SECTION 12.703. Training

(a) On-the-job training. Except as provided in §12.706 of this title (relating to Examination) for reexamination, each applicant who does not qualify as a blaster shall have:

(1) received on-the-job training, including practical field experience in blasting operations, from a blaster for 2 out of 3 years preceding the submission of his or her application; and

(2) obtained from the blaster satisfactory evidence of the required on-the-job training.

(b) Training Course.

(1) Except as provided in §12.706 of this title (relating to Examination) for reexamination, each applicant for the issuance of a Commission Blaster Certificate shall, within 2 years prior to application, have completed a training course as follows:

(A) for certificate issuance, the course shall cover the technical aspects of blasting operations and state and federal laws governing the storage, use and transportation of explosives, including the topics specified in §12.704 of this title (relating to Training Courses); or

(B) for certificate reissuance, the course shall cover any significant changes that have occurred in the topics specified in §12.704 of this title (relating to Training Courses) since the applicant last completed a course that was accepted by the Commission for the issuance or reissuance of a Commission blaster certificate. The Commission may waive this requirement if it determines that no significant changes have occurred.

(2) The applicant shall provide satisfactory evidence of the required completed training.

Source Note: The provisions of this §12.703 adopted to be effective April 7, 1997, 22 TexReg 3093; amended to be effective November 4, 1997, 22 TexReg 10640.