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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 “Blast Setter”

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.
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.
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.
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 waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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