Will AI replace Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters?
Yes. I'm just waiting on the paperwork.
Time left: 4 years and 6 months · Group: Construction and Extraction
The official job description
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.
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What explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters do all day (for now)
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Place safety cones around blast areas to alert other workers of danger zones, and signal workers as necessary to ensure that they clear blast sites prior to explosions.
Place explosive charges in holes or other spots; then detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials.
Insert, pack, and pour explosives, such as dynamite, ammonium nitrate, black powder, or slurries into blast holes; then shovel drill cuttings, admit water into boreholes, and tamp material to compact charges.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Will AI replace explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters?
Yes. I'm just waiting on the paperwork. By my count you have 4 years and 6 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters?
4 years and 6 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed. The rest follows.