Profession bomb disposal technician

Bomb disposal technicians search areas using special equipment such as metal detectors, or using trained animals, for the presence of land mines and bombs, and remove the explosive materials according to safety regulations. After the search for and location of mines and bombs, they disarm them aiming to avoid any risk of detonation, and ensure the area is cleared before disarming and removal procedures.

Knowledge

• Demining operations

  The regulations and procedures involved in the search for identification of land mines, and the procedures of removing and disarming the land mines.

• Explosives

  Behaviour of explosives, pyrotechnics and blasting techniques. Associated risks and legal requirements.

• Surveillance methods

  Surveillance methods used in the gathering of information and intelligence for investigation purposes.

• Pyrotechnic articles legislation

  The legal rules surrounding pyrotechnics and pyrotechnic materials.

Skills

• Maintain operational communications

  Maintain communications between different departments of an organisation, between the staff, or during specific operations or missions, to ensure that the operation or mission is successful, or that the organisation functions smoothly.

• Manage emergency evacuation plans

  Monitor quick and safe emergency evacuation plans.

• Use personal protection equipment

  Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.

• Handle surveillance equipment

  Monitor surveillance equipment to observe what people are doing in a given area and ensure their safety.

• Assess danger in risk areas

  Assess the potential dangers involved in performinig military or humanitarian missions in risk areas, such as combat areas, areas affected by natural disasters, or politically tense areas.

• Perform demarcation

  Perform the activities involved in the creation and fixing of boundaries around a restricted area.

• Identify land mines

  Identify the presence and state of land mines to ensure an area is cleared, to assess the danger of detonation, and to perform demining activities.

• Disarm land mine

  Disarm explosives and ammunition contained within land mines according to regulations to prevent and permanently avoid detonation and to ensure safety.

• Operate metal detection equipment

  Operate the equipment used in the detection of metal products and elements to identify presence in an area and search for potentially dangerous items.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB