Blaster - quarrying
Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full Time, Shift
Salary: $35.00 to $40.00 Hourly for 40 hours per week
Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
Location: Inuvik, Northwest Territories (2 vacancies )
Skill Requirements:
Education: Not applicable
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.): Provincial blasting licence
Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
Type of Equipment: Track or truck-mounted rotary drilling machines, Air-track drilling machines, Drilling machines, Detonators, Fuses, Detonating cords
Type of Work Experience: Construction sites, Quarries
Driller Specific Skills: Operate drilling machines, Bore blast holes to specified depths, Drill blast holes in rock, Measure location and stake out pattern of holes to be drilled, Load blast holes with explosives, Detonate explosives to dislodge coal, ore or rock
Blaster Specific Skills: Determine depth and diameter of blast holes, Load explosives in blast holes, Connect electrical wires, detonating cords or fuses into series, Detonate charges, Handle, store and transport explosives according to regulations
Additional Skills: Ensure that safety procedures are observed
Security and Safety: Driver's validity license check
Own Tools/Equipment: Steel-toed safety boots, Hard hat, Gloves
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Physically demanding, 20/20 vision, Attention to detail, Hand-eye co-ordination, Ability to distinguish between colours, Standing for extended periods, Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment: Outdoors, Noisy, Dusty
Transportation/Travel Information: Valid driver's licence, Vehicle supplied by employer, Willing to travel, Travel expenses paid by employer
Work Location Information: Willing to relocate
Essential Skills: Reading text, Document use, Numeracy, Writing, Communication, Working with others, Critical thinking, Job task planning and organizing
Languages: English
Employer: Bob's welding & Heavy Equip Repairs Ltd

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How to Apply: By E-mail: bobsweld@northwestel.net Advertised until: 2014/04/24