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2.3 KiB

Competences — explosives engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/40b77b1b-6f9c-4d25-8b08-8b3cb0aaf7e7).

Essential

  • address problems critically (skill/competence)
  • chemistry (knowledge)
  • decide quantity of explosives required (skill/competence)
  • electricity (knowledge)
  • ensure compliance with safety legislation (skill/competence)
  • examine prospective blast area (skill/competence)
  • explosives (knowledge)
  • geology (knowledge)
  • handle explosives (skill/competence)
  • impact of geological factors on mining operations (knowledge)
  • issue drilling instructions (skill/competence)
  • report misfires (skill/competence)
  • report outcome of blast (skill/competence)
  • safety engineering (knowledge)
  • sequence explosions (skill/competence)
  • troubleshoot (skill/competence)

Optional

  • mine safety legislation (knowledge)
  • mining engineering (knowledge)
  • present reports (skill/competence)
  • safely detonate explosives (skill/competence)
  • signal for explosion (skill/competence)
  • supervise staff (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 19 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • demilitarization — 26 %
  • demolition — 26 %
  • procurement strategy analysis — 21 %
  • quality assurance — 21 %
  • quality assurance coordination — 16 %
  • quality control — 16 %
  • hazard analysis — 16 %
  • munitions engineering — 16 %
  • blast design — 16 %
  • cost management — 16 %
  • decontamination — 16 %
  • environmental compliance — 16 %
  • explosive processing — 16 %
  • safety compliance — 16 %
  • technical reporting — 16 %
  • technical support — 16 %

Methods

  • standard operating procedures (SOPs) — 16 %
  • work review forms (WRFs) — 16 %

Responsibilities

  • report preparation — 21 %
  • operations support — 16 %
  • planning support — 16 %
  • process document creation — 16 %
  • explosives management — 16 %
  • document compilation — 16 %
  • documentation preparation — 16 %
  • acquisition support — 16 %
  • tunnel production planning — 16 %