blaster, construction

GNF Commercial Management Limited; Lucasville; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A construction management company in Nova Scotia is seeking skilled workers for a full-time position in blasting operations. Responsibilities include directing explosive trucks, operating drilling equipment, and loading explosives in blast holes. Applicants must have a secondary school graduation certificate and a valid driver's license. Successful candidates will be team players, accurate in their work, and must meet legal requirements to work in Canada. This role offers free parking and requires physical presence at the job site.

Benefits

Free parking available

Responsibilities

• Direct explosive trucks to load holes.
• Drive and operate tracked or truck-mounted drilling to bore blast holes.
• Load explosives in blast holes by hand.
• Read instructions or diagrams and lay out drill patterns.
• Operate drilling machines to drill blast holes.

Skills

Accurate

Team player

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Job details

• Salary 21.00 to 25.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 35 to 47 hours per week
• Terms of employment Permanent employment Full time
• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

• Construction

Responsibilities

• Direct explosive trucks to load 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
• Load explosives in blast holes by hand
• Read instructions or diagrams and lay out drill patterns
• Operate tracked or truck-mounted drill equipped with auger or other attachment to drill holes for building foundations or pilings
• Operate air-track, rotary, down-the-hole or other drilling machines to drill blast holes or may direct drilling of blast holes

Supervision

• Blasters (surface mining or quarrying or construction)

Area of work experience

• Quarries

Security and safety

• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Team player

Other benefits

• Free parking available

Who can apply for this job?

You can apply if you are:

• a permanent resident of Canada
• a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit

Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.

Advertised until

2026-01-13

GNF Commercial Management Limited

• Real estate and rental and leasing