Open-Pit Blaster

Employer: Granite Drc Inc

Location: Ogden, Quebec

Salary: $36.00 hourly

Languages: French Education: Registered Apprenticeship certificate Experience: 1 to less than 7 months Work site environment: Outdoors. Dusty. Cold/refrigerated. Dangerous Work setting: Rural area. Willing to relocate. Relocation costs not covered by employer Tasks: Conduct field tests to determine type and quantity of explosives required. Determine depth and diameter of blast 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. Ensure health and safety regulations are followed. 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