| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Production Drilling and Blasting |
| Unit ID: | ENGIN5514 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (ENMIN5110) |
| ASCED: | 030303 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This course qualifies participants to apply an advanced body of knowledge in the area of drilling and blasting in mining and equips them with highly developed skills for research and enquiry. Students enrolled in this course will be able to apply the body of knowledge to a range of contexts within the mining industry enabling them to undertake professional or highly skilled work within the mining industry and allow them to undertake further study. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | |  | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Understand and outline drilling and blasting in mines. |
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| K2. | Select appropriate explosives, initiation systems, and fragmentation optimisation techniques |
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| K3. | Analyse the environmental effect of blasting. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Appraise, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex drilling and blasting problems. |
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| S2. | Evaluate the environmental impact of drilling and blasting. |
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| S3. | Design drilling and blasting for both underground and surface mines. |
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| S4. | Assess and optimise rock fragmentation in both surface and underground blasting settings. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Plan, implement and evaluate short, medium and long term plans and schedules for drilling and blasting in surface and underground mines. |
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| A2. | Evaluate and optimise production drilling and blasting in a mining operation. |
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| Unit Content: |
This course reinforces present knowledge in production drilling and blasting, and examines up-to-date production drilling and blasting methods. Content includes production drilling methods and equipment, bits and drilling accessories, explosive types, explosive properties and characteristics, principles of blasting, initiation systems, small- scale methods of drilling and blasting, large-scale methods and mass blasting, crater blasting systems, controlled blasting techniques, vibrations and air blast, secondary breaking, case studies and costs. Topics may include: Production drilling and blasting for surface and underground operations. Optimising fragmentation. Analysis and optimisation of drilling and blasting in mining what is optimal in terms of energy partitioning from explosives. New explosive and initiation systems. Environmental effects of blasting, minimising the impacts of blasting. Case studies and costs. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1-3, S1-4 | Numerical and conceptual tasks | Written assignments | 40-50% | | 2. | K1-3, S1-4 | Numerical tasks | Invigilated test | 10-30% | | 3. | K1-3, S1-4, A1-2 | Design project | Design project report | 20-50% |
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