Construction Driller

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Dangerous
**Tasks**:

- Drive and operate tracked or truck-mounted rotary drilling to bore large blast holes to specified depths at staked positions in open-pit mine or quarry
- Read instructions or diagrams, lay out drill pattern and determine depth and diameter of blast holes and conduct field tests to determine type and quantity of explosives required
- Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
- Measure location and stake out pattern of holes to be drilled, load blast holes with explosives and detonate explosives to dislodge coal, ore or rock
- Drive and operate air-track or other drilling machines to bore large blast holes to specified depths at staked positions in open-pit mine or quarry
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Air-track drilling machine
- Drilling machine
- Track or truck-mounted rotary drilling machines
**Area of work experience**:

- Construction site
**Security and safety**:

- Driver's validity licence check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Handling heavy loads
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Gloves
- Ear plugs
- Safety glasses/goggles
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Team player
- Judgement
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
**Financial benefits**:

- As per collective agreement
**Long term benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Other benefits
**Other benefits**:

- Team building opportunities
- Travel insurance