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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 Entryman”

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

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

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