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Driller, construction

North Vancouver, British Columbia · posted 2026-09-08

$45.00 hourly

Pay is above the local median for this work ($39.93 an hour; Job Bank, 2023–2024)

What the posting asks for

  • 2 to 3 years' experience
  • High school
  • English

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Hours and terms

  • 40 hours a week
  • Full time, Term or contract
  • In person

Usually needed for this kind of work

  • Completion of secondary school is usually required.
  • On-the-job training is provided.
  • Experience as a heavy equipment operator may be required for drillers.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Drillers - surface mining, quarrying and construction (NOC 73402). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

  • Drive and operate tracked or truck-mounted rotary drilling, air-track or other drilling machines to bore large blast holes to specified depths at staked positions in open-pit mine or quarry
  • Operate drilling machines to drill blast holes in rock at road or other construction sites
  • Operate tracked or truck-mounted drill equipped with auger or other attachment to drill holes for building foundations or pilings
  • May 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.

About the employer

  • Industry: Construction
  • Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region

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