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Job Description

Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures. Includes seismograph shooters.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-5031.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 54,580.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 26.00
Currently, there are 6,310 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters”.

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Tasks for “Aircraft Ordnance Technician”

Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
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.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Light fuses, drop detonating devices into wells or boreholes, or activate firing devices with plungers, dials, or buttons, in order to set off single or multiple blasts.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.

Related Technology & Tools

Jackhammers
Perforating capsule guns
Explosives handling robots
Avalaunchers
Laptop computers
Longnose pliers
Blasthole drills
Flashing warning lights
Fixed blade knives
Warning sirens
Blast hole tubing
Hand shears
End cutting pliers
Pneumatic drilling equipment
Blasting cap crimpers
Precision tweezers
Hole savers
Wire loop pullers
Explosives funnels
Temperature data loggers
Stake flags
Balance scales
Coated gloves
Remote firing devices
Plastic plugs
Wire strippers
Instantaneous electrical detonators
Meggers
Grappling hooks
Transport trucks
Folding knives
Rubber mallets
Protective ear plugs
Phillips head screwdrivers
Safety fuses
Dewatering pumps
Short-wave radios
Electricians' knives
Harpoon retrievers
Plumb bobs
Phase rotation meters
Stakebed trucks
Tongue and groove pliers
Extension ladders
Mobile radios
Tamping rods
Hard hats
Portable cranes
Clinometers
Insulated pliers
Spring scales
Explosive blasting caps
Hacksaws
Crescent wrenches
Safety cones
Electronic shock tube initiators
Ring gauges
Surface connector blocks
Protective safety glasses
Hand chisels
Digital voltmeters
Digital multimeters
Remote blasting systems
Discharge hoses
Tie-down equipment
Hydraulic pressure gauges
Forklifts
Non-electric delay detonators
Weighted tape measures
Bore hole thermometers
Portable air compressors
Short period delay detonators
Safety goggles
Equipment dollies
Galvanometers
Safety harnesses
Test lamps
Lowering hooks
Wood wedges
Millivoltmeters
Detonating cords
Hoisting equipment
Perforating casing guns
Conduit bending tools
Torpedo levels
Day boxes
Digital calculators
Seismic activity recorders
Depth measurement gauges
Resistance testers
Loading poles
Blasting machines
Portable signal generators
Long period delay detonators
Electrical circuit testers
Digital wattmeters
Pallet jacks
Surveyors leveling rods
Explosives time delay fuses
Digital ammeters
Protective respirators
Fuse testers
Digital ohmmeters
Ammonium nitrate fuel oil ANFO loaders
Wire cleaning brushes
Non-contact voltage testers
Shock tube detonators
Vernier calipers
Laser rangefinders
Wire cutting tools
Fuse cutters
Personal computers
Right angle prisms
Tractor-trailer trucks
Overhead cranes
Digital micrometers
Wheeled wire dispensers
Padded gloves

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