# Blasting License

*/Credentials/Blasting_License*

## Credential Profile

**Builds On**:
- [ATF Federal Explosives Employee Possessor Clearance](/Credentials/ATF_Federal_Explosives_Employee_Possessor_Clearance)
**Issued By**: [State Fire Marshal](/Regulators/State_Fire_Marshal)
**Satisfies**:
- [Federal Explosives Law](/Regulations/Federal_Explosives_Law)
- [State Explosives Control Act](/Regulations/State_Explosives_Control_Act)
**Attests Skill**:
- [Operation Monitoring](/Skills/Operation_Monitoring)
- [Judgment and Decision Making](/Skills/Judgment_and_Decision_Making)
**Qualifies For**:
- [Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters](/Occupations/Explosives_Workers,_Ordnance_Handling_Experts,_and_Blasters)
**Recognized In**:
- [Issuing State](/Jurisdictions/Issuing_State)
**Has Endorsement**:
- [Surface Mining Blasting Endorsement](/Credentials/Surface_Mining_Blasting_Endorsement)
- [Underground Blasting Endorsement](/Credentials/Underground_Blasting_Endorsement)
**Attests Knowledge**:
- [Public Safety and Security](/Knowledge/Public_Safety_and_Security)
- [Chemistry](/Knowledge/Chemistry)
- [Engineering and Technology](/Knowledge/Engineering_and_Technology)
**Qualifies For Role**:
- [Licensed Blaster](/JobTypes/Licensed_Blaster)
- [Blaster in Charge](/JobTypes/Blaster_in_Charge)

## Neighborhood

### Related (legally reserved to)

- [Block Quarrying](/Processes/Block_Quarrying) — legally reserved to · Processes
- [Stone Quarrying and Splitting](/Processes/Stone_Quarrying_and_Splitting) — legally reserved to · Processes
- [Bench Drilling and Block Extraction](/Processes/Bench_Drilling_and_Block_Extraction) — legally reserved to · Processes
- [Clay and Shale Extraction](/Processes/Clay_and_Shale_Extraction) — legally reserved to · Processes

### Attests skill

- [Operation Monitoring](/Skills/Operation_Monitoring) — attests skill · Skills
- [Monitoring](/Skills/Monitoring) — attests skill · Skills
- [Judgment and Decision Making](/Skills/Judgment_and_Decision_Making) — attests skill · Skills
- [Operation and Control](/Skills/Operation_and_Control) — attests skill · Skills

### Satisfies

- [State Explosives Control Act](/Regulations/State_Explosives_Control_Act) — satisfies · Regulations
- [Federal Explosives Law](/Regulations/Federal_Explosives_Law) — satisfies · Regulations
- [Safe Explosives Act](/Regulations/Safe_Explosives_Act) — satisfies · Regulations

### Recognized in

- [Issuing State](/Jurisdictions/Issuing_State) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [Kentucky](/Jurisdictions/Kentucky) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [Pennsylvania](/Jurisdictions/Pennsylvania) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [West Virginia](/Jurisdictions/West_Virginia) — recognized in · Jurisdictions

### Qualifies for role

- [Licensed Blaster](/JobTypes/Licensed_Blaster) — qualifies for role · JobTypes
- [Shotfirer](/JobTypes/Shotfirer) — qualifies for role · JobTypes
- [Blaster in Charge](/JobTypes/Blaster_in_Charge) — qualifies for role · JobTypes

### Has endorsement

- [Surface Mining Blasting Endorsement](/Credentials/Surface_Mining_Blasting_Endorsement) — has endorsement · Credentials
- [Underground Blasting Endorsement](/Credentials/Underground_Blasting_Endorsement) — has endorsement · Credentials
- [Surface Mine Blasting Endorsement](/Credentials/Surface_Mine_Blasting_Endorsement) — has endorsement · Credentials

### Builds on

- [ATF Federal Explosives Employee Possessor Clearance](/Credentials/ATF_Federal_Explosives_Employee_Possessor_Clearance) — builds on · Credentials

### Problems this exposes

- [scaled-distance and pounds-per-delay calculations redone by hand for each shot to stay under seismograph peak-particle-velocity limits](/Problems/scaled-distance_and_pounds-per-delay_calculations_redone_by_hand_for_each_shot_to_stay_under_seismograph_peak-particle-velocity_limits) — exposes problem · Problems
- [magazine inventory reconciliation of detonators and emulsion against ATF day-box withdrawals is manual and audit-fragile](/Problems/magazine_inventory_reconciliation_of_detonators_and_emulsion_against_ATF_day-box_withdrawals_is_manual_and_audit-fragile) — exposes problem · Problems
- [per-shot blast logs (hole depth, charge weight, delay timing) hand-recorded on paper then re-keyed for ATF/MSHA recordkeeping](/Problems/per-shot_blast_logs_(hole_depth,_charge_weight,_delay_timing)_hand-recorded_on_paper_then_re-keyed_for_ATF%2FMSHA_recordkeeping) — exposes problem · Problems
- [pre-blast survey of nearby structures documented inconsistently, leaving the blaster exposed to vibration/flyrock damage claims](/Problems/pre-blast_survey_of_nearby_structures_documented_inconsistently,_leaving_the_blaster_exposed_to_vibration%2Fflyrock_damage_claims) — exposes problem · Problems
- [renewal tied to jurisdiction-specific continuing-education and re-examination cycles that vary by state and are easy to lapse](/Problems/renewal_tied_to_jurisdiction-specific_continuing-education_and_re-examination_cycles_that_vary_by_state_and_are_easy_to_lapse) — exposes problem · Problems
- [seismograph and airblast readings from each shot not tied back to the specific load design that produced them](/Problems/seismograph_and_airblast_readings_from_each_shot_not_tied_back_to_the_specific_load_design_that_produced_them) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Per Shot Blast Log And Seismograph Compliance](/Problems/Per_Shot_Blast_Log_And_Seismograph_Compliance) — exposes problem · Problems

### Issued by

- [State Fire Marshal](/Regulators/State_Fire_Marshal) — issued by · Regulators

### Qualifies for

- [Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters](/Occupations/Explosives_Workers,_Ordnance_Handling_Experts,_and_Blasters) — qualifies for · Occupations

### Attests ability

- [Manual Dexterity](/Ability/Manual_Dexterity) — attests ability · Ability
- [Near Vision](/Ability/Near_Vision) — attests ability · Ability

### Attests knowledge

- [Engineering and Technology](/Knowledge/Engineering_and_Technology) — attests knowledge · Knowledge
- [Physics](/Knowledge/Physics) — attests knowledge · Knowledge
- [Chemistry](/Knowledge/Chemistry) — attests knowledge · Knowledge
- [Public Safety and Security](/Knowledge/Public_Safety_and_Security) — attests knowledge · Knowledge