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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”

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.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
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.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.

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

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