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Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures.
What an explosives worker, ordnance handling expert, and blaster does
Become an explosives worker, ordnance handling expert, and blaster
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good explosives worker, ordnance handling expert, and blaster
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $39 per hour with an average salary of $81,700 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $34 and $47 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $70,100 and $97,800 per year.
Explosives Worker, Ordnance Handling Expert, And Blaster job outlook
- There are 53 workers in this occupation in Washington.