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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”

Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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 equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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, 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.
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.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
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.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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