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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 Miner”

Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
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.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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