Blasting and Explosives Inspector pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 71570
- Class code
- 71570
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Blasting and Explosives Inspector is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 71570.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 01/27/2001.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in regulating the purchase, storage, handling and use of explosives in an assigned geographical area of the Commonwealth. Employees in this class perform a variety of inspection, investigation and enforcement activities involving the Commonwealth's blasting and explosives program. Work involves conducting inspections at coal and non-coal surface mines to determine compliance with Commonwealth laws and regulations, conducting investigations into public complaints involving the use of explosives, preparing technical reports, initiating enforcement activities to correct violations, and monitoring other applications of explosives, including trenching and construction sites, demolition sites and seismic surveys.
Examples of the work
Conducts inspections of coal and non-coal surface mines, building and highway construction sites, trench excavations, magazines, seismic surveys, and sporting black powder wholesalers and retailers to determine compliance with blasting and explosives rules and regulations. Investigates complaints involving the improper use of explosives and recommends solutions to resolve the complaints. Conducts studies to determine if blasting has caused structural damage to property, including evaluating structure conditions and performing structure response analyses and ground vibration analyses, and prepares technical reports to document the findings and conclusions of the studies.
Minimum qualifications
A bachelor's degree in engineering or physical sciences; or Four years of experience in the handling and use of explosives, including a minimum of two years as a lead blaster, blasting foreman or blasting operations supervisor.
Special requirements
Possession of a Class A "General" blaster's license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Possession of a valid Pennsylvania commercial driver's license with hazardous materials (H) endorsement.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.