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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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