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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 “Charger”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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