How do they match: Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

  • Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

  • Ammunition and Explosives Handler
  • Demolition Worker
  • Dobie Worker
  • Explosives Worker
  • Explosives and Weapons Technical Instructor
  • Mining Powder Crew Worker
  • Nitro Worker
  • Oil Well Gun Perforator Operator
  • Oil Well Perforator Operator
  • Perforator Operator
  • Pillar Worker
  • Powder Worker
  • Sample Taker Operator
  • Ski and Snowboard Instructor
  • Tier and Detonator
  • Torpedo Worker
  • Tunnel Worker
  • Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Worker

  • Operate machines to flush earth cuttings or to blow dust from holes.
  • Document geological formations encountered during work.
  • Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
  • Place safety cones around blast areas to alert other workers of danger zones, and signal workers as necessary to ensure that they clear blast sites prior to explosions.
  • Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, and drills, in order to bore charge holes.
  • Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
  • Signal crane operators to move equipment.

  • Operate communications equipment or systems.
  • Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
  • Operate detonation equipment.
  • Assemble products or production equipment.
  • Determine operational compliance with regulations or standards.
  • Measure work site dimensions.
  • Monitor extraction operations.
  • Record operational or environmental data.
  • Remove debris or vegetation from work sites.
  • Select tools, equipment, or technologies for use in operations or projects.
  • Signal equipment operators to indicate proper equipment positioning.