Marines · 2336
Your Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician experience maps to civilian jobs like Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters—and well beyond. Explore the specific roles below, see what each pays and requires, and build from there.
These are the civilian jobs the U.S. Department of Labor maps to 2336, plus the roles most closely related to them—ordered from the closest match. Think of them as a floor, not a ceiling: see what each role involves and pays, start where your Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician experience already fits, and build toward the rest.
$61,590/yr mediantypical $43k–$89k
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials.
Why it fits: A direct Department of Labor match—your Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician work maps straight onto the construction & skilled trades side of this role.
$56,660/yr mediantypical $41k–$82k
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Operate a variety of drills such as rotary, churn, and pneumatic to tap subsurface water and salt deposits, to remove core samples during mineral exploration or soil testing, and to facilitate the…
Why it fits: Closely related to your Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician occupations on the construction & skilled trades side—a natural next step.
$45,520/yr mediantypical $35k–$63k
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Help extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers, blasters and explosives workers, derrick operators, and mining machine operators, by performing duties requiring less skill.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician occupations on the construction & skilled trades side—a natural next step.
$61,770/yr mediantypical $40k–$90k
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Set up or operate a variety of drills to remove underground oil and gas, or remove core samples for testing during oil and gas exploration.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician occupations on the construction & skilled trades side—a natural next step.
$61,420/yr mediantypical $40k–$81k
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the mine face and load it onto conveyors, shuttle cars, or trucks in a continuous operation.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician occupations on the construction & skilled trades side—a natural next step.
$50,050/yr mediantypical $38k–$77k
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Operate or tend machinery at surface mining site, equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets to excavate and load loose materials.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician occupations on the construction & skilled trades side—a natural next step.
$63,550/yr mediantypical $41k–$109k
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Operate pile drivers mounted on skids, barges, crawler treads, or locomotive cranes to drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, and foundations of structures such as buildings, bridges, and…
Why it fits: Closely related to your Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician occupations on the construction & skilled trades side—a natural next step.
Source: O*NET / DMDC Military Crosswalk and O*NET related-occupations data, August 2024. Pay is BLS OEWS (May 2023).
Use the level that reflects what you actually did—not rank alone. Two people with the same code and very different experience should not submit the same résumé.
Lead with hands-on tasks, tools, equipment, qualifications, safety discipline, and the conditions in which you performed. Do not inflate supervisory scope.
Add team leadership, training, inspections, work allocation, quality control, readiness, and the people or assets you directly supervised.
Emphasize multi-team operations, schedules, resource forecasting, safety systems, policy enforcement, advising leaders, and organization-level results.
A translated title isn't enough. These four moves turn Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician experience into evidence a civilian hiring manager can act on.
List the systems, vehicles, equipment, and tools you personally operated as Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician—plus qualifications, certifications, and the recurring high-stakes tasks you owned.
Marines led, dollar value of equipment you were accountable for, workload, readiness rates, and safety or quality outcomes. Scope beats adjectives.
For any target role, name the license, degree, or software it requires and start now—your GI Bill and credentialing assistance can cover most of it.
Recruiters rarely search “2336.” Search job boards by the equipment, skills, and outcomes above as much as by “Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician.”
How to use this: Treat these as targets, not limits. Your exact duties depend on your assignments, so lead with what you actually did—and remember that regulated careers require their own license, certification, or degree.