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Overview
Explosives engineers combine geology, chemistry, safety engineering and blast planning to prepare controlled detonations and investigate misfires.
In job descriptions, look for blast design, drilling instructions, explosive magazines, misfire reports, blast outcomes, prospective blast areas, staff supervision and strict safety procedures.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Explosives engineering is planned technical work before, during and after controlled blasts. The engineer studies the area, sets drilling instructions, calculates charges, supervises detonation activity and documents results or misfires.
Skills and specializations
Depth comes from explosives, geology, chemistry, electricity and safety engineering. Specialization can focus on mining, tunnelling, quarrying, blast design, magazine management or investigation of failed shots.
Salary context
Pay is best compared through blast complexity, site conditions, staff supervision, storage responsibility, emergency readiness and accountability for misfire reporting and blast outcomes.
Career paths
A path may start in mining or site engineering and move toward senior blast design, explosives magazine responsibility, site supervision, safety review or specialist investigation after incidents.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names the site type, blast area, drilling pattern work, explosive storage, reporting duties and who signs off the blast plan. Vague adverts are risky for this occupation.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Occupation group
Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals (2146)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/40b77b1b-6f9c-4d25-8b08-8b3cb0aaf7e7 |
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| ESCO code | 2146.3 |
| ISCO group | 2146 |
| Concept type | Occupation |