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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 Coal Miner”

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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
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.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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