Section 225.80  Certification and Training

a)         Before performing any duties as a shot firer, a person must have received training and certification from the Mining Board.

b)         The Department will issue temporary certificates valid for one year or until the next available examination is held by the Mining Board, which ever comes first

1)         for a person who is certified as a shot firer in another state to use permissible explosives underground to break down coal; or

2)         for a person whom a Department representative has trained in the use and care of permissible explosives.

c)         Any person wishing to be certified as a shot firer must show:

1)         possession of First Class papers;

2)         pass an examination as to his practical and technological knowledge of:

A)        the nature and properties of mine gases,

B)        the laws of ventilation,

C)        the structure and the use of

i)          safety lamps

ii)         methane detectors, and

iii)        carbon monoxide detectors

D)        Sections 11.06, 13.02, 14.01-14.04, 18.05-18.06, 18.09, 19.10, 21.01-21.13, 24.01-24.06, 25.01-25.07, 31.01-31.32 of the Act.  (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 96½, pars. 1106, 1302, 1401-1404, 1805-1806, 1809, 1910, 2101-2113, 2401-2406, 2501-2507, 3101-3132).