driller, construction

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Tasks:

• Determine depth and diameter of blast holes.
• Direct explosive trucks to load holes.
• Drive and operate tracked or truck-mounted rotary drilling to bore large blast holes to specified depths at staked positions in open-pit mine or quarry.
• Load explosives in blast holes by hand.
• Read instructions or diagrams and lay out drill patterns.
• Operate tracked or truck-mounted drill equipped with auger or other attachment to drill holes for building foundations or pilings.
• Connect electrical wires, detonating cords or fuses into series and connect series to blasting machines; press handle or button to detonate charges.
• Measure location and stake out pattern of holes to be drilled, load blast holes with explosives and detonate explosives to dislodge coal, ore or rock.
• Operate air-track, rotary, down-the-hole or other drilling machines to drill blast holes or may direct drilling of blast holes.
• Handle, store and transport explosives and accessories in accordance with regulations and ensure that safety procedures are observed.
• Drive and operate air-track or other drilling machines to bore large blast holes to specified depths at staked positions in open-pit mine or quarry.
• Operate drilling machines to drill blast holes in rock at road or other construction sites.
• Assemble or direct other workers to assemble primer charges using selected detonators, fuses, detonating cords and other materials.

Experience:

2 years to less than 3 years.