CAPABILITY CARD · Skilled Trades

The Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters capability card.

One link that proves what you do — the work, the tools, the market, and the path to better contracts.

There are 5,100 explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in the U.S. The ones who win the work a buyer actually budgets for don't hand over a flat PDF — they send a living capability card. Built and maintained by our New Jersey team.

5,100
working nationally
$61,390
Median / year
8
Core duties mapped
6
Expertise areas
What your card proves

The work a buyer needs to see at a glance.

A client or contracting officer scanning ten explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters wants fast proof you actually do the work. These are the core duties O*NET ties to your field — your capability card turns them into scannable proof points instead of a wall of text.

Duty 01
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Duty 02
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Duty 03
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.
Duty 04
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.
Duty 05
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.
Duty 06
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Tools that signal you're current

The systems you actually run — on the record.

Listing the software and platforms you work with is a quiet credibility signal buyers notice. These are the hot and in-demand technologies O*NET associates with explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters (★ = flagged hot technology). Your card shows the ones that fit your shop.

Autodesk AutoCAD ★ESRI ArcGIS software ★Microsoft Excel ★Microsoft Office software ★Microsoft Outlook ★Microsoft PowerPoint ★Microsoft Word ★
Where you stand

A real market — compete on proof, not price.

Nationally, 5,100 explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters earn a median of $61,390 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2024). In a market that size, the businesses that win the better work don't lead with the lowest number — they lead with a credible, current capability card. That's exactly what we build.

$61,390
Median pay / year
$30
Median / hour
5,100
Working nationally
Your expertise, named

The knowledge that makes the work credible.

These are the expertise areas O*NET ranks highest for explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters. On a capability card they read as depth — not buzzwords.

  • Public Safety and Security
  • Law and Government
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Transportation
  • Customer and Personal Service
The government-contracting edge

Where the steady budgets actually are.

Most explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters win public work as subcontractors to construction and facilities primes, and through small-business set-aside programs. Primes vet subs fast — a living capability card with your licenses, bonding posture, and recent work is how you get the call instead of getting screened out. We build it to be that fast yes.

Make yours

One link that does the proving for you.

The P4 Procurement Card is a live capability statement for credentialed small businesses — your work, tools, certs, and offerings on one always-current URL, with a downloadable PDF. $299 setup + $39/month. Premium (NFC + Wallet) and per-prospect Pitch cards too.

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