Advanced blast vibration monitoring
from field setup to confident interpretation
Elevate your team with a focused, practical session on blast vibration in mining and construction — instrumentation, waveform quality, predictive models, and design choices that keep communities and structures safer.
ShotTrack × Thoroughbred Drill & Blast Consultants
This programme is presented by Nathan Rouse of Thoroughbred Drill and Blast Consultants in partnership with ShotTrack. Expect battle-tested field guidance — not generic slides — spanning setup, acquisition, and interpretation so your crew can ship defensible results.
What your team will command
Seven focused modules move from first principles through acquisition, analysis, site-specific modeling, timing science, and blast design — the same arc practitioners use when stakes are high.
Introduction to blast vibrations
- Definitions and the characteristics that matter on site
- Drivers of vibration levels from geology to charge geometry
- How regime and context change what "good" data looks like
Instrumentation & setup
- Selecting and placing geophones and accelerometers
- Step-by-step commissioning so traces are usable the first time
- Checklists that reduce preventable field mistakes
Analyzing waveforms
- Judging waveform quality before you interpret
- Basic and advanced interpretation moves practitioners rely on
- Frequency and timing cues that survive scrutiny
Building a site model
- Charge weight per delay and how it propagates into predictions
- Regression models tuned to your mine or project
- Why granular site knowledge beats generic factors
Signature holes & calibration blasts
- Setup workflows that make signature captures repeatable
- Running calibration blasts and reading what comes back
- Closing the loop between model and measured response
Timing optimization
- Nonelectric vs electronic detonators — practical differences
- Wave superposition intuition without hand-waving
- Monte Carlo thinking for defensible prediction bands
Vibration control in blast design
- Design patterns that steer amplitude and frequency
- Initiation sequence and delay choices under real constraints
- Working near sensitive structures with measurable margins
The same hardware your analysis lives on
Pair the course with instrumentation your team will actually deploy — compact ViB monitors and production VoD layouts that feed straight into ShockAI for upload, review, and reporting.
Explore the full ViB and VoD ranges — every model is engineered for harsh sites and repeatable workflows.
Formats & add-ons
Start with the core online module, then scale capacity or bring the content to your site. Detailed pricing and instalment options are handled on the ShotTrack store — we keep the science consistent wherever you host it.
The foundational five-hour experience — ideal for distributed teams who want a single, high-signal learning block.
Larger groups
Train up to ten people in one intake so site and corporate teams stay aligned.
On-site delivery
Bring the session to your workspace when travel and face-to-face review sessions matter.
Extra — advanced vibration analyses
Dive deeper into specialised analysis tracks for teams pushing past baseline compliance reporting.
Turn insight into standard practice
Book the training module, bundle add-ons for your crew, or speak with us about the right mix of hardware and instruction for your next programme.
Purchasing, instalments, and regional tax lines are completed on ShotTrack — ShockAI remains your home for data once the instruments are in the field.