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Quarry Driller
Employer
All Service DrillingDate Posted
June 27, 2025Languages
English-
Location Airdrie, AB
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Earnings $37.00 hourly
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Work Hours 70 to 84 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date Jul 27, 2025
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
- OBJECTIVE
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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
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Interest in analyzing information to conduct field tests to determine the type and quantity of explosives required
- DIRECTIVE
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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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