diamond drill operator - surface mining and quarrying

• No degree, certificate or diploma

• Outdoors

• Noisy

• Cold/refrigerated

• Hot

• Remote location

• Determine depth and diameter of blast holes

• Drive and operate tracked or truck-mounted rotary drilling to bore large blast holes to specified depths at staked positions in open-pit mine or quarry

• Read instructions or diagrams and lay out drill patterns

• Ensure health and safety regulations are followed

• Operate tracked or truck-mounted drill equipped with auger or other attachment to drill holes for building foundations or pilings

• 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

• Operate air-track, rotary, down-the-hole or other drilling machines to drill blast holes or may direct drilling of blast holes

• Drive and operate 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

• Drilling machine

• Drug test

• Willing to travel

• Physically demanding

• Dependability

• Dental plan

• Disability benefits

• Health care plan

• Paramedical services coverage

• Vision care benefits

• Bonus

• Other benefits