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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
- Ammunition and Explosives Handler
- Aircraft Ordnance Technician
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
- Global Positioning System GPS software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Office
- Datavis DBS Designer
- Microsoft Word
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Excel
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Blaster's Tool and Supply Company Blaster's Calculator
- DetNet ViewShot