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

  • Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures.

  • Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
  • Insert, pack, and pour explosives, such as dynamite, ammonium nitrate, black powder, or slurries into blast holes; then shovel drill cuttings, admit water into boreholes, and tamp material to compact charges.
  • Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
  • Place explosive charges in holes or other spots; then detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials.

  • Cut carpet, vinyl or other flexible materials.
  • Load materials into construction equipment.
  • Mark reference points on construction materials.
  • Move materials, equipment, or supplies.
  • Order construction or extraction materials or equipment.
  • Pour materials into or on designated areas.