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Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
2
Alternate Occupation Titles
Blast
Hole
Driller
Shot
Hole
Shooter
9
Tasks
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.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge
holes
for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Measure depths of drilled blast
holes
, using weighted tape measures.
Operate machines to flush earth cuttings or to blow dust from
holes.
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.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, and drills, in order to bore charge
holes.
1
Detailed Work Activity
Drill
holes
in earth or rock.
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How do they match: 47-5032.00 - Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
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