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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 Gang Miner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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