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

  • Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

  • Blast Driller
  • Blast Hole Driller
  • Blast Setter
  • Blast Technician
  • Blaster
  • Blasting Clay Miner
  • Blasting Coal Miner
  • Blasting Contract Man
  • Blasting Contract Miner
  • Blasting Entry Specialist
  • Blasting Entryman
  • Blasting Gang Miner
  • Blasting Miner
  • Company Blasting Miner
  • Copper Blasting Miner
  • Efficiency Blasting Miner
  • Gold Blasting Miner
  • Hard Rock Blasting Miner
  • Hydraulic Blasting Miner
  • Iron Blasting Miner
  • Lead Blasting Miner
  • Lode Blasting Miner
  • Metal Blasting Miner
  • Mica Blasting Miner
  • Muck Blasting Miner
  • Ore Blasting Miner
  • Quartz Blasting Miner
  • Shale Blasting Miner
  • Silver Blasting Miner
  • Skip Blasting Miner
  • Water Blaster
  • Zinc Blasting Miner

  • Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
  • Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
  • Create and lay out designs for drill and blast patterns.
  • Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
  • Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
  • 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.
  • Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
  • Light fuses, drop detonating devices into wells or boreholes, or activate firing devices with plungers, dials, or buttons, in order to set off single or multiple blasts.
  • Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
  • 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.
  • Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
  • Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
  • Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.