February 3, 2012 - Free training for contractors sponsored by Labor & Industries. Receive 8 hours credit towards renewing your Washington State Blasting License. For more information go to: www.contractors.lni.wa.gov and click on "Training and Workshops" The class is listed under "Contractor Training Day" The schedule and registration form is available there or call 360-902-6366 for more information or to sign up.
February 28 - March 1, 2012 - 2012 Blasting Seminar sponsored by Northwest Energetic. A full three days of interesting topics as well as MSHA Annual refresher training. Contact Northwest Energetic Services for more information at: 541-563-7484.
The chapter had an excellent first conference. Click here to review this years great line up of speakers. All attendees received 8 hours of continuing education credit towards their Washington State Blasting license for attending the April Conference!
The 2012 conference has been put on hold - if you would like to be involved in the planning, become a sponsor or make a presentation please contact Jon Andrews at: iseepnw@gmail.com.
38th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique in Nashville, TN - February 2012
February 12-15, 2012 The International Society of Explosives Engineers will sponsor the 38th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique. This event will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, TN USA. Check out www.isee.org for more information
Look for more stories, pictures and information in our next chapter news letter. If you have some pictures or stories from the conference please send them to Shari Reiter at shari@reiter-bs.com.