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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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