Operate explosives production equipment

Description

Operate equipment used for mixing of chemical ingredients having as their end product explosives such as TNT, tetryl or nitroglycerin.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 1 occupations
  • Optional in 3 occupations
  • Total: 4 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)

Essential for

  • Nitrator operator
    Nitrator operators monitor and control equipment that processes chemical substances to produce explosives. They are responsible for the product storage in tanks. Other titles The f…

Optional for

  • Nitroglycerin separator operator
    Nitroglycerin separator operators maintain the gravity separator, used in explosives processing, controlling the temperature and liquid flow, in order to separate nitroglycerin fro…
  • Ammunition assembler
    Ammunition assemblers put together explosives and other ammunition components. They perform this work in mass production in ammunition factories. The production itself focuses on t…
  • Nitroglycerin neutraliser
    Nitroglycerin neutralisers maintain explosives mixing tanks by neutralizing the process remaining acids. Other titles The following job titles also refer to nitroglycerin neutralis…

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Last updated on February 19, 2026

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