Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an explosives engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an explosives engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Explosives engineers design drilling patterns and determine the amount of explosives required. They organise and supervise controlled blasts and report and investigate misfires. They manage explosives magazines.

Also known as blasting engineer, munitions engineer, ordnance engineer.

Professionals 22 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: mine shift manager, 52%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mine shift manager 52% covered mine health and safety engine… 50% covered shotfirer 50% covered mineral processing engineer 44% covered mine ventilation engineer 41% covered explosives engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from explosives engineer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an explosives engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An explosives engineer needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • decide quantity of explosives required information skills
  • issue drilling instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • sequence explosions handling and moving
  • report misfires information skills
  • report outcome of blast information skills
  • examine prospective blast area information skills
  • handle explosives handling and moving
  • explosives engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • impact of geological factors on mining operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • safety engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an explosives engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Explosives engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an explosives engineer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.