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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”.
Also Known As…
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
- Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Officer
- Powderman
- Explosive Technician
- Blaster
- Zinc Miner, Blasting
- Well Shooter
- Well Blower
- Velocity Shooter
- Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Worker
- Tunnel Worker
- Tunnel Man
- Torpedo Worker
- Torpedo Shooter
- Torpedo Man
- Tier and Detonator
- Stump Shooter
- Stump Blower
- Skip Miner, Blasting
- Silver Miner, Blasting
- Shotblaster
- Shot Man
- Shot Lighter
- Shot Hole Shooter
- Shot Firer
- Shot Fireman
- Shooter
- Shale Miner, Blasting
- Shaft Sinker
- Seismograph Shooter
- Sample Taker Operator
- Robber
- Quartz Miner, Blasting
- Powder Worker
- Powder Loader
- Pillar Worker
- Pillar Man
- Perforator Operator
- Perforator Loader
- Perforator
- Ore Miner, Blasting
- Ordnance Keeper
- Ordnance Handler
- Ordnance Artificer
- Oil Well Shooter
- Oil Well Perforator Operator
- Oil Well Gun Perforator Operator
- Nitro Worker
- Nitro Man
- Muck Miner, Blasting
- Miner
- Mica Miner, Blasting
- Metal Miner, Blasting
- Lode Miner, Blasting
- Lead Miner, Blasting
- Iron Miner, Blasting
- Hydraulic Miner, Blasting
- High Scaler
- Hard Rock Miner, Blasting
- Gun Perforator Loader
- Gun Perforator
- Gold Miner, Blasting
- Fuse Cutter
- Firer
- Explosives Worker
- Explosives Handler
- Explosives Detonator
- Explosive Specialist
- Explosive Ordnance Technician
- Explosive Ordnance Specialist
- Explosive Ordnance Manager
- Explosive Ordnance Handler
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Manager
- Explosive Man
- Explosive Expert
- Efficiency Miner, Blasting
- Dynamiter
- Dynamite Shooter
- Driftman
- Dobie Worker
- Dobie Man
- Demolitionist
- Demolition Worker
- Demolition Expert
- Copper Miner, Blasting
- Company Miner, Blasting
- Coal Shooter
- Charger
- Bomb Technician
- Blasting Miner
- Blasting Gang Miner
- Blasting Entryman
- Blasting Entry Specialist
- Blasting Contract Miner
- Blasting Contract Man
- Blasting Coal Miner
- Blasting Clay Miner
- Blast Setter
- Ammunition and Explosives Handler
Tasks for “Aircraft Ordnance Technician”
- Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
- Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
- 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.
- Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
- Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
- Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
- Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
- 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.
- Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
- Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
- Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
- 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.
- Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
- 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.
- Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
- Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
- Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
- Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
- Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
- Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Jackhammers
- Plumb bobs
- Phase rotation meters
- Hydraulic pressure gauges
- Stakebed trucks
- Detonating cords
- Digital multimeters
- Instantaneous electrical detonators
- Folding knives
- Non-contact voltage testers
- Dewatering pumps
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Equipment dollies
- Protective ear plugs
- Wheeled wire dispensers
- Hand shears
- Hard hats
- Test lamps
- Torpedo levels
- Protective safety glasses
- Meggers
- Pallet jacks
- Fuse cutters
- Laser rangefinders
- Safety harnesses
- Non-electric delay detonators
- Longnose pliers
- Short-wave radios
- Electronic shock tube initiators
- Coated gloves
- Avalaunchers
- Explosives funnels
- Ammonium nitrate fuel oil ANFO loaders
- Insulated pliers
- Overhead cranes
- Precision tweezers
- Safety fuses
- Hacksaws
- Digital ohmmeters
- Portable signal generators
- Shock tube detonators
- Tractor-trailer trucks
- Wood wedges
- Personal computers
- Blasting cap crimpers
- Explosives handling robots
- Clinometers
- Electricians' knives
- Harpoon retrievers
- Hoisting equipment
- Wire cutting tools
- Safety goggles
- Transport trucks
- Stake flags
- Safety cones
- Wire cleaning brushes
- Fixed blade knives
- Long period delay detonators
- Lowering hooks
- Fuse testers
- Wire loop pullers
- End cutting pliers
- Right angle prisms
- Laptop computers
- Perforating capsule guns
- Seismic activity recorders
- Galvanometers
- Vernier calipers
- Rubber mallets
- Warning sirens
- Tamping rods
- Conduit bending tools
- Blasthole drills
- Protective respirators
- Extension ladders
- Electrical circuit testers
- Ring gauges
- Surface connector blocks
- Hand chisels
- Short period delay detonators
- Digital voltmeters
- Mobile radios
- Grappling hooks
- Forklifts
- Weighted tape measures
- Blast hole tubing
- Resistance testers
- Wire strippers
- Digital wattmeters
- Digital ammeters
- Hole savers
- Remote firing devices
- Flashing warning lights
- Balance scales
- Loading poles
- Day boxes
- Bore hole thermometers
- Crescent wrenches
- Millivoltmeters
- Digital calculators
- Padded gloves
- Explosives time delay fuses
- Explosive blasting caps
- Pneumatic drilling equipment
- Spring scales
- Depth measurement gauges
- Tie-down equipment
- Temperature data loggers
- Portable cranes
- Surveyors leveling rods
- Digital micrometers
- Tongue and groove pliers
- Blasting machines
- Portable air compressors
- Plastic plugs
- Discharge hoses
- Perforating casing guns
- Remote blasting systems
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Datavis DBS Designer
- Global Positioning System GPS software
- Microsoft Word
- DetNet ViewShot
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Blaster's Tool and Supply Company Blaster's Calculator