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

  • Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

  • Explosive Detection Canine Handler
  • Explosive Detection K9 Handler
  • Explosive Expert
  • Explosive Man
  • Explosive Ordinance Disposal Specialist
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician
  • Explosive Ordnance Handler
  • Explosive Ordnance Specialist
  • Explosive Ordnance Technician
  • Explosive Specialist
  • Explosive Technician
  • Explosives Worker
  • Explosives Detonator
  • Explosives Handler
  • Ammunition and Explosives Handler
  • Demolition Worker
  • Dobie Worker
  • Mining Powder Crew Worker
  • Nitro Worker
  • Pillar Worker
  • Powder Worker
  • Torpedo Worker
  • Tunnel Worker
  • Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Worker

  • 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.

  • Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
  • Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
  • Document geological formations encountered during work.
  • 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.
  • Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
  • Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.

  • Measure work site dimensions.
  • Prepare explosives for detonation.
  • Remove debris or vegetation from work sites.