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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 Entry Specialist”

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

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

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