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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”

Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
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.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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