# Occupation profile — explosives engineer

- **ESCO URI:** http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/40b77b1b-6f9c-4d25-8b08-8b3cb0aaf7e7
- **ESCO code:** 2146.3
- **ISCO-08 group:** 2146 — Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals

## Description (ESCO)

Explosives engineers design drilling patterns and determine the amount of explosives required. They organise and supervise controlled blasts and report and investigate misfires. They manage explosives magazines.

## Definition

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## Alternative labels

- blasting engineer
- munitions engineer
- ordnance engineer