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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”

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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
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.
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.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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