Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXVIII. Mines and Minerals § 351.1071. Training program;  certification as shotfirer and driller for solid blasting

(1)  No person shall drill coal or detonate explosives within a mine using the method of shooting coal from the solid until that person successfully completes a training program administered by the department and has passed a test prescribed by the commissioner.

(2)  No person shall be issued a certificate in accordance with subsection (1) of this section unless he or she presents valid evidence to the commissioner of having one (1) year of practical underground coal mine experience.