NKPD code: 7542
Shotfirers and blasters place, assemble and detonate explosives in mines and quarries and for clearing construction sites. Shotfirers and blasters perform the following main tasks: • ensuring workplace safety and safety in the handling, storage and transport of explosives according to procedures and regulations; • planning and giving instructions on the layout, depth and diameter of blast holes; • checking the depth and cleanliness of holes for placing explosives; • determining the quantity and type of explosives to be used; • placing explosives in the appropriate holes; • assembling, or directing other workers to assemble, primer charges using detonators, explosive cartridges, connecting electrical wires, fuses, detonating cords and firing devices; • connecting wires, fuses and detonating cords in series, testing electrical circuits and correcting faults, and connecting the series to blasting machines; • covering explosives and filling blast holes with stone dust, sand and other materials, tamping materials into compact charges; • ensuring that all explosives are detonated, and reporting and taking action on unexploded charges; • declaring blasting areas safe before and after explosions; • preparing and maintaining logs of explosives use in accordance with laws and regulations. Examples of occupations in this unit group: – Supervisor, explosives store – Shotfirer (blasting worker) – Pyrotechnician – Worker, blast hole drilling Excludes: – Supervisor, mine – 3121 – Machine operator, excavation (mine) – 8111 – Operator, drilling equipment (wells) – 8113 – Worker, mines – 9311 – Worker-digger, quarries – 9311