该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

钻工

• 驾驶和操作履带式或卡车式旋转钻孔机、气动履带式钻孔机或其他钻孔机，在露天矿或采石场的立桩位置钻大型爆破孔至指定深度
• 操作钻孔机在道路或其他建筑工地的岩石上钻爆破孔
• 操作配备螺旋钻或其他附件的履带式或卡车式钻孔机，用于建筑地基或打桩的钻孔
• 可以测量要钻孔的位置和放样模式，用炸药装载爆破孔并引爆炸药以去除煤、矿石或岩石。

冲击波

• 阅读说明或图表，布置钻孔模式并确定爆破孔的深度和直径，并进行现场测试以确定所需炸药的类型和数量
• 组装或指导其他工人使用选定的雷管、引信、导爆索和其他材料组装起爆药
• 手动将炸药装入爆破孔或直接移动散装炸药卡车到装孔
• 将电线、导爆索或导火索串联起来，串联到爆破机上；按下手柄或按钮引爆装药
• 根据规定处理、储存和运输爆炸物和附件，并确保遵守安全程序
• 可操作气动、旋转、潜孔或其他钻孔机钻爆破孔或可直接钻爆破孔。

• 通常需要完成中学学业。
• 提供在职培训。
• 司钻可能需要有重型设备操作员的经验。
• 爆破工可能需要在露天采矿和采石场或建筑中担任爆破工助手的经验。
• 爆破工通常需要省级爆破许可证。
• 在新斯科舍省，爆能枪的贸易认证是强制性的。

• 钻孔工和爆破工通常同时进行钻孔和爆破作业。
• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升到主管职位。

• Blaster——地下采矿；司钻 - 地下采矿（在83100 地下生产和开发矿工中）
• 钻工- 石油和天然气钻井（在83101 石油和天然气井钻工、服务人员、测试人员和相关工人中）
• 钻孔和爆破工头/女工 - 建筑（72021 承包商和主管，重型设备操作人员）
• 露天矿主管（在82020 Supervisors, mining and quarrying中）
• 水井钻工 ( 72501)

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Drillers

• 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

• 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.

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• On-the-job training is provided.
• Experience as a heavy equipment operator may be required for drillers.
• Experience as a blaster helper in surface mining and quarrying or construction may be required for blasters.
• Provincial blasting licence is usually required for blasters.
• Trade certification for blasters is compulsory in Nova Scotia.

• Drillers and blasters often perform both drilling and blasting activities.
• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

• Blaster - underground mining; driller - underground mining (in 83100 Underground production and development miners)
• Driller - oil and gas drilling (in 83101 Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers)
• Drilling and blasting foreman/woman - construction (in 72021 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews)
• Surface mine supervisor (in 82020 Supervisors, mining and quarrying)
• Water well drillers (72501)