costs

Peterborough

Canada

1015 - 1615 CAD / month

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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English requirements

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Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

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Living costs

Peterborough

Funding

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