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

  • Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

  • Ammunition and Explosives Handler
  • Blast Setter
  • Fuse Cutter
  • Ski and Snowboard Instructor
  • Tier and Detonator

  • Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Operate machines to flush earth cuttings or to blow dust from holes.

  • Cut carpet, vinyl or other flexible materials.