The elaboration of Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosive Materials and Combat Gears is instructed in the Decree No. 71/2018/ND-CP dated May 15, 2018 of the Government.

This Decree give the regulation of qualifications for industrial explosive operation. To be specific:

The manager shall have at least a bachelor’s degree in one of the following disciplines: chemistry, ammunition, chemistry of propellants, explosives, combat engineer, mining, geology, construction, transport, irrigation…

- The person who analyzes or tests industrial explosives shall have at least an intermediate degree in one of the following disciplines: chemistry, ammunition, chemistry of propellants, explosives, combat engineer, mining, geology, construction, transport, irrigation, geophysics or drilling and blasting.

- The lead blaster shall have at least an intermediate degree in one of the following disciplines: Ammunition, chemistry of propellants, explosives…The lead blaster shall have at least 01 year experience of using industrial explosives if he/she has a bachelor’s degree, or 02 years for an intermediate degree or college degree;

This Decree also regulate that blasters shall have at least a primary diploma or an intermediate degree in relevant technical discipline and have at least 06 months’ experience of explosive blasting.

This Decree takes effect on July 01, 2018