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Quarry Driller

Employer

All Service Drilling

Date Posted

June 27, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Airdrie, AB
  • Earnings $37.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 70 to 84 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jul 27, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

All Service Drilling

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

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
  • Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
  • Operate tracked or truck-mounted drill equipped with auger or other attachment to drill holes for building foundations or pilings
  • Operate air-track, rotary, down-the-hole or other drilling machines to drill blast holes or may direct drilling of blast holes
  • Operate drilling machines to drill blast holes in rock at road or other construction sites
  • Operate various vehicles and equipment
  • Operate and maintain drilling mud systems and pumps
  • Monitor engine, machinery and equipment indicators
  • Monitor environment and maintain optimum conditions
  • Prepare reports
  • Troubleshoot problems related to equipment
  • Keep logs and maintain records
  • Schedule activities

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Air-track drilling machine
  • Drilling machine
  • Track or truck-mounted rotary drilling machines
  • Pumps
  • Drills

Security and safety

Drug test

Personal suitability

Team player

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Quarry Driller is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Blasters - Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction
OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to connect electrical wires, detonating cords and fuses into series, and to connect the series to blasting machines; may operate air-track, rotary, down-the-hole and other drilling machines

INNOVATIVE

Interest in analyzing information to conduct field tests to determine the type and quantity of explosives required

DIRECTIVE

Interest in speaking - signalling to direct workers in assembling primer charges using selected detonators, fuses, detonating cords and other materials, and to direct bulk-explosive trucks to load holes; may direct drilling of blast holes

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The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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