Summer camp seeks to start them young with explosives engineer training.
On this side of the Atlantic, the question of where the next generation of blasters and explosives engineers will come from is a source of constant debate. In the US (or Missouri to be precise) they’re addressing the challenge with a summer camp to expose children to the career opportunities of the blasting sector.
For the fifth year, Missouri S&T is holding an explosives camp for students thinking of becoming a demolition engineer.
Many of the students are considering a career in this field, like Kirstin Bier who’s a high schooler from Columbia, MO. “The camp would be a really good way of seeing how they do their program and what it’s like and it’s been a lot of fun,” Bier said. “And you get to blow stuff up… That’s always fun!”
Along with blowing stuff up, the students get to learn the different types of charges, and techniques behind demolition.
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