Struggling to Keep Your Drill & Blast Team Safe and Productive?
Incidents happening too often—and costing you time and money?
Shotfirers frustrated and burning out because crews don’t know the basics?
Tired of hand-holding new hires instead of focusing on production?
Wanting to start multiskilling your operators?
You’re not alone. Every mine site faces pressure when inexperienced laborers join the blast crew. Without the right information, the results are always the same:
Rising incident costs.
Slower production and missed targets.
Personnel too unknowledgeable to assist during tight production schedules
Senior staff drowning in unnecessary paperwork and frustration.
Shotfirers pushed to breaking point?
The Good News: It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
With the right safety and efficiency information, your drill & blast crew can start contributing quicker—with reduced supervision.
Imagine a team that:
Works safely and semi-independently
Reduces incidents and keeps production on track
Supports your shotfirer instead of draining them
Gives you confidence knowing compliance is covered
Everybody assists, including operators reducing personnel downtime.
Why This Training Works
At Yielding Designs, we’ve been in the pit. We understand open-cut drill and blast—and we know the real problems mining supervisors face every day:
High turnover causing constant retraining.
Avoidable incidents that eat into profits.
Hours lost to paperwork and micromanagement.
Crews reducing production times instead of driving it.
That is why this course was designed—to quickly turn inexperienced workers into safer, consistent, and reliable team members.
Give your crew the necessary information, take the pressure off your shotfirers, and get production moving safely.
Book your team’s access today with Yielding Designs
MEET THE FOUNDER & CEO 🇦🇺
Hey, I'm Gary Eggleston!
With over 20 years of hands-on experience in mining—specializing in Drill and Blast, Gary offers a practical, down-to-earth perspective on shot-firing and the broader mining process.
Known for clear and concise coaching, Gary combines calm professionalism with a touch of humor to make complex blasting concepts easy to understand.
Driven by a genuine passion for sharing knowledge and improving safety and foundational knowledge in the Drill and Blast industry, Gary actively encourages open interaction and continuous improvement among new and experienced crew members alike.
MEET THE Technical Head 🇵🇰
Hey, I'm Muhammad Umar Draz!
a natural problem-solver with over eight years of experience helping businesses grow by leveraging technology and automation. I’m passionate about using digital tools and emerging technologies to make operations smarter, faster, and more efficient.
My goal is simple — to help professionals and entrepreneurs achieve measurable success by showing them how technology can become their greatest advantage.
I’m also the founder of The Genius Solutions, a global specialty staffing and automation service that supports clients across multiple industries with tech-driven solutions that actually work.
MEET THE Technical Lead 🇵🇰
Hey, I'm Usama Khalid!
A unicorn at the right job, handling the most technical part of the team as a lead. With more than four years of experience, he brings quality with punctuality to the team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
The Introduction to Open Cut Blasting course is designed for English-speaking individuals aged 18 or older, anywhere in the world, who want to start or grow a career in the drill and blast industry.
Will this course work for me?
Yes! No matter your background, skills, or previous job, the knowledge you'll gain is universal and proven to work. Whether you’re brand new to drill and blast or already have mining experience, this course fits your needs.
What’s the main goal of the course?
To help reduce accidents and improve blasting efficiency by teaching you to recognise and manage the many hazards involved in the blasting process
Why can’t our company do this ourselves?
Of course, your company can do this themselves. Invest in many months of video collection, hiring contractors to design, create and edit as many videos as you feel you need. This is a ready and completed course right now. We guarantee the course here is cheaper (especially after the planned course upgrade) than starting from scratch.
What makes you qualified to teach this?
We here at Yielding Designs have accumulated experience spanning multiple decades, a wide variety of commodities, and positions of responsibility. It is with these experiences and knowledge that we simplify and assist in helping new people to the industry understand the risks of explosive use.
Why do you charge a yearly subscription?
The yearly subscription allows companies to have full access to the course, as new personnel are hired regularly.
Is there a refund policy?
Yes, with conditions. Some of those conditions are when a business closes up, that, in writing, the client wants to cancel their subscription (the remaining time remaining on the current subscription is calculated and refunded), and various situations on a per subscription basis.
Why is this course priced this way?
This course is priced this way due to it being a “one and done” course. Once the knowledge is gained, what is the purpose of sitting the course again? Also due to the costs of creating, upkeep and updating the course. Once again, as previously stated, sure you can have a course like this created by your company, but why waste the resources of time and money, when this course is here, and can assist in reducing hiring, training and incident costs, right now?
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