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Career Guidance Skills information skills S2.6 - calculating and estimating S2.6.3 - estimating resource needs Decide quantity of explosives required
Description
Calculate the exact amount of explosives needed, based on the amount of material that needs to be removed, budgetary constraints and noise concerns.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 0 occupations
- Total: 1 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- Explosives engineerExplosives engineers design drilling patterns and determine the amount of explosives required. They organise and supervise controlled blasts and report and investigate misfires. Th…
Related skills
- Explosives
- Report outcome of blast
- Ensure compliance with safety legislation
- Chemistry
- Troubleshoot
- Examine prospective blast area
- Impact of geological factors on mining operations
- Mine safety legislation
- Report misfires
- Mining engineering
- Issue drilling instructions
- Supervise staff
- Geology
Last updated on February 19, 2026
