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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 “Coal Shooter”

Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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