Regulation 26 Supervision of shotfiring operations and trainee shotfirers and records of appointmentI1
England, Wales and Scotland
The operator shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that—
a trainee shotfirer at the quarry does not fire shots and is not required to fire shots, except when he is under the close personal supervision of a shotfirer, until the operator is satisfied that he has completed a suitable period of training and has appropriate practical experience; and
all shotfiring operations are carried out under the close personal supervision of the shotfirer.
The operator shall ensure that a record of the appointment at the quarry of any shotfirer or trainee shotfirer is kept at a suitable place until three years after that shotfirer’s or, as the case may be, trainee shotfirer’s employment at the quarry ends.