Explosives and Fireworks
Guidance material related to explosives and fireworks including codes of practice, guidelines, schedule of fireworks events and registration of explosives magazines.
Note that although some guidance material was prepared under the auspices of previous departments and divisions, it is still valid.
Please be aware, however, that our address and contact details may have changed. The Cloisters Square postal address must not be used for correspondence.
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Codes of practice and Standards (mandatory) - Explosives and Fireworks
Codes of practice (approved) - Explosives and Fireworks
Applicable legislation
Copies of the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 and associated regulations are only available from the State Law Publisher. Direct links are provided below.
An information sheet on explosives regulations is provided below.
Further information on legislation applicable to dangerous goods safety is available, including:
- Enforcement and prosecution policy
- General exemptions
- Additional information sheets on dangerous goods legislation.
To find out more refer to Legislation and Policy > Dangerous Goods Safety.
Codes of practice and Standards (mandatory) - Explosives and Fireworks
The following Codes of practice and Standards provide safety and/or security recommendations. The codes have been approved and gazetted by the Minister under section 20 of the Act. The asterisked codes are published by Australian Explosives Industry and Safety Group Inc. (formerly Australian Explosives Manufacturers Safety Committee) and are made available here with permission. The latest edition of all AEISG codes are now available at www.aeisg.org including two new codes:
AEIG Code of Good Practice, Blast Guarding in an Open Cut Mining Environment Edition 1 March 2011
Prevention and Management of Blast Generated Nox Gases in Surface Blasting
The Australian Dangerous Goods Code (ADG7) is available from the National Transport Commission.
The Australian Explosives Code (AEC3) is available from Safe Work Australia.
The following Standards are available from SAI Global:
- AS 2187.0 - Explosives - Storage, transport and use - Terminology
- AS 2187.1 - Explosives - Storage, transport and use – Storage
- AS 2187.2 - Explosives - Storage and use - Use of explosives.
Codes of practice (approved) - Explosives and Fireworks
Guides, guidelines, guidance notes and information sheets
What is the difference between each document type?
- Guides and information sheets are “mud maps” to regulatory information and may include licensing information and definitions.
- Guidelines provide safety and/or security advice.
- Guidance notes contain regulatory information and requirements (but not detailed licensing information).
Explosives documents
Templates
Templates related to explosives, including fireworks, are provided below to assist operators to meet their legislative requirements.
The templates include:
- blast plan for general use
- explosives management plan
- blast plans for specific mining situations.
Explosives forms
Fireworks forms
Schedule of fees and charges
Fees and charges related to resources safety (including dangerous goods and mining) are provided in the document below:
Schedule of fireworks events
Organisations providing shotfirer training courses
The shotfirer training courses provided by the organisations listed below are acceptable to Resources Safety.
From 1 November 2011, only those courses provided by a registered training organisation (RTO) will be approved by the Chief Officer.
If you are interested in being approved as an RTO providing shotfiring training courses from 1 November 2011, see the guide to the approval process or contact Resources Safety.
