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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”

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

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