ANNUAL REVIEW 2021
EFEE (European Federation of Explosives Engineers) by Alan Dolan Mining Engineer Boliden Tara Mines, Vice President and Honorary Secretary (IMQS) EFEE was founded in 1988 and has 24 National Associations. Its purpose is to provide a European forum for professionals working in the field of commercial explosives. The IMQS represents Ireland as a National Association at EFEE council meetings. The EFEE have many committees representing the interests of explosives users and manufacturers in Europe (www.efee.eu).
The association holds a bi-annual world conference. Due to the impact of Covid, the conference for 2021 was been deferred until May 2022. The 11th EFEE World Conference on Explosives and Blasting will be held in Maastricht, The Netherlands between Sunday 15th and Tuesday 17th May 2022. (www.efee2022.com). The IMQS, in conjunction with Tyler Events Ltd, will host the 12th EFEE World Conference on Explosives and Blasting in Dublin in 2023.
One of EFEE’s primary projects has been PECCS (Pan-European Competency Certificate for Shot Firers / Blast Designers). In Europe, there is no minimum training standard to be a shotfirer/blast designer. Each country has its own training requirement and standards which makes working in more than one European country difficult and quite often prohibitive. To remedy this, EFEE has created PECCS. This project facilitates the transfer of shotfiring and blast design skills within European member states. The PECCS course was launched in August 2019. EFEE are looking for training authorities in each EU country to administer the training. For more information on this innovative project visit www.shotfirer.eu.
EFEE PHOTO WINNING PRESENTATION. From left; Doru Anghelache (EFEE Vice President), Alan Dolan (EFEE Council Member), John Francis (IMQS President), Nicola Nixon (IMQS Vice President), Jari Honkanen (EFEE President), Brendan Morris (IMQS Past President).
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