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

  • High Scaler
  • Ore Blasting Miner
  • Blasting Entry Specialist
  • Charge Specialist
  • Charge Entry Specialist
  • Explosive Specialist
  • Explosive Ordinance Disposal Specialist
  • Explosive Ordnance Specialist
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist

  • 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.
  • Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
  • Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
  • 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.

  • Prepare explosives for detonation.