Explosives Worker, Ordnance Handling Expert, and Blaster
Where you worked
- Examined blast areas to check types and amounts of explosives needed and to follow safety laws
- Placed explosive charges in holes and detonated them to break down structures or move earth and rock
- Tied specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns to time explosions
- Placed safety cones around blast areas to warn other workers and signaled them to clear sites before blasts
- Compiled and kept records of guns and explosives to follow local and federal laws
- Drove trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to job sites
- Set up and operated equipment like hoists and drills to create charge holes