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Drillers and Blasters – Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction  (NOC 7372)
Halifax Region
Description |  Titles |  Duties |   Related Occupations

Drillers in this unit group operate mobile drilling machines to bore blast holes in open-pit mines and quarries and to bore holes for blasting and for building foundations at construction sites. Blasters in this unit group fill blast holes with explosives and detonate explosives to dislodge coal, ore and rock or to demolish structures. They are employed by mining, quarrying and construction companies and by drilling and blasting contractors.

blaster – surface mining, blaster, construction, driller, construction, foundation drill operator, open-pit blaster, open-pit driller, rotary drilling machine operator.

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Drillers in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
  • Drive and operate tracked or truck-mounted rotary drilling, 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
  • Operate tracked or truck-mounted drill equipped with auger or other attachment to drill holes for building foundations or pilings
  • May 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.
Blasters in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
  • Read instructions or diagrams, lay out drill pattern and determine depth and diameter of blast holes and conduct field tests to determine type and quantity of explosives required
  • Assemble or direct other workers to assemble primer charges using selected detonators, fuses, detonating cords and other materials
  • Load explosives in blast holes by hand or direct movement of bulk explosives trucks to load holes
  • Connect electrical wires, detonating cords or fuses into series and connect series to blasting machines; press handle or button to detonate charges
  • Handle, store and transport explosives and accessories in accordance with regulations and ensure that safety procedures are observed
  • May operate air-track, rotary, down-the-hole or other drilling machines to drill blast holes or may direct drilling of blast holes.
Included Cities in Region | Service Canada Offices

Halifax, Dartmouth, Brookside, Goodwood, Hammonds Plains Road, Hatchet Lake, Lake Echo, Uplands Park

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Jobs for Drillers and Blasters – Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction in Halifax Region

Job opportunities from Job Bank and contributing job sites are updated daily.

There are 6 job postings in Canada.

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Alberta
0
Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River Region
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Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House Region
0
Calgary Region
0
Camrose--Drumheller Region
0
Edmonton Region
0
Lethbridge--Medicine Hat Region
0
Red Deer Region
0
Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake Region
0
British Columbia
1
Cariboo Region
0
Kootenay Region
0
Lower Mainland - Southwest Region
0
Nechako Region
0
North Coast Region
0
Northeast Region
0
Thompson--Okanagan Region
0
Vancouver Island and Coast Region
1
Manitoba
1
Interlake Region
0
North Central Region
0
North Region
0
Parklands Region
0
South Central Region
0
Southeast Region
1
Southwest Region
0
Winnipeg Region
0
New Brunswick
0
Campbellton--Miramichi Region
0
Edmundston--Woodstock Region
0
Fredericton--Oromocto
0
Moncton--Richibucto Region
0
Saint John--St. Stephen Region
0
Newfoundland and Labrador
0
Avalon Peninsula Region
0
Notre Dame-Central-Bonavista Bay Region
0
South Coast--Burin Peninsula Region
0
West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador Region
0
Northwest Territories
0
Yellowknife Region
0
Nova Scotia
0
Annapolis Valley Region
0
Cape Breton Region
0
Halifax Region
0
North Shore Region
0
Southern Region
0
Nunavut
0
Iqaluit Region
0
Ontario
0
Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula Region
0
Kingston - Pembroke Region
0
Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie Region
0
London Region
0
Muskoka-Kawarthas Region
0
Northeast Region
0
Northwest Region
0
Ottawa Region
0
Stratford--Bruce Peninsula Region
0
Toronto Region
0
Windsor-Sarnia Region
0
Prince Edward Island
0
Prince Edward Island
0
Québec
4
Abitibi-Témiscamingue Region
1
Bas-Saint-Laurent Region
0
Capitale-Nationale Region
1
Centre-du-Québec Region
0
Chaudière-Appalaches Region
0
Côte-Nord Region
0
Estrie Region
0
Gaspésie -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine Region
0
Lanaudière Region
0
Laurentides Region
0
Laval Region
2
Mauricie Region
0
Montérégie Region
0
Montréal Region
0
Nord-du-Québec Region
0
Outaouais Region
0
Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean Region
0
Saskatchewan
0
Northern Region
0
Prince Albert Region
0
Regina--Moose Mountain Region
0
Saskatoon--Biggar Region
0
Swift Current--Moose Jaw Region
0
Yorkton--Melville Region
0
Yukon
0
Yukon Territory
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