WAC 296-52-64030   List A qualifications.  To be considered for a blaster's license, limited to one or more List A classifications, an applicant must have a minimum of forty hours documented training accrued during the previous six years.

     The training must include a minimum of one of these three requirements:

     • Eight hours basic blaster safety classroom training and thirty-two hours classification specific field training experience under a qualified blaster

     • Sixteen hours basic blaster safety classroom training and twenty-four hours classification specific field training experience under a qualified blaster

     • Twelve months classification specific field training experience.

     Aerial blasting classification shall require:

     • Standard avalanche control blaster's license

     • Experience requirement of five missions under the supervision of a licensed aerial blaster

     • Successful completion of a written exam.


Note: Additional personnel on board with a standard avalanche control blaster's license may log each mission toward the aerial blasting endorsement experience requirement.




[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 06-19-074, § 296-52-64030, filed 9/19/06, effective 12/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010,[49.17].040 , and [49.17].050. 02-03-125, § 296-52-64030, filed 1/23/02, effective 3/1/02.]