7 - Trades, Transport & Equipment Operators

During the first 14 months of my apprenticeship I worked underground.

On one of the jobs, we had liners to change in the crusher. The liners were so badly beaten that the only way we could get them out was to blow them up!

We got the okay from our supervisor, and since one of the industrial mechanics on the crew had a blasting ticket we were able to throw a little bit of dynamite between a rock and a hard place and boom! The job was done.