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Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. Work site environment: Outdoors. Noisy. Dusty. Dangerous. Tasks: 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. 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. Equipment and machinery experience: Air-track drilling machine. Drilling machine. Track or truck-mounted rotary drilling machines. Area of work experience: Construction site. Transportation/travel information: Valid driver's licence. Work conditions and physical capabilities: Work under pressure. Physically demanding. Manual dexterity. Attention to detail. Hand-eye co-ordination. Standing for extended periods. Bending, crouching, kneeling. Handling heavy loads. Experience: 5 years or more. Health benefits: Dental plan. Disability benefits. Health care plan. Financial benefits: As per collective agreement. Group insurance benefits. Night shift premium. Pension plan. Other benefits: Other benefits.