PSOC 7542
Shotfirers And Blasters
Shot firers and blasters, position, assemble, and detonate explosives at mining, quarrying and demolition sites.
Landas can show the official occupation information, but it does not have enough checked pathway evidence for a personal route.
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How the work breaks down
11 official task groups in this profile
- No detailed AI-use signal
ensuring workplace safety and explosives handling, storage and transport procedures and regulations are followed
- No detailed AI-use signal
planning and giving instructions for the lay out, depth and diameter of blast holes
- No detailed AI-use signal
checking depth and cleanliness of blast holes
- No detailed AI-use signal
determining quantity and type of explosives to be used
- No detailed AI-use signal
loading explosives into blast holes
- No detailed AI-use signal
assembling, or directing other workers to assemble, primer charges using detonators and explosive cartridges, and attaching electrical wires, fuses and detonating cords to primers
- No detailed AI-use signal
connecting wires, fuses and detonator cords into series, testing electrical circuits and repairing malfunctions, and connecting series to blasting machines
- No detailed AI-use signal
covering charges, filling blast holes with rock dust, sand and other materials, and tamping material to compact charges
- No detailed AI-use signal
ensuring all explosives are detonated, and reporting and attending to misfires
- No detailed AI-use signal
declaring blast areas safe before and after detonation of explosives
- No detailed AI-use signal
compiling and maintaining records about usage of explosives in compliance with laws and regulations
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What supports this guide
Task evidence describes observed AI use and checked crosswalks. It does not predict that a whole occupation will disappear. Global AI-use data may not match Philippine workplaces.