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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 “Blasting Clay Miner”

Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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.
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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
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, 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.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.

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