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

  • Firer
  • Fuse Cutter
  • Shot Fireman
  • Shot Firer

  • Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
  • 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.