Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a shotfirer can go next

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

Shotfirers set up and safely detonate explosives at a site in order to blast and break up in situ material.

Also known as explosives technician, shot firer, demolition operative, shot-firer, blast crew operator, shotfirers, operator (blast crew), blaster.

Craft and related trades workers 20 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: explosives engineer, 48%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
explosives engineer 48% covered underground miner 41% covered surface miner 31% covered driller 28% covered underground heavy equipment o… 26% covered shotfirer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from shotfirer, 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 a shotfirer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A shotfirer 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
  • connect blasting circuit working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • examine area after blast information skills
  • marksmanship services
  • report misfires information skills
  • safely detonate explosives assisting and caring
  • signal for explosion assisting and caring
  • check borehole depth constructing
  • examine prospective blast area information skills
  • insert charges into drill holes handling and moving
  • handle explosives handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Shotfirer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a shotfirer’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.